The Chicago Bears have released veteran quarterback Nick Foles two years after acquiring the former Super Bowl MVP to compete with Mitchell Trubisky

Clint Frazier’s injury-plagued career took another hit when the Chicago Cubs announced the outfielder has been sidelined because of appendicitis

A 21-year-old Chicago-area woman has been fatally shot during an exchange of gunfire with police who initially were called to take her to a hospital for a mental health evaluation

Many species of birds are nesting and laying eggs nearly a month earlier than they did 100 years ago in the Chicago area

Avian flu has been confirmed in a backyard flock of birds in central Illinois

A crude oil leak has closed several streets in a southern Illinois city

Classes were canceled Friday for more than 4,000 students in a suburban Chicago school district after teachers working without a contract since last June went on strike

A man has been hospitalized in critical condition after driving an ATV onto a frozen lake in suburban Chicago and falling through the ice

The Chicago Park District has paid at least $330,000 to outside law firms investigating the department’s response to allegations of sexual harassment or abuse involving lifeguards at pools and beaches