Chicago News

Grains tracked lower on the Chicago Board of Trade Wednesday as crude oil prices dropped more than $4 per barrel in New York.

A spokeswoman for the Chicago Transit Authority says human error likely caused a minor derailment on the Red Line.

The father of a 9-year-old girl found slain in an alley near his home last week was questioned by Chicago Police detectives and submitted to a polygraph test Thursday.

WMBD/WYZZ TV - PEORIA -- President Bush isn't the only political dignitary heading to the River City.

The proximity of police couldn't prevent two men from following a Des Plaines man and damaging his car with a baseball bat.

A zoo in suburban Chicago plans to reopen an exhibit where 16 stingrays died last week when a malfunction let the tank's water get too warm.

The final results of the annual yacht race from Chicago's Navy Pier to Mackinac Island have been announced.

Copper prices tumbled to a five-week low Thursday on expectations that falling demand from China and a slowdown in the U.S. housing market will lead to a surplus of the metal.

The mother of a prominent attorney representing NBA referees and Major League Baseball umpires had a threatening note -- possibly connected to a point-shaving scandal -- taped to her door Tuesday in the South ...

Chicago's Fire Prevention Bureau will make weekend pump inspections at high-rise buildings -- on city time -- to prevent a repeat of a scandal that's expected to cost eight inspectors their jobs, newly ...

Outbound traffic on the Eisenhower Expressway remained halted at 4 p.m. following a high-speed chase and crash.

City health inspectors kept themselves busy Thursday, shutting down a popular downtown fast-food grill and a Northwest Side Little Caesar's for health code violations.

The mystery over what triggered most of the Calgary Zoo's popular stingrays to die off in May will likely remain unsolved, and questions loom over what's next for the expensive exhibit.

When travelers go to the airport, they know what kind of security to expect: luggage searches, metal detectors and shoe inspections.

A Chicago man was shot Monday evening following an argument at a condominium in west suburban Oak Park.

A 15-year-old boy was killed and another male wounded when shots rang out behind the teen's West Pullman neighborhood home Monday night on the Far South Side.

While Illinois legislators took action against the state's "pay to play" reputation, Gov.

The knife found Monday in the South Side alley where 9-year-old Mya Lyons was murdered last week had "definite blood stains on it," according to the group that made the discovery.

Commodities mostly fell Tuesday as oil skidded lower and corn dropped below $6 a bushel, suggesting the commodities boom may be losing momentum as the slowing world economy saps demand for energy and raw ...

Officials at Lincoln Park Zoo are reporting the first laying of flamingo eggs in at least five decades at the Chicago facility.