Fire burns for nearly 24 hours, sends black smoke billowing at Joliet scrap yard
Workers were on the scene during the fire, but there were no injuries reported.
Chicago Hauntings 2024: More tales of ghosts and the paranormal
Watch all our "Chicago Hauntings" tales here, including four new ones for 2024.
Chicago Hauntings: Resurrection Mary, Chicago's most famous ghost
The Resurrection Mary story fits a common ghost story genre called the "vanishing hitchhiker" going back centuries. But some say too many people claim firsthand experiences for this haunting to be written off as the Chicago variation of a dime-a-dozen ghost story.
Field Museum uses CT scans on mummies to see inside them for first time
The scans created thousands upon thousands of X-rays, which are digitally stacked to examine what is inside them.
University of Chicago receives mathematically fascinating Gömböc sculpture
The Gömböc sculpture is the first known homogeneous object with one stable and one unstable point of equilibrium when resting on a flat surface.
Chicago Hauntings: Historical ghosts at the nightclub that once housed the Chicago Historical Society
Victims of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and the man who went down in history as Chicago's first murder victim, are said to have haunted this building that now houses Tao Chicago.
Man shot and killed by bystander who saw him fighting with woman in Washington Park, police say
The younger man who fired the shot holds a Firearm Owners Identification Card and a Concealed Carry License.
Amtrak train slams into car that ended up on tracks in Morton Grove
The car was ripped in two by the crash.
Man convicted of murder of Northwestern doctoral student Shane Colombo in Rogers Park
A jury convicted Diante Speed in the 2018 murder.
Testimony on Day 6 of Delphi, Indiana murders trial focuses on misfiled document
Due to a labeling mix-up, a tip that defendant Richard Allen was seen on the Monon High Bridge on the day of the murders of Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty "Libby" German, 14, in 2017, was not reviewed after September 2022.
Police activity disrupts multiple Metra lines during Wednesday evening rush
Further information about the police activity was not immediately available.
Burglars break into hardware stores on Chicago's North, Northwest sides
In each incident, the burglars have broken down a front glass door, stormed inside, and stolen power tools.
Justin Timberlake postpones Chicago concert planned for this weekend
The concert, part of Timberlake's Forget Tomorrow World Tour, had been scheduled for this coming Sunday, Oct. 27. It will instead be held Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.
Jurors in Delphi murders trial see video from victim's phone
Richard Allen, 52, is facing four counts of murder in connection with the murders of Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty "Libby" German, 14, in 2017.
One of El Chapo's sons begins plea negotiations with Chicago federal prosecutors
Ovidio Guzman López is facing narcotics trafficking charges.