As the Chicago area prepares for a stretch of extreme heat, one historic farm in the western suburbs is offering a reminder of how families kept cool before the invention of air conditioning.

It was a movie that changed the way we looked at the ocean. WBBM's Lisa Fielding talked to a scientist about how "Jaws" made an impact on sharks *and pop culture.

WBBM's Carolina Garibay previews this weekend's Chicago Pride Festival.

TikTok troublemakers are creeping in the algorithm. Watch out for fake stories of desperate needs for phony pet shelters. Kayla Palmore with the Better Business Bureau reports.

Two weeks after the owner of the Chicago Fire announced he will privately fund a new $650m-dollar stadium in the South Loop, the football club has shared what it will look like.

Renderings by the design firm Gensler show the brick and steel facade with lots of windows in the Chicago School style of architecture.

An officer saw the teenager acting suspiciously at about 7:30 p.m., then conducted a pat-down and discovered the boy had a semi-automatic handgun.

Naperville Police say the teen was taken into custody, and on Monday was ordered released to home detention with electronic monitoring.