The Illinois Railway Museum isn’t just big—it’s the largest railway museum in America, and it makes most other museums look like static dioramas by comparison. When you first arrive at this sprawling ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) joked Tuesday that a “kindergarten class” drew his state’s district map after comedian Stephen Colbert called the map “crazy.” “If you’re considering doing a ...

Texas Democratic lawmakers continued to hide out in Illinois to prevent a redistricting attempt by Republicans.

As Illinois shelters Texas Democrats who fled their state to stop a redistricting vote, Gov. JB Pritzker appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where the host confronted him with ...

As the city's surface warms, it heats the air above it, causing that air to rise. This rising motion can pull in smoke-laden air from the north, bringing it down to the surface.

As Canadian wildfire smoke lingers in the skies, the Chicago area will soon be under an air quality alert, but the smoke ...

CBS News Chicago reported on these traveling auctions in January 2025 after hearing from a woman who also spent a lot of ...

Westchester is often overshadowed by its neighbors, sandwiched between New York City and the Hudson Valley, but there’s a lot to do and see in the sprawling county chock-full of cute towns along ...