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A website tracks when sewage is dumped in the river. It will only increase with the fall rains.
The city braced for flooding and prepared an expanded paving program for pothole repair.
Albany Park flooding is a "priority" in the initiative, but river and lake runoff should improve as well.
Resident James Huffer said the "smelly cesspool" that formed at a clogged catch basin is a health hazard.
Plans have been in works for more than a year, but tunnel won't be finished until 2015, city estimated.
Engineering kept water levels low during torrential rains, experts said.
"Water started pouring in from the shower drains," said owner of one of 500 homes flooded in the area.
Second "100-year rain" in five years turned neighborhoods along the Chicago River into a disaster zone.
Take shorter showers, don't wash dishes and ease up on laundry, Water Reclamation District said.
Two weeks after a grand opening, the Damen Student Center's basement flooded during heavy rains.
Standing water blocked eastbound traffic as the evening commute approached.
MARK KONKOL: Sewer rain restrictors keep my basement from becoming a "poop swimming pool."
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And, no, they're not called Roosevelt and State.
For most of November, it'll be open two days a week, between 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays.
Data shows that while more blacks and Latinos applied to the CPD, most new officers are white.
The nation's largest bike maker is soliciting bids for a retail build-out at 1647 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Cochran was given CPR by 40th Ward Ald. Patrick O'Connor, taken to Northwestern hospital.
The violent robbery could be connected to four other robberies in the area, police said.
We looked at the data behind thousands of cellphones reported stolen in Chicago since January 2016.
Erin Mowry, 42, could be convicted of aggravated DUI for the July 2015 crash.
Terrion Pouncy, 19, was still hospitalized Thursday following surgery.
The eviction notices "caught many families unprepared," activists said.
"The reception has been outstanding. We've had lots of interest and excitement," the listing agent said.
About 20 percent of O'Hare and Midway flights for Thanksgiving get delayed, according to a new report.