Paul Vriend's photo of a beaver swimming at Jackson Park leads the notes package from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Expected rounds of snow have prompted Chicago's Department of Streets and Sanitation to deploy salt trucks across the city.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago is preparing for the biggest snowfall of the season. The Department of Streets and Sanitation ...

Chicago Auto Show: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. through Sunday, Feb. 16, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, at McCormick Place, 2301 ...

In Lake Forest, 10 plows were on the ground at 6 p.m. with more crews expected to hit the streets later in the evening.

The Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation will deploy salt spreaders ahead of the anticipated winter snowstorm. The department manages more than 9,400 lane miles of roadway.

The new secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation hopes to speed up projects around the state - even if it means ...

Maniacs: 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 13-15, at City Winery, 1200 W. Randolph St., Chicago. Alternative rock. Tickets start at $235.

After Rod Blagojevich was arrested in 2008 and convicted of attempting to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat, his home on Sunnyside Avenue became a prime media target.

A northwest shift in Wednesday's winter storm and warmer than expected temperatures left around 2 inches of snow in Chicago.

U.S. Steel mines iron ore in Minnesota and sends it across Lake Superior on freighters a thousand feet long. At Sault Ste.

you can still enjoy the lake up in the North Shore. Illinois Beach State Park has the beach, of course, and a nature area for families, too. Here’s a mall that has an indoor playground a little ...