The city of Chicago is trying to pull together a group of technology vendors to develop and operate a high-speed optical fiber network that would link local government offices, businesses, schools ...

Tornadoes touch down near populous Chicago metropolitan area ‘Confirmed damaging’ tornado spotted moving through one of the most populous counties in the US amid severe weather.

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

Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor has officially been given the go-ahead to create the first all-water container route for ships serving the Chicago metropolitan area through the Great Lakes. The ...

Severe storms, including strong winds, heavy rain, and hail, hit the Chicago Metropolitan area on Wednesday afternoon and evening, March 19. The National Weather Service issued a series of watches ...

Severe weather moved through the Chicago metropolitan area on Friday evening, August 16. The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for several counties in Illinois and Indiana.

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

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 Religious Landscape Study is a comprehensive survey of more than 35,000 Americans’ religious identities, beliefs and practices that’s been conducted in 2007, 2014 and 2023-24. Pew Research Center.

Stacker compiled a list of the best private high schools in the Chicago metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses seven weighted factors for its rankings. A majority of the score is based ...

The Chicago area’s population is finally growing again, with the metro area and Cook County among those nationally that added the most total residents last year, according to new Census Bureau ...

Tornadoes, dangerous straight-line winds, and other hazards rocked the Chicago area for a second night in a row Monday. At least one person was killed during the storm outbreak.