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If you live in low-lying areas, officials say now is the time to secure your property.

Authorities in Iroquois County have charged 22-year-old Watseka resident Jason L. Ruiz with first-degree murder and aggravated battery after his three-week-old son, Jace, was found not breathing at a rural home and later died at a Chicago hospital, officials said Thursday. According to ABC7 Chicago, first responders were called on...

Three people were injured in a crash in the Gage Park neighborhood involving an SUV and a bicycle Thursday night, Chicago police said.

A workplace dispute in unincorporated Stickney Township ended with one man in the hospital and another facing a slate of felony charges, after Cook County sheriff's police say a 58-year-old Riverdale man stabbed a coworker and then drove off. Authorities said the victim, a 55-year-old man, suffered a stab wound...

A suburban house fire that sent smoke billowing into the air Thursday morning was likely caused by a lightning strike, officials said. Around noon, Morton Grove Fire Department officials responded to a structure fire on the 6400 block of Hoffman Terrance and found a two-story home on fire. The roof,...

A Chicago man involved in the Facebook live-streamed torture of a white man with special needs in 2017 has been busted again. Tesfaye Cooper, who along with three others kidnapped the man and tortured him in the online video, was arrested again recently and accused of targeting another victim, CWB Chicago reported Wednesday.

Two commuters in separate cases recently reported being victimized while on CTA platforms on Chicago’s NW Side. A local high school student reported that a man took his backpack at about 1:25 p.m. Tues-day, April 7, at the Jefferson Park CTA Blue Line station, 4917 N. Milwaukee Ave., according to 16th (Jefferson Park) District police.

A car crashed into City News Cafe on Chicago's Northwest Side Thursday morning, leaving the Portage Park business badly damaged and shutting down part of Cicero Avenue. Here is what we know so far.

Two Illinois friends win $518K lottery jackpot after playing without their usual group using FastPlay tickets.

Chicago renters who've lived in their apartments for years now have a stronger legal shield against sudden displacement.