Living in Chicago gives you tough skin and Midwestern manners, and the city’s weather, sports, food and people shape who we ...

A Montrose man was pronounced dead at the scene of a single-car crash in Susquehanna County. According to the Pennsylvania State Police, Michael J. Vaccaro, 30, of Montrose, Pennsylvania, was ...

Tents are pictured near Montrose Beach in Chicago. Dozens of homeless encampments dot the city’s lakefront parks. (Capitol ...

Ice fishing solidifies its hold on Chicago fishing to lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

This scenic road trip will lead you to 9 of Illinois’ most beautiful lakefront parks! Welcome to Chicago’s sandy playground!

Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Park is where tranquility meets tongue-twister. This 715-acre park is centered around a 40-acre ...

Check out this spectacular view of shelf ice collecting along Montrose Beach in Chicago.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The year 2024 marked the first time in five years the city of Chicago saw fewer than 600 murders. Still, 573 people in the city were murdered, according to data released by police ...

Tamima Itani was named a Volunteer of the Year by Illinois Department of Natural Resources for her leadership in the protection of Piping Plovers and their habitat at Chicago’s Montrose Beach.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 48-year-old woman is in critical condition, after being pulled from Lake Michigan near 31st Street Beach Monday morning, Chicago police said. The woman jumped in the water in ...

Chicagoans won’t see their 2025 property tax bills rise to cover the cost of a city-imposed hike, but they will have to dig deeper to cover a host of tax and fee hikes that a deeply divided Chicago ...