On Tuesday, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson blamed two factors for the historically severe flooding. The first was what he described as a water management system that was not properly built on the West and Southwest sides of the city, and the second was a need for better infrastructure to keep up with climate change.

The Chicago Cubs have needed a lift. The Cubs started the first game of the Tuesday doubleheader against the Milwaukee Brewers nine games back in the National League Central. The Cubs were four up on Cincinnati, who is looking to grab one of the final three wildcard spots.

1975: Illinois Gov. Dan Walker signed a bill proposed by third graders at Dennis School in Decatur that made the monarch butterfly the state insect of Illinois. The students observed the signing in Springfield.

Community members will get a chance on Tuesday to tell the Chicago Board of Education what they think about the proposed budget for Chicago Public Schools.

The Kansas City Chiefs will take on the Chicago Bears in Week 3 of the 2025 NFL preseason. Find out how to watch, listen, and stream.

The free event, now in its 66th year, runs Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days along the lakefront from Fullerton Avenue to Oak Street.

Multiple rounds of storms pounded the Chicago area Monday afternoon and evening — prompting tornado and flash flood warnings, and causing flight and commuter train delays, power outages, and other problems.

Two Chicago Transit Authority trains were evacuated following the derailment of a Yellow Line train at Howard station.

Kansas City's front office announced its decision to waive Young as part of a series of transactions that saw former first-round pick Felix Anudike-Uzomah placed on the Chiefs' injured reserve list. The team signed defensive lineman Owen Carney and linebacker Xander Mueller to bring its roster back to full strength.

Police are searching for a driver who hit a 4-year-old boy and ran off in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood on Sunday night. Around 9:40 p.m., Chicago police said the 4-year-old was walking with a 24-year-old man in a crosswalk, in the 2700 Block of West Peterson Avenue, when they were hit by the gray car.

Elijah Flores fell down the stairs after the family friend he was with was hit in the head by an object that was thrown by one of the men fighting