It is the Chicago Bears’ pocketbook that may be of more importance in trying to convince Chicago legislators to vote to ease the way for them to leave the city.

The sensors, which are being deployed over the next 18 months, use sonar technology to detect when water levels rise and create real-time flood maps for different city agencies.

Police are searching for a driver who hit a 4-year-old boy and ran off in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood on Sunday night. Around 9:40 p.m., Chicago police said the 4-year-old was walking with a 24-year-old man in a crosswalk, in the 2700 Block of West Peterson Avenue, when they were hit by the gray car.

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The free event, now in its 66th year, runs Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days along the lakefront from Fullerton Avenue to Oak Street.

More than 300,000 Chicago Public Schools students are returning to the classroom on Monday to start the school year. The start of the school year comes as the district is facing a $734 million budget deficit.

Starter, the iconic sportswear brand that dominated the '90s, has teamed up with retro apparel powerhouse HOMAGE to release a new line of NFL throwback jackets.

Michael Bradway, who played Jack Damon for seasons 12 and 13, won’t be returning for the new installment either.

Mariah Vera's family is preparing to move her to hospice care at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, and they are facing another hurdle — final medical and funeral costs.

Two men were taken into custody late Sunday after police said they opened fire on another vehicle and struck a CPD patrol car.