Lithium-ion batteries can erupt in violent explosions and out-of-control fires, and toxic chemicals can be released rapidly.

The Chicago Fire Department is raising awareness about the increasing number of fires caused by faulty lithium batteries in ...

These batteries are everywhere – cell phones, laptops, scooters, bikes, power tools and vaping devices. Increasingly, they’re causing fires.

Chicago police said officers opened fire at a man who pointed a weapon at them in the South Shore neighborhood on Monday ...

A fire damaged two houses in the Roseland neighborhood Tuesday evening. The fire broke out in the 300 block of West 108th ...

Now that there's the changing of the guard, the characters will be moving into a new chapter, still haunted by their past on ...

The Chicago Fire Department is raising awareness about the increasing number of fires caused by faulty lithium batteries in ...

A 63-year-old woman died in an apartment fire in Chicago's Austin neighborhood Wednesday night; her identity has not been ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson isn't the first Chicago mayor to tackle a budget crisis by freezing hiring and restricting overtime.

Facing a burgeoning budget crisis, Johnson on Monday froze hiring and travel and eliminated overtime “not directly required ...

While the Aurora Fire Department has replaced vehicles in that timeframe, Truck 14 represents the first addition of a “water ...

Caldwell's City Council still deciding where Caldwell's oldest fire station will move. The department urging the Council to ...