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Watch: Garbage truck explodes in Chicago suburb
Startling footage captured the moment a garbage truck exploded in northwest suburban Arlington Heights, leaving three first responders injured.
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Animals enjoy Thanksgiving dinner at Chicago Zoo
The Brookfield Zoo in Chicago prepared a Thanksgiving dinner for its zoo animals on Monday.
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Meet the founder of one of the largest Hispanic-owned financial firms in the US
Martin Cabrera had worked up a successful career in the investment banking industry when he decided to launch his own business.
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Horrific details emerge in Chicago train shooting that left 4 victims dead
Police in Forest Park, Illinois, have released new details after four individuals were shot and killed on a CTA Blue Line train Monday morning.
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Woman dies at Chicago's O'Hare Airport after report of person trapped in machinery
Around 8:20 a.m., the Chicago Fire Department was called to O’Hare for reports of a person trapped in machinery at Terminal 5, officials said.
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Empire State Building's social media shade towards Chicago's ‘The Bean' continues
The Empire State Building‘s dislike of Chicago’s popular “The Bean” structure continued Wednesday morning with a new post on social media. Last week, the iconic New York Landmark posted a Wendy Williams “clap if you care” meme in reaction to news of The Bean reopening after a long closure for construction and renovation work. The post garnered a lot...
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Empire State Building had a ‘spicy' response to news ‘The Bean' reopened in Chicago
The New York building targeted Chicago’s “The Bean” on social media, sparking plenty of reaction
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Scenes from a movie: Mysterious flood at Titanic exhibit ‘eerily resembled' film
A mysterious flood at a Titanic exhibit outside Chicago has museum officials questioning after footage of the water bursting into the building appeared to resemble scenes from the classic movie.
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A Chicago teen entered college at 10. At 17, she earned a doctorate from Arizona State
Dorothy Jean Tillman II’s participation in Arizona State University’s May 6 commencement was the latest step on a higher-education journey the Chicago teen started when she took her first college course at age 10.
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Steve Albini, music producer and engineer for Nirvana's ‘In Utero' album, dies at 61
Famed Chicago music engineer and producer Steve Albini has died at the age of 61, according to multiple reports.
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Conductor Andrew Davis, who headed Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on 3 continents, dies
Andrew Davis, an acclaimed British conductor who was music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on three continents, has died He was 80. Davis died Saturday at Rusk Institute in Chicago from leukemia. That is according to his manager, Jonathan Brill of Opus 3 Artists. Davis had been managing the disease for 1 1/2 to 2 years...
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Carjacking thwarted in Chicago because suspects couldn't drive stick shift
An attempted carjacking on the Gold Coast of Chicago was foiled because the suspects failed to operate the vehicle’s manual transmission.
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Ground collision of two Boeing planes in Chicago sparks FAA investigation
A plane taxiing for departure clipped another aircraft at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Sunday evening, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. No injuries were reported, both planes were of Boeing design, and the FAA will investigate the incident.
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104-year-old Chicago woman dies days after record-breaking skydive
Dorothy Hoffner, a lifelong Chicagoan and centenarian who recently set a world record for being the oldest person to ever participate in a tandem skydive, has passed away just a week after her incredible jump.
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Olympic bobsledder Aja Evans sues team chiropractor, alleging sexual abuse
Aja Evans, an Olympic bobsled medalist from Chicago, filed a lawsuit against the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation, alleging nearly a decade of “sexual abuse and harassment” by the team’s osteopathic medical provider while Evans trained and competed for the USA Bobsled team, her attorneys said Thursday.
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Chicago TV news crew robbed at gunpoint while reporting on a string of robberies
A Chicago television news crew has been robbed at gunpoint while they were reporting on a string of robberies.
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Shooting at Chicago White Sox game leaves 2 women injured, police say
Chicago police say a 42-year-old woman sustained a gunshot wound to the leg, and a 26-year-old woman had a graze wound to her abdomen
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Illinois man sentenced to prison for sexual assault of girl during remote-learning class
The assault took place at a home from which the girl was participating in class remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, prosecutors said
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United passenger plane with 24,000 pounds of supplies, aid heads from Chicago to Maui
As a passenger plane carrying 24,000 lbs. of supplies heads from O’Hare to Maui, here are other ways Chicagoans can help.
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Pups race to the finish line in Chicago Dachshund Derby
The annual race celebrated its third edition this Sunday.