Teens competed on the NASCAR track in Grant Park for the 13th annual X-Stream Push Kart Derby. The winners of this year's ...

Family, friends and colleagues are reminiscing about the life and impact of Eugene Hotchkiss, Lake Forest College’s longest ...

Great Lake, the legendary (and legendarily iconoclastic) pizza joint that fixated (and sometimes frustrated) Andersonville ...

Swimmers were dealt some disappointment for another day as several Chicago-area beaches remained shut down due to high ...

The streets of Chicago are home to the only NASCAR race these days that doesn't take place on a dedicated track. This is what ...

Gunfire from a passing car ripped into a crowd of partygoers in the River North neighborhood, the police said.

A 15-year-old bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday night in the northwest suburbs, police said.

In Edgewater, the low lake levels have connected two popular beaches while also exposing a protected dunes area to beachgoers ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health regularly tests the water to determine when beaches are safe to reopen.

Preparations are underway for the NASCAR Chicago Street Race, but the biggest street closures are set to go into effect in ...

Body found in Lake Michigan near 63rd Street Beach, with Chicago police investigating the unconfirmed identity of the victim.

The NASCAR Chicago Street Race is causing major road closures, impacting traffic but reducing preparation time from previous ...