The Chicago area is under a fire weather watch for Wednesday, but some parts of the region could be upgraded to a “red flag warning.”

Instead of building individual homes on scattered sites, Reclaiming Chicago aims to transform whole neighborhoods at once, taking over large vacant lots and planting groups of more than 100

HILLSIDE, Ill. (WLS) -- A Chicago suburb has gotten the title of having the worst traffic bottleneck in the country. The interchange where I-290 crosses and merges with I-294 and I-88 has the worst congestion of any interchange in the U.S., according to the American Transportation Research Institute.

D'Andre Swift addressed his future in Chicago with a comment that Bears fans will want to hear.

At least two people were killed, and 13 other people were hurt this weekend in shootings across Chicago, according to police. The victims' ages range from 15 to 37. In the first shooting of the weekend, a 19-year-old man was on the sidewalk in the 4500 block of South Wood Street around 7:30 p.m. when he heard a loud noise and felt pain.

The Bulls are 16-22 in Eastern Conference games. Chicago has a 9-5 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer. The Raptors are 24-15 in conference matchups.

The Bears aren't as salary-cap rich as they've been in recent offseasons, but they're still being linked to one top free-agent defender.

A person was hit and killed by a CTA Blue Line train Tuesday morning in downtown Chicago, disrupting service for nearly two hours.