Officials at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District urged people to put off chores like washing dishes or doing laundry ...

Cost-of-living is factoring into the region's growth prospects. Here's the role affordability is playing locally.

The Chicago metropolitan area and Cook County both saw slight increases in population according to the most recent estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, as international immigration outpaced ...

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 ...

It turns out the aphorism isn’t that far-fetched: On Wednesday evening, parts of the Chicago metropolitan area faced tornado warnings, only to see plummeting temperatures just hours later and an ...

Copilot The 50 top-selling used cars in the Chicago metro area. Trucks reign supreme, reflecting the city's utility-driven ...

Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The Chicago area’s population is finally growing again, with the metro area and Cook County among those nationally that added the most ...

Hurricane-force winds were also reported in parts of the area. Wind gusts topped out at 81 mph in Valparaiso, Indiana, 75 mph ...

The center of a massive storm is forecast to track nearly right over the Chicago area--putting the region on the storm's warm side at first then the cold side later. In a matter of six hours or so ...

"One in four families with children in the Chicago metro area are currently facing food insecurity," said Man-Yee Lee, Greater Chicago Food Depository spokesperson. "We are very concerned." ...

The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metropolitan area grew by 70,762 people — less than 1% — from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024. That was the ninth-largest numeric growth of any metropolitan area in ...