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Residents in Bridgeport and Chinatown packed a community meeting to voice concerns about a proposed Amtrak maintenance facility, while the railroad released new information about a project it says is needed to modernize operations.

Piacenti and her husband welcomed a baby girl five months ago, and she was killed on her first day back at work after maternity leave, according to a GoFundMe page.

The cause of death for actor Tim Curry has been revealed one week after he died at his Los Angeles area home.

A two-year-old child died in a domestic homicide in Frankfort and the child's mother was hospitalized after hurting herself Tuesday, police said.

Millions of years old and 60 degrees year-round, the Blue Hole in Santa Rosa, New Mexico has helped travelers beat the heat for generations before Route 66's existence.

A group of Chicago alders is raising concerns with a "World Business Chicago" campaign featuring Mayor Brandon Johnson. Many have said the promotions look like campaign ads.

State, federal and local officials are conducting damage assessments across south suburban Cook County following the Aug. 11 storms, a key step in determining whether residents could eventually qualify for federal disaster assistance.

The FBI and Chicago police are investigating a bank robbery on the city's South Side on Wednesday.

More than six years after her release from prison, exonerated Chicago woman Marilyn Mulero has opened a West Side home for women who have been wrongfully convicted or who have spent more than a decade behind bars.

Community organizers arrived at City Hall Wednesday to call for an environmental health assessment of South Chicago Chapel after investigators said 56 decomposing bodies were found at the funeral home last month.