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The list of headliners coming to the 2025 Illinois State Fair Grandstand stage keeps on growing.

A suburban Chicago mother and her 7-year-old son were rescued by first responders after falling in a canyon at Starved Rock State Park, authorities said.

Some Joliet residents were under a shelter-in-place order Wednesday morning due to an “active incident,” according to a post from the Joliet Police Department.

Fan-favorite actor Val Kilmer who placed Iceman in “Top Gun,” Batman in the 1995 flick “Batman Forever,” and Jim Morrison in “The Doors” died Tuesday night surrounded by friends in Los Angeles. Not long after, reaction from Hollywood stars began pouring in for the actor, who was 65. “See ya, pal. I’m going to mis...

Several Chicago suburbs will see new leadership after an election night of upsets, including Waukegan, Orland Park, Aurora, Dolton and more.

ccording to the NBC 5 Storm Team, the first round of severe weather could occur early Wednesday morning

Many across the Chicago area Wednesday woke up to stormy weather with rain, thunder and more as the first of multiple rounds of showers and storms pushed through much of Illinois and northwest Indiana.

“You put six months of energy into this case and all of a sudden you have something tangible you’re looking at,” Det. Matt Vartanian of Elgin’s Cold Case unit told NBC 5.

Trustee Jason House, who defeated incumbent Mayor Tiffany Henyard in the February primary, is headed toward the mayor’s chair, leading Casundra Hopson-Jordan by a wide margin.

The recall comes over concerns that the products may contain a cleaning solution with sodium hypochlorite.

A suburban Chicago woman somehow survived a terrorist attack in Israel, only to fight decades of legal battles against her foreign attackers.

A Chicago suburb has signed a contract with a private security firm to help provide patrols amid an ongoing police shortage.

Voters across Wisconsin on Tuesday cast ballots in the state’s Supreme Court race, which has drawn national eyeballs and the attention of President Donald Trump.