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The Brookfield zoo is offering free admission from January 5 through February 28

The holiday return rush is on, and more and more stores are charging fees to take those items back.

CHICAGO - A 31-year-old man was critically wounded early Friday after an altercation with unknown men ended in a shooting on Chicago's South Side. The shooting happened around 3:10 a.m. in the 6300 block of South Dorchester Avenue in the Woodlawn neighborhood. Police said the victim was walking outside when...

On Christmas Eve, the Chicago Police Department reported the arrest of a 16-year-old male charged with armed robbery. According to the Chicago Police release, the juvenile offender is facing a felony count of robbery armed with a firearm for an incident that occurred months prior. The arrest, which took place on...

In the light of day, just past noon on Christmas Eve, a woman faced a harrowing ordeal on the 4600 block of W North Ave. The Chicago Police Department reports that an unknown male assailant forcibly pushed the victim into her vehicle in an apparent attempt to sexually assault her. This violent encounter was...

STICKNEY TOWNSHIP, Ill. - A 15-year-old girl is missing from suburban Cook County, according to the sheriff's office. Isabella Barraza, 15, was reported missing by her family on Christmas Day. She is from unincorporated Stickney Township. Officials say Isabella is about 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs about 135...

Firefighters responded to a building fire in West Englewood early on Christmas Day.

Chicago police say a 17-year-old is now in custody in connection with a summer carjacking that left another teenager staring down the wrong end of a gun on the Far South Side. According to investigators, a 16-year-old boy was robbed at gunpoint on July 25 and had personal items, including a vehicle, taken during the...

A Cook County judge remarked that a man with a history of randomly and violently attacking strangers “seems to be expending a lot of energy getting into violent incidents allegedly” and that it “seems like we have a little anger management issue” before deciding to release the man on electronic monitoring rather than...

A veterinary student home for the holiday break was found dead after a night out with friends in Chicago's West Town neighborhood. Police are conducting a death investigation to figure out what happened as family and friends of Christian Law prepare for a funeral. They told NBC Chicago he had...