CHICAGO (WLS) -- Air Quality Alerts remain in effect for the Chicago area Friday due to smoke from Canadian wildfires.

Illinois residents are urged to reduce pollution levels. The air quality is expected to improve by Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. Hannah Hudnall covers trending news for the USA ...

Smoke has continued to cloud Illinois' air for a second straight day, but the poor air quality isn't because of a fire in the ...

"The air quality is officially dangerous in Chicago," says Brian Urbaszewski, director of environmental health programs at ...

An Illinois “Air Pollution Action Day” is declared when weather conditions are such that widespread ozone and or particulate ...

The hazy skies in the Chicago area are the visible sign of the poor air quality Thursday as smoke from Canadian wildfires ...

Wildfire smoke drifting across the Great Lakes has caused air quality to plunge to hazardous levels in several states, ...

A car crashed through the front of Portillo’s restaurant in Oswego, a suburb of Chicago, around lunchtime Wednesday, ...

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A 2-year-old boy was killed and 14 others were injured when a car crashed into a Portillo's restaurant on Wednesday, July 30.

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