Taylor talks Fans of comedian Taylor Williamson from his 2013 run on "America's Got Talent" won't want to miss seeing him in a series of standup sets this weekend at the Improv Comedy Showcase, 5 Woodfield Road, Schaumburg. $22 plus a two-item purch...

A Chicago man has been arrested after authorities say he carried an unloaded shotgun onto a Metra train in Elburn. Elburn police said in a news release that they were called at 10:12 a.m. Friday to the Metra station on the UP-West line after a condu...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Latest on the pre-Thanksgiving wintry storm (all times local): 7:25 p.m. The northbound lanes of Interstate 5 have reopened heading from Redding, California, all the way to the Oregon border. California transportation official...

The fourth season of the popular FX television series "Fargo" will be filming Monday and Tuesday in Elgin. Redhawk Productions IV LLC, in association with MGM, informed residents of the historic Gifford Park neighborhood, adjacent to downtown, that ...

Here's where you can find Santa and Mrs. Claus in the suburbs during the holiday season. As always, please check event organizers' websites or call before attending in case of last minute changes or cancellations. For additional holiday events, not ...

A concert Saturday at a North Side music venue will raise money for Rylan Wilder, the 15-year-old guitar player struck by a stray bullet as Chicago and Des Plaines police pursued a bank robbery suspect into a music school. The all-ages show at Marty...

CHICAGO (AP) - Many know the violent repute of parts of this city, the shootings, gangs, forgotten main streets and residential blocks plagued with boarded-up houses and apartment buildings. Chicago Lawn on the city' South Side was once all that; it...

CHICAGO (AP) - With the echo of African drums, Fairfield Avenue comes alive. Men, women and children, drawn to their front porches by the pulsing beat, witness an impromptu parade led by 60-year-old Hasan Smith. A long line of well-wishers follows h...

Under fire for her office's handling of the Jussie Smollett case, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx will have competition on the spring Democratic primary ballot as she seeks to return for her second four-year term. Foxx and challenger Bill Conw...