CHICAGO (WLS) -- The barricades are up and it's the first morning of the Kennedy Expressway construction project Tuesday. IDOT crews began setting things up overnight. Two left lanes are now down from ...

Chicago community leaders and longtime residents say the Obama Presidential Center risks washing away the neighborhood’s fabric, warning that proposed luxury developments tied to the project could ...

After years of negotiations and delays, construction is underway on the first of several major projects that represent a massive overhaul at O’Hare International Airport. Construction started in ...

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CHICAGO — Five people were shot early Monday morning in the second mass shooting to occur in the Bronzeville area over a Labor Day holiday weekend that saw 55 people shot citywide, seven of whom died.

A Chicago-area couple claims they were wrongfully detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a wrong turn at the U.S. border with Canada. Sergio Ramirez has been in ICE custody at the ...

CHICAGO — It’s perhaps the most important question of modern times for Chicagoland residents. When will the Kennedy Expressway construction be finished? Well, if everything goes according to plan, by ...

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In what proponents say is a pivotal change to how housing gets built in much of Chicago, developers will now have an easy option to dedicate less space to cars after the City Council eliminated ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Work is ramping up on a new CTA train station at State and Lake streets in the Loop. The early phase of construction will not affect service at the current station. But lanes are ...

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