Chicago IL

A man who was violently arrested as a teenager in Oak Lawn will receive $820,000 in a lawsuit settlement.

audacy.com - 11/21/2025 09:27:13 PM. A recent incident involving a burn attack on a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) passenger by Lawrence Reed, a man previously released under the Safe-T Act bail-reform law, has sparked heated debate. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker defended the law, arguing that it allows for "good...

In the beloved 1986 movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” the “Sausage King of Chicago” is a mythical man named Abe Froman. Bueller, a mischievous high school senior skipping school, says he’s Froman to get seated at a ritzy restaurant with his girlfriend and a buddy.

A 14-year-old boy was shot twice Saturday night in Chicago’s Grand Boulevard neighborhood in what has become a grimly familiar scene on the South Side, police said. The teen was walking when he heard a loud noise and felt pain, and officers later found he had gunshot wounds to his leg. He was taken to Comer...

The van was full of cash, and the workers were at the gas station to fill an ATM inside, according to Chicago police.

Chicago police arrested 18 people as large, unruly crowds flooded the Loop after Friday evening’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony, an hours-long disturbance that coincided with two shooting incidents that left eight young people wounded and a teenager dead. Court records show three of the arrests involved...

Only days after a Chicago mother and her young son were attacked by a group of school children, a Maryland mother’s story is spreading online […] ‘Eat the Mom Up!’: Mob of Children Savagely Attack Maryland Mom and Her Daughter, Dragging, Punching, and Taunting Her on Camera

Washington was Chicago's mayor for four years, ending his term in 1987.

Over the past eight years, Kenneka Jenkins’ mother has endured the tragic death of her daughter — whose lifeless body was found in a hotel’s […] ‘I’ve Stayed Quiet Long Enough’: Kenneka Jenkin’s Mother Makes Explosive Claims About Her Mysterious Death and the $10 Million Settlement

Former Dolton police chief Lewis Lacey has agreed to plead guilty to a personal bankruptcy fraud case and is cooperating with a broader investigation, while former mayor Tiffany Henyard has not been charged with wrongdoing.