Some early-morning park walkers who found themselves in the middle of a fireworks disaster on Saturday — and they worry it ...

Swimming conditions are expected to be life-threatening during the rest of the Fourth of July holiday weekend with waves of 3 to 6 feet at all Lake Michigan beaches in the Chicago area.

Chicago's Lake Michigan beaches face hazardous conditions with high waves and rip currents; public advised to be cautious.

About 30 local activists and supporters attended a peace walk Sunday afternoon following a deadly July 4th weekend in Chicago ...

Chicago didn't host an official fireworks display on the 4th of July, but plenty of suburbs put on their own Independence Day fireworks shows, including southwest suburban Tinley Park, which ...

With a history that goes back to 1876, the Cubs set a new franchise record by blasting eight home run hits off St. Louis ...

MLB baseball action gets underway with the Chicago Cubs facing the St. Louis Cardinals in a showdown of division rivals.

Three children were found stabbed in a burning building in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood on the Fourth of July, sources ...