An air quality alert in the Chicago area has been extended for another day as Canadian wildfire smoke continues to plague the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An air quality alert has been extended for part of the Chicago area through Thursday. The alert for McHenry, Lake, Kane, DuPage, Kendall, Grundy, Cook and Will counties in Illinois ...

Concern for poor air quality in the greater Chicago Metropolitan Area remains as the Illinois EPA extended its air quality ...

Air quality alerts are in place for portions of 10 states from Minnesota to Delaware as officials warn the smoke may become ...

Wildfire smoke brings hazy skies and poor air quality to Chicago today, with hot and humid weather building into the weekend.

An ATM was stolen from a smoke shop in Chicago's Little Italy neighborhood on Wednesday morning. Just before 4 a.m., police responded to a burglary in the 1300 block of West Taylor Street and found ...

With Canadian wildfires seemingly out of control, states from Wisconsin to Maine and as far south as Pennsylvania and ...

Wednesday begins with a fair amount of sunshine for the first two thirds of the day, but some cloud coverage filters the ...

Chicago faces an air quality alert due to Canadian wildfire smoke and high ozone levels, with risks for sensitive groups.

As the city's surface warms, it heats the air above it, causing that air to rise. This rising motion can pull in smoke-laden air from the north, bringing it down to the surface.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An air quality alert was issued for the greater Chicago area on Tuesday. The alert was issued by the EPA at about 11:56 a.m. It will be in effect until midnight. Lake, Porter, Newton ...

The public is advised to take precautions, especially those sensitive to polluted conditions, by limiting their time outside ...