Chicago IL

Despite years of police warnings about the dangers of meeting strangers to buy or sell items found online, criminals continue to use social media markets to lure victims into robbery traps. This week, one of those robbers, caught last summer because Chicago police were surveilling the area with a drone, was sent to...

The arrest reportedly occurred Friday at a Lowe’s store during a broader operation.

A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to 48 years in prison for raping and robbing a woman who was visiting Lincoln Park in June 2023. Reggie Brown was identified through public tips after Chicago police released surveillance images of the assailant to the media. Cook County Judge Carol Howard found...

Three people were killed early Sunday in a crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway where it splits off into the Bishop Ford Freeway and I-57.

The FBI is offering rewards for anyone who knows the whereabouts of the 7 most wanted suspects in Illinois right now.

ICE and Indiana State Police arrested 223 people in Operation Midway Blitz, targeting unlicensed illegal alien truck drivers to improve highway safety and public security. Indiana — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have arrested 223 individuals along major Indiana highways since mid-September as...

CHICAGO - A teen was injured by gunfire in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on Saturday, according to police. Around 2:00 p.m., a 17-year-old male teen was hit in the hand by gunfire from an unknown source in the 3400 block of W. Fulton. He transported himself to Stronger Hospital...

More than 200 renters under a Rogers Park landlord are withholding payment and won't agree to major rent hikes amid what they say are unsafe living conditions. So they've called a rent strike.

Community groups and organizations are stepping up to help Chicagoans impacted by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit freeze put food on the table after SNAP benefits lapsed Saturday for 42 million Americans who rely on food assistance due to the ongoing government shutdown. Carolyn Johnson is one...

A man who police say shot another man in a Rogers Park alley last year has finally been charged with murder, more than a year after Chicago police detained him just 30 minutes after the killing. Detectives arrested 32-year-old Valgas Etheard this week as he was being discharged from the...