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It has been nearly three months since Wisconsin toddler Elijah Vue disappeared in a mystery that continues to spur headlines, but in a recent update, authorities said while Elijah remains missing, they wanted to clear up some “rumors” about the case.

The American flag and the State of Illinois flag will be flying at half-staff on Wednesday.

Dorothy Jean Tillman II’s participation in Arizona State University’s May 6 commencement was the latest step on a higher-education journey the Chicago teen started when she took her first college course at age 10.

The Bank of America Chicago 13.1 is inching closer, but it’s not too late to sign up to volunteer for the annual race.

Macy’s will soon open a “new store format” at a popular Chicago-area strip mall shopping center.

“For nearly a century, our museum has celebrated the power of science and industry,” a Facebook post from the Museum of Science and Industry said. “As we march toward the next 100 years, we embark on our next chapter.”

A very Chicago-style pizza is coming back for a limited time.

You’ve heard of snakes on a plane. What about snakes in the studio?

One Chicago-area town will soon change how late its bars and restaurants can sell alcohol.

Wheaton residents attending a Planning and Zoning Board meeting on Tuesday voiced their opposition to a potential parking lot expansion at the Cosley Zoo.

A baby girl who weighed just over one pound when she was born prematurely has beaten the odds and gone home with her parents after six months at a Chicago area hospital. Nyla Brooke Haywood left a hospital in New Lenox, Illinois, on Monday with her first-time parents, NaKeya and Cory Haywood of Joliet. Nyla was delivered Nov. 17 at...

Chicago’s popular Museum of Science and Industry will officially have a new name starting next week — and with it comes a new logo and new exhibits.

A recent ranking of the best places to camp in the Midwestern United States offered high praise to a state park in Illinois, but it isn’t the one you may be thinking of.