Embattled Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter laid out a bold vision for the future of the transit agency in a plan that will depend on funding from state legislators.

Eight firefighters were injured when the fire truck they were driving in rolled over as it returned from battling the Airport Fire wildfire in Southern California.

I was born in Springfield and have lived my entire life less than 10 miles from the city. Here is the truth about it.

Officials with Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communications are advising residents to “plan accordingly” and to expect additional crowds and increased traffic.

The firefighters, which he described as a "hand crew," had just wrapped up a 12-hour shift fighting the wildfire, he said.

About $16.5 million of the debt is owed by employees of sister agencies like the CTA, where about one of every four workers ...

“When we get to the intersection, we stop if it’s red and we go if it’s green,” said Hajbabaie, whose team used model cars ...

Several flights have been delayed at Heathrow and Gatwick today. Some departures have been axed at Heathrow, including by ...

The yellow school bus is now so difficult to access that parents are using rideshares, carpools and cutting back on work to ...

Though it may still feel like summer outside in the Chicago area, days continue to get shorter as the seasons are changing, ...

The Chicago Fire Department is raising awareness about the increasing number of fires caused by faulty lithium batteries in ...

“Yellow jackets are a kind of social wasp, which live in a colony with a queen,” says Mike Raupp, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Entomology and Extension Specialist, at the University of Maryland. “Their ...