Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region.Chicago city leaders are set to consider a ...

A transportation nightmare is looming over Chicago, where a $730 million hole in the regional mass transit budget could force ...

Severe storms, including strong winds, heavy rain, and hail, hit the Chicago Metropolitan Area on Wednesday afternoon and evening, March 19. The National Weather Service issued a series of watches ...

Officials at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District urged people to put off chores like washing dishes or doing laundry until after the storms end.

The Chicago metropolitan area is experiencing a revival that’s swept through all of the Midwest, which had suffered for years from the exodus of manufacturing jobs that gave the region the ...

This Chicago blues vocalist is a longtime staple on the current blues scene, having played venues like Kingston Mines, Buddy ...

The center of a massive storm is forecast to track nearly right over the Chicago area--putting the region on the storm's warm side at first then the cold side later. In a matter of six hours or so ...

With cement consumption at a decade low, it’s time to ask hard questions about housing, development and the Chicago area's ...

I grew up in the Chicago area and moved back to the city in 2022 shortly after graduating from college. As a Reuters ...

NWS Chicago issues tornado warning for Gifford ... be impacted with the two-thirds of the south, including the Indy metro area, being at a greater risk," NWS Indianapolis meteorologist Mike ...

A select group of ambulatory surgery centers in the Chicago metro area made U.S. News & World Report's 2025 list of high-performing centers, the outlet announced today. The annual list looks at ...

Pedestrians walking near South Dearborn Street and West Jackson Boulevard in the Loop try to keep dry as rain falls across the Chicago area on March 19. Severe storms are forecast for the area on ...