Chicago IL

A 28-year-old man was critically wounded late Wednesday morning when a gunman stepped out of a vehicle and opened fire as the victim walked along a Roseland block on Chicago’s Far South Side. The shooting happened at about 10:32 a.m. in the 10700 block of South Wentworth Avenue, where the man was hit multiple times...

In Chicago’s war on rats, it looks like feral cats either lack a certain killer instinct or they’re extremely picky eaters, according to a new study from Lincoln Park Zoo’s Urban Wildlife Institute. That’s probably a good thing for the cats. Maureen Murray, a wildlife disease...

A Chicago budget stalemate could drag on for several more weeks. As Mayor Johnson is digging in his heels on his plan with a corporate head tax, more than half of City Council members seem to be growing frustrated.

A man who twice robbed the same South Side market while he was on electronic monitoring for a pending burglary case has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Prosecutors said Timothy Bowden, 29, committed both robberies while he was out on “essential movement” privileges granted to people on electronic monitoring...

Quadajah Johnson, 31, of Des Plaines, has been charged with first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of 31-year-old Romeca Meeks-Blackmon, who was shot in the face after a physical altercation on September 8.

New data from Chicago police shows shootings, shooting victims, and murders are continuing their downward trend.

The owners of a chain of suburban restaurants say hackers stole tens of thousands of dollars by hacking into their food delivery accounts.

ComEd launches discount program for low-income customers, as required by the Illinois Climate and Equitable Jobs Act.

Kelsey Grammer, in Chicago Wednesday, talked about a new stage production he's bringing to the city.

A Chicago man who told police he fatally stabbed another man in an Irving Park alley because he felt threatened by a plastic fork has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. Judge Ursula Walowski issued the ruling for 30-year-old Daniel Macias after a bench trial and ordered Macias...