Extreme cold has settled on the Chicago area, making the job of firefighting harder than usual. Just such an example of such challenges came up Tuesday afternoon in the Pilsen neighborhood, where a fire broke out in a duplex house and sent a man to the hospital in critical condition.

Several members of the Chicago Fire Department falsified reports and misled investigators after a high-ranking department member was found slumped over a steering wheel in 2022, says a report from

Residents of a Chicago Ridge apartment are displaced after a large fire ripped through the building. The fire happened Saturday evening near 105th Street and Brooks Lane. Smoke was seen billowing out of the three-story building.

Just before 9 p.m., Firefighters battled heavy flames and issues with frozen hydrants at the building in the 1600 block of West Cullerton Street. Six people escaped from their burning homes safely. The American Red Cross is working to assist the displaced residents during the extreme cold.

The city entrusts the experts at the Chicago Fire Department to remove the ice. "Best job in Chicago. Actually, best job on the Great Lakes," Steiner said. Steiner, a marine pilot with the Chicago ...

A 63-year-old man was found dead in a Norwood Park basement late Sunday night on the city’s Northwest Side, his arms apparently tied with duct tape and his legs tied with an extension cord, according to police scanner audio.

A death investigation is underway in Waukegan after two men were found shot to death blocks away from each other Sunday night.

Two fires broke out over the weekend at apartments in Chicago suburbs, one in Chicago Ridge and the other in Cicero, according to officials. Both fires have left residents displaced. Firefighters were dispatched around 5 p.

Chicago Fire Department boats battle the blaze that destroyed McCormick Place in January 1967. More than 500 firefighters were called to the scene as flames spread throughout the structure. (Luigi Mendicino/Chicago Tribune) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 16, according to the Tribune’s archives.

Border Patrol agents were reportedly shot at by suspected cartel gunmen attempting to transport illegal migrants across the US-Mexican border...

The Justice Department is firing "over a dozen" officials who were part of former special counsel Jack Smith's teams that prosecuted President Donald Trump, officials confirmed to ABC News Monday.

A day of nearly 1,000 illegal alien arrests included Dr. Phil McGraw riding along with border czar Tom Homan on a "pretty high-risk mission."