Emergency officials ordered what turned out to be a relatively brief evacuation after a freight train derailed in suburban Chicago on Thursday. The Canadian National Railway train derailed in the ... Read More

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Emergency officials have ordered an evacuation after a freight train derailed in suburban Chicago. WGN-TV reports the train derailed in the village of Matteson on Thursday morning. Read More

Matteson is a village in Cook County, Illinois, about 30 miles south of downtown Chicago. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Minyvonne Burke is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News. Read More

The National Weather Service has confirmed at least four tornadoes touched down in Chicago's western suburbs on Saturday, with straight-line winds also causing significant damage in the area. Read More

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A serious vehicle crash on the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago resulted in serious injuries and an hours-long lane closure. Read More

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Two people were injured in a crash that shut down all lanes of the Eisenhower Expressway Wednesday morning on Chicago's West Side.Two vehicles crashed around 2:32 a.m. in the inbound lanes of ... Read More

Police said the shooting happened in the Washington Heights neighborhood's 9200-block of South Green Street at about 3 p.m. An 18-year-old man was inside a vehicle when someone shot him multiple times ... Read More

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Three people were injured in a crash on Interstate 57 on Chicago's South Side on Tuesday night, Illinois State Police said. ISP said the four-vehicle crash happened on the ramp to ... Read More

Flooding and extreme heat are posing a threat to the Midwest this week, including in Chicago, and the impacts will be felt by area residents in a wide variety of ways. Read More

A series of thunderstorms brought torrential rains and damaging winds to the Chicago area late Saturday and into Sunday morning, dumping as much as five inches of rain and downing large tree branches ... Read More

A total of 4.75 inches of rain fell in Wauconda, and flooding was reported in Lake County, Illinois, and Kane County. Two vehicles were submerged at Route 176 and Route 41 in Lake County, though there ... Read More

Stormy weather moved into the Chicago area late Saturday, bringing fierce winds, downpours and flooding in portions of the northern suburbs. Read More

Saturday's forecast calls for near record-high temperatures and severe storms. The record-high temperature for June 22 is 97 degrees. Temperatures are expected to reach a high of 96 Saturday. Much of ... Read More

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Route 66 dates back to 1926, when America's first federal highway system was established. Earning the nickname the '?Main Street of America'?, the 2,400-plus-mile road swooped from Chicago, Illinois - ... Read More

Fireworks at Williams Park (741 Main St.); antioch.il.gov Aurora ... of Woods Drive and Highway 171); lockportpark.org Lombard: The village plans to host Fourth of July Fireworks at dusk on July 4 at ... Read More

A massive fire has broken out in Chicago's West Town neighborhood, bringing dozens of fire vehicles and other first responders to the scene. Read More

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Illinois State Police said automated license plate readers have been a game changer for investigating shootings on expressways and interstates. State police released new data ... Read More

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When Brent Massingill started his career in law enforcement, the training on officer safety during a traffic stop, then as now, focused on the plethora of unknowns that troopers face. Read More

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A vehicle was shot at on the Stevenson Expressway, causing the driver to crash and suffer injuries. Police are investigating the early morning incident. Traffic was disrupted for several hours. Read More