Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Ill, has temporarily closed as thick smoke from the Canadian wildfires creates unsafe ...

The plan to use $250 million of that money on the garage and other improvements to benefit The 78 mega-development sparked lengthy debate this week but was ultimately OK'd.

Jordan Walker wore his Cardinals hat backward, chewed a big wad of bubble gum and wore the top of his jersey splayed open as ...

Who doesn't love a lakeside town with a charming downtown lined with shops and restaurants, many of them in historical ...

A native Chicagoan returns to realize that the city's food, culture, and good nature may just make the Midwestern powerhouse ...

The 1995 Chicago heat wave is the most notorious and deadly of the city's hot spells, and in fact the deadliest weather event in the city's history. With the Midwest again trapped under a heat dome, ...

Robert Lewandowski has completed a move to Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire after bringing an end to his successful spell with Barcelona. The Poland captain has signed a contract until 2028, ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Poland’s all-time international goal-scoring leader is coming to Major League Soccer, and should everything go according to plan, he will call Chicago his MLS home. According to ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A piece of Jacksonville history has come under scrutiny. The Jacksonville Fire Museum has been closed since 2015, and still sits empty while the city spends thousands of dollars a ...

The Jacksonville Fire Museum has been closed since 2015, and now sits empty off Bay St. Did Trump’s July 4 fireworks set a world record? What we know Fever guard Sophie Cunningham's viral ...

Chicago, the starting point of Route 66 and the setting of "Ferris Bueller's Day Out," is well worth a summer visit for its festivals, food, music, and iconic sites.

When President Trump summoned Lonnie Bunch, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, for lunch at the White House on ...