More than any other historical event, the opening of the Erie Canal, on Oct. 26, 1825, set Chicago on the path to becoming ...

1995: A bus loaded with high school students was hit by an express commuter train at a crossing in Fox River Grove, tearing ...

The Kennedy Expressway Rehabilitation Project in Chicago is now complete, improving traffic flow and safety for drivers. The ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the end of Chicago’s Kennedy Expressway rehabilitation project on Friday. Illinois ...

After nearly three years of lane closures and major traffic delays, the Kennedy Expressway construction project has been ...

For Englewood residents, proximity to vehicle traffic exposes them to pollutants linked to higher rates of asthma and mortality.

Benton House declined to talk about ghosts or hauntings or to let CBS News Chicago inside its facility. But the facility was ...

The president authorized the deployment of National Guard troops after Gov. Pritzker says he refused to order them into Chicago. By Nicholas Slayton Published Oct 4, 2025 8:37 PM EDT The Trump ...

President Trump on Wednesday called for Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) to be jailed as the two leaders push back on the Trump administration’s crime crackdown and ...

Troops from Texas arrived in Illinois and are expected to deploy in the Chicago area on Wednesday, a U.S. military official said. Officials there and in Portland, Ore., are trying to block the ...

In late September 2025, as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents implemented President Donald Trump's effort targeting immigrants living illegally in the Chicago area, protesters gathered ...

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Some 500 National Guard troops were deployed near Chicago on Wednesday on President Donald Trump's orders despite the objections of the Chicago mayor and Illinois ...