Severe thunderstorms are expected Friday afternoon and evening across the Midwest to southern portions of the Great Lakes region, accompanied by a risk for damaging wind gusts, hail and some tornadoes ...

All of these companies based in the Chicago metropolitan area made Inc.’s 2025 Best Workplaces list.

For years, Chicago’s housing market lagged behind in price growth. Not anymore. In May, home prices in the Chicago metro area ...

Chicago area faced tornado warnings and then snow just hours apart The atmosphere was chaotic, and especially capricious, across the Chicago metro late Wednesday.

The Chicago metropolitan area saw a slight increase in population, according to the most recent estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, as international immigration outpaced domestic departures in many… ...

Urbanization has had visible morphological effects on chipmunks and voles in the Chicago metro area. While both chipmunks and ...

Home prices in the Chicago area climbed 9.6% during August compared with the same time last year, new numbers show. The median sales price in the metro area was $339,000, a $29,000 jump from ...

Rent prices dip slightly in Chicago metro area, report finds The median monthly rental price for the Chicago area stands at $2,389, a decrease of about 2% from September 2022, when that figure ...

Chicago's unemployment rate is tied for the highest unemployment in the country among major metro areas, while Illinois' is the second-highest of the 50 states.

This Chicago metropolitan area, which includes Naperville and Elgin, saw nearly 300,000 people leave in just the last five years.

The first time was on May 7, 2023, but that warning did not involve the Chicago metropolitan area. Friday's warning was the first dust storm warning that included the city itself.

Illinois families know that raising a child is expensive, but the change in costs over the past year might be a surprise.