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

Chicago was plagued by bloodshed during the long Fourth of July holiday weekend, when 109 people were shot and 19 were killed, authorities said. There were 74 shooting incidents in the city from ...

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.

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 ...