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Chicago, Illinois – A death investigation led to traffic disruptions early Monday after a man was found unresponsive in the South Austin neighborhood on the city’s West Side. Authorities confirmed that the discovery prompted the temporary closure of a major expressway off-ramp during the early morning hours. Police...

Lio Cundiff dove into icy Lake Michigan after an 8-month-old was blown into the water in her stroller. He saved her despite not knowing how to swim and is now recovering as supporters rally behind him.

A massive plume of black smoke could be seen from I-90 as it billowed from a structure fire on Chicago's Far Northwest Side. Around 6:15 p.m., video posted to social media showed a large plume of dark smoke rising from a building on the 5500 block of North East River Road in Chicago.

Police were dispatched to Walmart late on Feb. 22 after a woman called police and said she got a call from an unknown man who told her he put a bomb in the Forest Park Walmart before hanging up. Police evacuated the store around 10:30 p.m., contacted the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department and requested the K-9...

A Stickney man has been charged with murder following a fatal Thanksgiving shooting, according to Chicago Police. Richard Negron, 31, is charged with first-degree murder. He was nabbed on Friday in the 4700 block of C. Central Ave. in Stickney, Illinois. Police responded to a complaint of a person shot...

A car involved in a Cicero police investigation crashed into a home on Chicago's West Side, police said.

Public records show Mandera, his relatives, and businesses tied to him have contributed more than $100,000 to Giannoulias’ campaign operation, including at least $80,000 to the Citizens for Giannoulias committee since 2022. Filings also list a $6,900 in-kind contribution in 2024 for a Cubs suite used as a fundraiser...

The Oak Park apartment building engulfed by a massive fire last week had long been on village officials’ radar over a lengthy record of safety code violations, according to county court records. The fire, one of the biggest seen in the village in recent years, came just months after...

DES PLAINES - Two daycare employees in suburban Des Plaines are accused of battering seven young children, including dragging a 4-year-old boy across the floor, according to police. Jessica Murillo, 36, and Izabella Thompson, 23, face multiple battery charges stemming from incidents that occurred between Nov. 3 and...

A Northwest Side man is accused of launching a lucrative street-level drug operation in grocery store parking lots and selling a firearm to an undercover officer, beginning just one day after he pleaded guilty in an unrelated felony case and was given a chance to keep the charge off his record.