Night - Partly cloudy. Winds WSW. The overnight low will be 2 °F (-16.7 °C). Sunny with a high of 27 °F (-2.8 °C). Winds variable at 5 to 12 mph (8 to 19.3 kph). Cloudy today with a high of 23 ...

Road conditions across Illinois were already slick and slippery Wednesday morning. By afternoon, they were expected to worsen.

Flashy neon signs for motels, eclectic gift shops, full service stations, quirky museums and mom-and-pop restaurants, plus ...

Enough people are noticing in Illinois that some counties want to secede from the Land of Lincoln and join a state that isn’t ruled by public unions and their political yes-men. In November ...

Hiking can be romantic, if you ask us, and this incredible hiking trail in Illinois is the perfect couples' hike.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Trump administration officials are suing Illinois and top state officials, hoping to force them to turn over suspected illegal immigrants rather than releasing them from jails and state prisons.

University of Chicago researchers asked Chicagoans to draw their neighborhood boundaries for a new map. Block Club reporters ...

The Trump administration sued officials in Illinois, Chicago, and Cook County on Thursday over policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement authorities, accusing them of ...

The Trump administration, DOJ sues Illinois and Chicago over some of its immigration laws. The lawsuit argues that the government has authority to regulate immigration, but it needs to work with ...

President Trump’s Justice Department sued the state of Illinois, the city of Chicago and local officials Thursday over laws creating a sanctuary city. Accusing the officials of impeding federal ...

Stephanie Lulay, Executive editor and Co-Founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago ...