A tornado watch for much of the Chicago area has been issued as possibly severe storms approach the region, potentially bringing damaging winds and hail. The watch, in effect for the entire ...

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 ...

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 three agencies on Friday initiated the latest in a pressure campaign on state lawmakers to appropriate more state money.

While proponents of separate bills to reform Chicago-area transit said they all aim ... Authority to create a superagency called the Metropolitan Mobility Authority. A second would empower the ...

The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metropolitan area grew by 70,762 people — less than 1% — from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024. That was the ninth-largest numeric growth of any metropolitan area in ...

Waves of rainstorms are expected to move through Chicago Wednesday, prompting an “overflow action day” alert from the ...

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 ...

Yorkville is a city within the Chicago Metropolitan Area in Kendall County, located west of Chicago. Data center operator CyrusOne was recently given the green light by Yorkville’s city council for a ...

With a history of Polish migration dating back to the 1830s – and more than one million people of Polish descent in its metropolitan area today – Chicago is the traditional capital of the Polish ...

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share The Civic Federation, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning ... local governments within the RTA’s coverage area would also have to step up on funding.