Cubs begin 150th season with big moves and bigger expectations

The Cubs enter their 150th season in the National League with renewed optimism following the signing of Alex Bregman and extension of Pete Crow-Armstrong. Fans are already buying up jerseys of the two big stars in anticipation of Opening Day.

New Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami arrives on the South Side this year from Japan, where he holds the Nippon Professional Baseball league record for most home runs - 56 - in a single season.

This year, White Sox fans can look forward to action on the field

Pritzker: Bears stadium deal should happen ‘sooner rather than later’

Aurora restricts where new data centers can be built, limits noise and water and electricity usage

World War II Ghost Army hero Bluestein dies at 102

Palatine school for students with anxiety plans enrollment boost

‘Do not click’: State, suburban leaders warn of text scam surge

Sheridan Gorman was fatally shot on the lakefront in Rogers Park early Thursday, allegedly by an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela.

Sheridan Gorman’s killing puts Chicago back at the center of America’s bitter immigration fight

Months after President Donald Trump ended a pummeling deportation blitz in Chicago, the city and its “sanctuary” policies have been thrust back into the national spotlight following the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old Loyola University student.

Indiana woman charged in shooting deaths of Will County family

An Indiana woman has been charged with killing a man and his parents at their home in Crete Township.

Sunstruck, by artist Nicole Beck, is one of six new additions to the Schaumburg Sculpture Park approved for purchase by village trustees Tuesday.

Schaumburg Sculpture Park on municipal campus to resume growth after 7-year pause

Six new purchases will grow the Schaumburg Sculpture Park on the village’s 60-acre municipal campus for the first time since it received a single donation in 2019.

An artist selected by Wheaton's Fine & Cultural Arts Commission created a vibrant mural near the city’s French market pavilion in 2024.

Wheaton to add nighttime art displays at downtown mural

Almost two years after a mural came together in downtown Wheaton, the city is taking it to the next level. A projection mapping system will animate the same surface with nighttime displays next to the French market pavilion.

Nearly $6 million for road improvements is included in Mundelein’s proposed budget for the 2027 fiscal year.

Proposed Mundelein budget includes millions for roadwork, water meters

The $88 million budget proposed for Mundelein’s next fiscal year includes funds for new residential water meters, road repairs and other municipal projects.

A Transportation Security Administration officer works at a security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport. TSA workers said Tuesday they’re facing severe financial hardships amid the ongoing partial government shutdown.

‘People are being evicted’: TSA union says shutdown is pushing workers to economic brink

TSA union representatives talk about ICE deployment and why some airports like O’Hare have relatively normal security lines compared to nightmare scenarios elsewhere.

U.S. Army veteran Frank Kaczmarek and his wife, Jeannine, received a new roof from D-Wing Construction on Tuesday as part of the Owens Corning Roof Deployment Project.

Vietnam vet ‘forever grateful’ for new roof atop Fox Lake home

Vietnam War veteran Frank Kaczmarek is “forever grateful” after he and his wife, Jeannine, received a donated new roof atop their Fox Lake home and detached garage Tuesda...

DuPage County approves $4.8 million to help food pantries, ‘Farm to Pantry’ program

DuPage County Board members have approved $4.8 million in funding for Loaves & Fishes Community Services, the Northern Illinois Food Bank and a farm-to-food-pantry pipeline of locally grown vegetables.