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A 40-year-old man was critically wounded Friday when gunfire broke out on Chicago’s West Side in the Austin neighborhood, authorities said. Police reported that the victim was standing near the sidewalk on the 5800 block of West Division Street around 12:19 p.m. when someone opened fire. He was hit multiple times and r

CICERO, Ill. — A search is underway this weekend for a person wanted in connection with a shooting that left a teen boy dead in Cicero late Friday night. According to Cicero police, the deadly shooting unfolded around 11:58 p.m. in an alley located in the 2500 block of South 58th Avenue. Officers were first […]

More than a decade has passed since Bruno Mars last headlined a stadium tour, and tonight, that wait ends on the lakefront in Chicago. The 16-time Grammy winner brings The Romantic Tour to Soldier Field tonight and again on Sunday, opening the Chicago leg of a three-month North American run that stands as one of the mo

Twelve people were arrested during a protest outside an Amazon warehouse in Bridgeport on Saturday, organizers said. Around 9:30 a.m., protesters gathered outside the Amazon warehouse at the corner of West 36th Street and South Ashland Avenue to disrupt the company's deliveries and call upon elected officials to make l

After a lengthy investigation, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has been unable to determine the circumstances that led to the death of a 32-year-old man found dead in the stairwell of his Lakeview apartment building in October. In newly released findings, the office said Nolan Hart died from...

Hundreds lined up at the Oak Brook Center Mall for a Swatch and Audemars Piguet Royal Pop Collection pocket watch, causing the store to decide to close for the day. A large number of police vehicles could be seen at the mall.

What started as an after-school pickup on Chicago’s South Shore has turned into a serious felony case. Prosecutors say a mother pulled a handgun on a group of kids outside O’Keeffe School of Excellence on Wednesday, May 6, after deciding that one of the students had hit her son. One of the children dialed 911 and a sch

CHICAGO - The chief of patrol for the Chicago Police Department, John Hein, is set to retire at the end of this month, according to a source. Hein is a 30-year veteran of the department and was first appointed to chief of patrol back in 2024, where he oversees CPD’s largest bureau, including all 22 police districts acr

EVANSTON, Ill. - A second person has been charged in an April shooting in Evanston, according to police. Cajmere T. Lemond, 19, of Evanston, has been charged with two felony counts of aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon and one felony count of mob action. On May 14, police found...

A 40-year-old man was discovered with a gunshot wound to the head inside a North Lawndale home Wednesday night, leaving neighbors stunned and police scrambling for answers. He was rushed to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition, authorities said, after officers responded to the 4300 block of West Cermak Road at abou