Chicago has made significant strides in crime reduction in recent years, and these five suburbs of the Windy City are incredibly safe — and quite pricey.

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Yet there it stands at 10244 S. Longwood Drive—a limestone castle complete with turrets, battlements, and enough old-world charm to make you check your GPS to confirm you’re still in Illinois. The ...

Danville, Illinois stands as a remarkable anomaly in today’s housing landscape – a community where you can still find homes ...

Black, while Burbank and Franklin Park are now majority-Latino, according to a WBEZ analysis of new census data.

Dozens of Chicago suburbs have flipped to majority nonwhite, changing schools and Main Streets across the region.

BERKELEY, Ill. — Seven suburban communities along Union Pacific’s east-west main line are organizing to pursue representation ...

“We walk through LaBagh Woods and Gompers Park. The adjacent sites, with the north branch of the Chicago River running ...

GameStop has shuttered at least 10 locations in the Chicago area as part of a nationwide downsizing effort, and additional closures are planned this week. In its most recent quarterly report, the ...

Chicago still has plenty to cheer for in Sunday’s Super Bowl even though the Bears didn’t make it, with several suburban ...

The Chicago area climbed up two spots as a technology hub, surpassing Silicon Valley. Government can foster that growth.