A large plume of black smoke could be seen burning from a fire in a parking structure at Woodfield Mall Saturday afternoon. A ...

Video showed emergency crews responding to what appeared to be a car fire at a parking structure at the Woodfield Mall in ...

Chicago firefighters battled a large apartment fire overnight on the city’s South Side, authorities said early Monday.

Firefighters from dozens of communities battled a large fire that broke out in a corn field in the Rockford area Monday ...

A woman was fatally shot while leaving a bus on Chicago's South Side; the gunman, yet to be identified, also rode the bus. No ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- A large semi fire shut down most northbound lanes on part of the Tri-State Tollway Thursday evening in the north suburbs. The fire broke out around 3:41 p.m. on I-294 near ...

In recent years, we've seen large wildfires burn towns such as Lahaina, Hawaii, and Paradise, California, to the ground. On Oct. 8, 1871, 154 years ago today, the deadliest wildfire outbreak in U.S.

The presence of federal officers in Portland is actually making things much worse, the city’s police commander said.

INDIANAPOLIS — "One Chicago" is back for Wednesday nights on NBC. "Chicago Med," "Chicago Fire" and "Chicago P.D." return Wednesday, Oct. 1 with their 11th, 14th and 13th seasons, respectively. Jessy ...

The Gary Common Council approved the city’s 2026 general budget, and budgets for the transporation and redevelopment departments and airport.

Arguments in federal court over an emergency restraining order that would bar a National Guard deployment began Thursday with ...

In recent years, large wildfires have laid waste to towns in the West. But two late 19th-century fires in the upper Midwest stand atop America's memory for their death tolls.