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Several families were displaced when a fire spread through an Englewood apartment building Sunday afternoon. Flames engulfed the rear stairs and upper floors of the building in the 6400 block of South Normal Avenue.

Chicago police have released surveillance images of a man sought in connection with an attack on a passenger at the 95th Street Red Line station in Roseland.

Drivers will have a new way to get around the near western suburbs this weekend.

The first part of the I-490 Tollway Project is expected to open Friday night.

The Crown Point Coffin Cup is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 24, and it will feature 11 teams racing DIY coffins on wheels.

Each coffin will be guided by one "ghost rider" inside it and two pushers outside.

As for the course, it's a straight 100 yard dash starting at the historic Lake County Courthouse and traveling south on Main Street

The event is being put on by the city of Crown Point and First United Methodist Church to raise money for charities.

$2,500 will be give to the winning team's charity, and $500 will go the charity of the team that has best theme and costumes.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz updates a proposal to let self-driving cabs operate in Chicago and other Illinois cities.

​The owner of Star One Tobacco on West 103rd Street in Oak Lawn called police on Wednesday about 3 a.m. after seeing a man inside his closed store via a live security camera feed.

​Minutes later, Oak Lawn Police say they found 31-year-old Andre Starkes of Chicago not far from Star One Tobacco, carrying merchandise from the store.

Police say the felony and misdemeanor charges against Starkes include animal cruelty because he allegedly removed a caged canary from the tobacco shop and left it outdoors in the cold air.

Newer shopping malls have come and gone, while Old Orchard is celebrating 70 years.

Marshall Field & Company was the first store to open in the Skokie mall on October 22, 1956.

Stephanie Guthrie, a coordinator at the Skokie Heritage Museum, says the mall was built on partially-developed land originally planned to be houses and has attracted crowds from the beginning.

Local attorneys say the recent wave of sexual assault allegations on college campuses is further evidence that more needs to be done to protect students.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports on a new surcharge being added to cab fares in Chicago.