The shooting death on Thursday is the third homicide in Washington Park this year, according to reports published in the ...

News from around the west suburbs includes items from Nazareth Academy, Leyden High School, Hinsdale Central and Oak Park.

The Lake Forest women F. Scott Fitzgerald met when they were teenagers and whose inspiration were used as characters in “The Great Gatsby” had full lives. Here’s what we found ...

Brookfield Zoo is located west of Chicago in a Cook County Forest Preserve District and is managed by the Chicago Zoological Society. The zoo is home to Binti Jua, a female western lowland gorilla, ...

It's time for a road trip! From Washington, D.C., to San Francisco, you can visit all the best national parks in the U.S.

Community celebrations being planned to commemorate the nation's 250th anniversary next year are at risk of being ...

The Trump administration is proposing to take a big step back from how many wetlands it protects. Conservationists warn about the effects.

The Global Brew Tap House, located at 2329 Plum St. in Edwardsville, will hold a Global Brew University class at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 17. The class will focus on the history of Yuengling, America ...

1865: Otto von Bismarck is elevated to the rank of Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen. On the same day, US President Abraham Lincoln dies nine hours after being shot while ttending the play “Our American ...

The manager of Puffs Discount, at 7756 Madison St., said two men walked in around 7:40 a.m. and demanded money and cigarettes ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man was shot and killed Wednesday night in Lincoln Park, Chicago police said. The shooting took place at about 9:20 p.m. in the 800-block of West Lill Avenue. Officers responded to ...