Chicago IL

Chicago fire officials said 12 people were injured in a crash Saturday the city's Near South Side.

A Chicago man has been sentenced to prison for 7 years after pleading guilty on Thursday to a botched train robbery this spring. According to the Macoupin County State’s Attorney, 30-year-old Marquese C. Douglas collected less than $500 for his effort on April 8 on an Amtrak train and was met by police at its next stop

Ford City Mall, once the retail jewel of the Southwest Side, has been ordered to shut down in mid-June by Cook County Circuit Court Judge Leonard Murray. The decision to order the shutdown came weeks after city inspectors said there were health and safety concerns at the Southwest Side shopping center.

Investigations into a shooting and a deadly chain-reaction crash shut down part of the Eisenhower Expressway on Chicago's West Side overnight, Illinois State Police said on Sunday morning.

ILLINOIS — One person was killed and seven others were injured in a four-vehicle crash early Sunday morning on Interstate 290 in Chicago, according to Illinois State Police. The crash happened around 3 a.m. in the westbound lanes of I-290 near Ashland Avenue. Police said traffic was slowing when one vehicle struck the

CHICAGO - A shooting left a teenager dead and others hurt at a post-prom party in Northwestern Indiana; a beloved UIC track athlete was killed in a wrong-way crash on I-88 over Mother's Day weekend; and a teenager was arrested in connection with a deadly crash in the west suburbs.

CHICAGO - The Chicago Police Department's chief of patrol, effectively the second-in-command of the nation's second-largest police department, will retire June 1, according to a department statement. Jon Hein has led CPD's patrol division since March 2024. Since the retirement of First Deputy Superintendent Yolanda Tal

A cyclist was hospitalized in critical condition after a semi-truck driver struck him before fleeing on Friday morning in Chicago. Around 6:50 a.m., the 37-year-old man was biking northbound on the 6400 block of South Kedzie Avenue when he attempted to turn left and was struck by the driver of a semi-truck heading sout

The mother of 16-year-old Lily Bova, who was fatally shot in her Glenview home in March, says she is frustrated that no charges have been filed in the case. Christine Maga said Cook County sheriff’s investigators told her they have enough evidence to charge a suspect, but the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office is re

CHICAGO - Chicago police are warning of a string of armed robberies in the Portage Park and Logan Square neighborhoods within a 20-minute span. In each of the incidents, the suspect, described as a Black man, entered the store and approached the counter pointing a gun and demanded cash from the register.