Somehow, a hot air balloon landed in the backyard of a home on Saturday. It was all caught on video.

A woman has been sentenced in the 2020 murder of a mother in south suburban Harvey, court records show.

A man died in a fiery crash on the city's Southwest Side on Saturday, Chicago police said.

At least eight tornadoes have been confirmed in northern Illinois during Friday night's storms, the National Weather Service said this weekend.

A United flight that took off from Chicago's O'Hare airport was forced to land in Pittsburgh after pilots reported hearing a "sequential beeping" onboard. Passengers evacuated the plane on slides.

Surveillance video captured suspects climbing into a Chicago business. Two teenagers are now facing charges for the break-in and others in a burglary spree across the city, police said.

Officials have identified three people who were killed in a quadruple shooting near multiple West Side businesses Friday afternoon.

A skydiver crashed into a scoreboard before Virginia Tech's spring football game Saturday. Video showed the person dangling from their parachute before being rescued.

An eye-opening new study shows many Americans are just one emergency away from financial trouble.

Lake County, Illinois officials are monitoring possible flooding along the Des Plaines River, Fox River and Chain O'Lakes following multiple rounds of heavy rainfall. Sandbags are being offered to residents.