Rick Hepp

Dozens of residents fled a blaze in a Buffalo Grove condominium complex early today as flames gutted up to eight units and rendered the building uninhabitable, officials said. Two Mt....

The heart of Chicago's downtown, whether it was plunged into darkness or not, plodded along today as the scattered power outages put a crimp into lunchtime and cut short the...

The heat-index reading climbed to 111 degrees at O'Hare International Airport this afternoon as state and city officials mobilized to fend off the oppressive heat with emergency plans and requests...

Today's temperatures and heat indices may seem bad. But brace yourselves, Chicagoans, they're forecasted to get worse. If forecasts for Thursday through Saturday come to fruition, lifeguards will be denied...