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Three men are facing charges in the heist of a moving freight train after a railroad drone spotted them in the act, according to authorities. According to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, officers involved in a joint operation to suppress cargo theft with Norfolk Southern Railroad were told about 6:30 a.m. on Dec....

A Trail of Stolen Trailers Leads to the Raid (Image Credits: Cwbchicago.com) Oak Forest, Illinois – Authorities uncovered a sprawling interstate cargo theft operation after raiding a warehouse packed with over $2 million worth of pilfered merchandise, marking a significant win against organized retail crime. A Trail...

A man was shot and critically injured inside a South Side home on Friday night, Chicago police said.

Melissa Nunez and Elizabeth Branske, a couple from Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, made history as the first female couple to win the Cook County Clerk's annual marriage license lottery and were married on Friday morning.

There was a massive crime scene on the city's West Side after someone was stabbed near a CTA Blue Line station.

COOK COUNTY, IL – A 31-year-old Chicago man has been charged in connection with a shooting that killed two people in Ford Heights, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 3:15 a.m. on July 5, Sheriff’s Police responded to the 1400 block of Regent Lane for...

Chicago police are seeking help locating Joyce Berryman-Arriaga, 34, who was last seen Dec. 24 and is missing from the 1800 block of West Adams Street. She is described as 4 feet 11 inches tall, 190 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair; anyone with information should contact Area 3 SUV at 312-744-8266 or call 911.

New Year’s Eve flipped into New Year’s Day with a grimly familiar scene in Chicago, as at least six people were wounded in separate shootings stretching from the Loop to multiple South Side neighborhoods. Police said the violence unfolded between about 11 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and roughly 4 a.m. on New Year’s Day,...

Illinois leaders and Chicago communities are reacting after a U.S. military operation in Venezuela on Saturday.

Quinn Myers, reporter for Block Club Chicago, joins Jon Hansen, filling in for Lisa Dent, to discuss the reported number of murders in Chicago in the year of 2015. Myers reports that the city reported 419 murders, the lowest since 1965. Myers shares that not only is this number lower than the pre-COVID crime spike, […]