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Melanie Harnacke photo via the National Weather Service (CHICAGO) A rare landspout tornado spotted Tuesday afternoon on the Southwest Side is the first confirmed tornado in Chicago in nearly 10 years,...

(CHICAGO) More than 200 people were arrested in Cook County during a month-long sting aimed at reducing sex trafficking. More than 1,300 sex buyers were arrested across 18 states during the National J...

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Wednesday, August 10, 2016 Storm chances returning for the end of the work week. Cooling off and looking dry this weekend. Today | Sunshine a...

(WHEATON) Two suburban Chicago residents have received prison sentences after pleading guilty to giving a fatal dose of heroin in March 2015 to a man visiting their residence and then hiding the victi...

(DETROIT) A Chicago activist convicted of lying to get U.S. citizenship in Detroit is resisting a government request for a mental-health exam as she tries to overturn her conviction. Rasmea Odeh’...

(CHICAGO) A lawyer for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says now that a judge has declined to lighten Blagojevich’s 14-year prison sentence, he may again appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. De...

(CHICAGO) The Metra commuter rail agency serving the Chicago area is no longer looking for a vendor to build nearly 370 new cars because of a shortfall in state funds. Metra officials say Illinois off...

(CHICAGO) A man died Sunday night after he was pulled from Lake Michigan on the North Side. The Chicago Police Marine Unit responded at 4:55 p.m. Sunday to a man struggling in the water at Montrose Ha...

(DES PLAINES) A Northwest Side man died after a workplace accident Friday evening at a shipping warehouse in northwest suburban Des Plaines. Urbano A. Merlos, 37, was pinned between a truck and a fork...

(CHICAGO) Illinois’ state bird is now being commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp. A spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday that the Northern Cardinal is one of the birds featured in ...