Chicago IL

An 18-year-old man delivering food for DoorDash was hit and killed early Sunday morning on Chicago's Southwest Side, his family said.

The Chicago Sky have traded Angel Reese to the Atlanta Dream, the team reported Monday.

Hundreds of Cook County homeowners who thought they were in line for quick cash back on missed property-tax exemptions are instead watching their refunds stall out, as a wave of incomplete or poorly supported certificate-of-error claims jams the system. County officials say the surge of weak applications is gumming up the works for everybody, leaving both families and local taxing bodies...

On West Grand Avenue in Chicago, there’s a bakery that’s been quietly making some of the best Italian bread in Illinois for years. It’s one of those spots people hear about through friends or family, and once you go, it makes sense why it sticks with them.

Police responded to the 900 block of Harlem Avenue just before 2:30 a.m. on April 4 after several callers reported a car struck a tree and fire hydrant. Police reported that there were two people unresponsive and trapped in the car, which was impacted by the tree on the driver’s side and a fire hydrant in the front. The Forest Park Fire Department and North Riverside paramedics...

A routine stop on Valentine’s Day took a violent turn in Hazel Crest and now, newly surfaced body camera video is raising serious questions about police use of force.

A career criminal walked out of the federal correctional center in downtown Chicago last week after serving a 96-month term for bank robbery and robbed another bank that very afternoon, prosecutors say. Major McCoy, 42, allegedly admitted to robbing the PNC Bank, 1231 North Wells Street, during an FBI interview, adding that he lost $150 of the bank’s cash before police arrested him when a crack dealer...

Some places just serve food. This Chicago diner in Illinois feels more like a full-on experience, with neon lights, checkered floors, and milkshakes that are almost too thick in the best way. Right in the middle of downtown, it’s been turning simple meals into something way more memorable for years....

At Cook County Jail, seemingly ordinary sheets of paper have become a lethal smuggling tool. Investigators say tiny strips of mail soaked in powerful synthetic drugs were smoked by detainees, and in several fatal cases, burned scraps were found near the bodies. In response, the sheriff’s office has tightened mail and visitation rules, launched criminal probes and leaned on forensic labs to keep up...

The woman accused of killing her on-and-off-again boyfriend and his parents in Chicago's south suburbs was due in court Monday.