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CHICAGO — Four-time convicted felon Davon Fullilove had ten felony cases pending in three states when he robbed a woman near Chicago’s Union Station in 2023. He can rest easy now, knowing that five of those cases are now behind him. He resolved them by pleading guilty to...

Brown Sugar Bakery Photo Courtesy of Greater Chatham Initiative. On Saturday, April 19, a South Side community will take a powerful step in a national movement to reclaim and redirect Black spending power—an economic force estimated at nearly $2 trillion. The Chatham Business Association (CBA), in partnership with...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEVV) — Authorities say they arrested a man with fentanyl, meth, heroin, and pills as he was traveling back to Evansville, Indiana, from Chicago, Illinois. On Tuesday, detectives with the Evansville Vanderburgh County Drug Task Force received an anonymous tip that Andrew Sheets would be traveling...

CHICAGO - A suburban man has been charged in the attack on two Jewish students on DePaul University’s campus late last year. Adam Erkan, 20, was charged Thursday with two counts of hate crime and two counts of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, all felonies. Erkan, of Hoffman...

CHICAGO — A 17-year-old boy shot a 16-year-old boy in the head during an attempted drug rip-off on the Southwest Side, officials said. Angelo Carlin is now charged with attempted murder and the victim has a long recovery ahead. Prosecutors said Carlin arranged to buy marijuana from the other...

"Those two schools pressured us into thinking there was something wrong," mom Yifan Sun says

Green Line service was shut down between Conservatory and Harlem/Lake due to a two-alarm fire at 5045 W. Lake St., according to the CTA and the Chicago Fire Department.

With a nearly three-year surge in the rearview mirror, Chicago robbery numbers have plunged to historic lows. From September 2021 to June 2024, almost every month saw a year-over-year robbery increase, a WBEZ analysis of city data has found. Robberies peaked at 1,213 in August 2023. In July of last year, however, the...

Police warn of robbery spree People waiting for a rideshare pickup have been targeted in a series of robberies in at least two Chicago neighborhoods. Police sent out a community alert to warn the public of the string of incidents, particularly those who frequent bars in the Wrigleyville and Gold Coast neighborhoods....

Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago invites the public to experience a powerful tradition of reflection and faith this Good Friday, as it hosts its 7 Last Words Worship Service on Friday, April 18, 2025, at noon. Led by Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor of Trinity, the...