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Though Toys “R” Us operates at several Macy’s stores across the Chicago area, the beloved toy store will open its first standalone store in the region this weekend at Harlem Irving Plaza in suburban Norridge.

With Halloween just days away and temperatures getting cooler, the season is beginning to wind down at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, with the spooky Fright Fest having just a few more days of operation.

Slick City Action Park, marketed as the “world’s first indoor slide park,” recently opened in North Aurora, and is slated to hold a celebration next week to celebrate the occasion.

A man was wounded in a shootout with Chicago police Saturday morning in the city’s West Ridge neighborhood that occurred while officers were responding to a previous shooting, according to authorities.

The 2024 presidential election is now just 10 days away, with many Illinois voters having already cast their ballots thanks to early and mail-in voting.

Coming off a bye week, the Chicago Bears will look to further assert themselves in the NFL’s most exciting division thus far in the 2024 season in a Week 8 battle against the Washington Commanders.

After a week of mostly seasonal temperatures in the Chicago area, more typical fall weather is in store for the region as the final weekend of October gets underway.

Highs will be near 60 with lots of sunshine today and Sunday

A Chicago man was found guilty of first-degree murder Thursday in the 2018 slaying of a Northwestern University doctoral student who had moved to the area only hours earlier.

After raising a butterfly with her daughter, Claudia Galeno-Sánchez was determined to help save more, but that mission has become more than she ever anticipated.

An 80-year-old man leaving a suburban Chicago hospital was carjacked and then struck by his own vehicle as the suspect took off in New Lenox, police said.

Much like their products, Chicago Costume is seemingly disguised among other stores on Fullerton Avenue. But there is always more than what meets the eye.

The 2024 World Series begins Friday night, with many of baseball’s biggest stars slated to face off in a Fall Classic that pits two iconic franchises against each other: the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers.