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A tense nine-hour police standoff in Englewood ended early Friday when a man who had barricaded himself inside a home was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to authorities. Chicago police said officers were first called around 4:30 p.m. Thursday to the 5700 block of South May Street...

The FBI says it's dismantled a drug trafficking organization operating across the city and suburbs.

KENDALL COUNTY, Ill. - Two people were found dead after a house explosion Thursday evening in Chicago's southwest suburbs. The Oswego Fire Protection District was called at 5:02 p.m. to the 200 block of Fox Chase Drive North for a reported house explosion with people possibly trapped inside. Crews arrived...

A Circuit Court judge ruled that Cook County misspent millions of dollars in funding for transportation.

A woman is now charged in a stabbing on a CTA Red Line train earlier this month, Chicago police said.

CHICAGO — A 16-year-old girl is in critical condition following a stabbing on the West Side Thursday night. Officers responded to the 800 block of South Kilbourn Avenue after 6:55 p.m. on the report of a stabbing. Three people, a 16-year-old girl, a 43-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man were involved in an...

CHICAGO - A Chicago man is facing several felony charges after police say he seriously injured another man during an attack on the city’s West Side earlier this week. Curtis Conner, 43, was arrested at around 4:30 p.m. Monday in the 5300 block of West Madison Street. Police said...

The days are slowly but surely getting longer as winter carries on, and this week we’ll see the first big milestone signaling that spring isn’t far away. Chicago will observe its first post-5 p.m. sunset since early November 2025 this week! Here’s everything to know. Sun to set after 5 p.m. on Thursday The sun will...

CHICAGO - A suburban woman says she is fighting a red-light camera ticket issued for a vehicle she does not own, even though the license plate number on the citation matches her own. Susan Bonini drives a green Subaru and lives outside Chicago. But in early January, she opened her...

A tiny Logan Square burger bar with big-city swagger, Gretel has become one of those Chicago spots friends whisper about before they shout it from the rooftops. On any given night, you’ll see dates sharing fries, solo diners locked in on a double cheeseburger, and locals easing into whiskey highballs while the...