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By Weather Channel Meteorologist Scott Lawrimore Today | Thunderstorms in the morning then gradual clearing. High 80 Tomorrow | Sunny. High mid to upper 70s…low 70s near the Lake Thursday | More...

(CHICAGO) Despite occasional clouds the Chicago Park District held solar eclipse viewing parties in 20 parks. Families and co-workers arrived by the dozens as the sky grew darker and the air cooler on...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State Fair Grandstand officials say this year’s fair surpassed a record-setting number of guests in 2016 with help from its music lineup. The State Journal-Regi...

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - One of two teenagers charged with repeatedly stabbing a classmate to impress a fictitious horror character called Slender Man has decided to plead guilty to a lesser charge. Fift...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At City Hall, Bill Cameron says the aldermen took testimony on banning driver-less cars in Chicago before a state law is enacted to pre-empt them from regulating...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Officials in southern Illinois are preparing for thousands of people to descend on the area to view the total solar eclipse. The Southern Illinoisan reports the Illinois Depart...

By Jennifer Agiesta About half of Americans (51%) have plans to watch the eclipse of the sun happening across the United States on August 21, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS. That figure cli...

  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Vendors at the Indiana State Fair have been asked to stop selling goods with Confederate symbols. The Indianapolis Star says the fair received complaints about Confederate f...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois is marking the 20th anniversary of legislation that lowered the drunken driving limit to .08 blood-alcohol concentration. State officials said Friday that since the l...

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois officials say residents should beware of fraudsters seeking to profit from the buzz surrounding Monday’s solar eclipse. The warning concerns the selling of eclipse glasse...