Orbweavers are out in force across Northern Illinois as fall approaches. You'll see their perfectly round webs draped with ...

Chicago ranks well for senior centers and things to do in retirement but falls behind Florida cities when affordability enters the picture, according to a national comparison of 182 American cities.

Before you grab the pruning shears on that branch creeping over your fence, know that Illinois lets you trim it. Just check your city's rules first, they often have their own say.

That brutal supercell that hit Kankakee in March left behind a hailstone bigger than anything Illinois had ever seen. One family scooped it up and stored it, and researchers confirmed the record.

Suburban sprawl in the 1800s and early 1900s created a unique situation in Cook County. Communities chose to incorporate ...

A new Cubs rom-com debuts on TikTok September 4th. Two strangers sitting together in the bleachers at Wrigley Field spend ...

Thermal imaging drones and deputies from two counties searched Madison County after someone reported seeing a lioness wearing a harness. The mystery animals turned out to be pigs along a tree line.

Two of Illinois' most visited state parks, Starved Rock and Mississippi Palisades, are hotspots for tickborne illness.

It has been a weird summer here in the Midwest. We’ve had severe weather, tornadoes, flooding, heat, an apparent bumper crop of ticks, and enough strange stories to make you wonder whether 2026 is ...

Our household contains 3 pets. One dog and two cats. And, although I love the cats, this is all about the dogs. There are more than 130 million households in the United States, and more than half of ...

If it feels like tempers are flaring more than ever behind the wheel, you're not imagining it. People on the roads in Illinois have seemingly gotten angrier. In some cases, a lot angrier. The Illinois ...

Have you been a little frightened and confused lately when it comes to buying and eating fruit and other produce...or is this just happening at my house? It's easy to understand why. Illinois' ...