Former substitute teacher pleads guilty to battery of a child
A former teacher with a long history of child abuse allegations and convictions pleaded guilty earlier month to aggravated battery of a child after he was accused of inappropriate behavior with a 9-year-old boy he was hired to tutor in Orland Park. Brett Smith, 43, pleaded guilty on July 16....
Thousands of Illinois residents will receive $400 in benefits in the coming days
One in every four people in Cook County are experiencing food insecurity, according to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Kathy Wyckline is one of the many thousands who fell upon hard times in recent years and relied on her local food pantry for support. “There was a time that I...
1 arrested after Illinois State Police chase on I-57 ends in crash
A person is in custody after an Illinois State Police chase on I-57 that ended with a car crash in Dixmoor.
Chicago Executive Airport shut down after plane leaves runway after landing
Chicago Executive Airport in suburban Wheeling was briefly closed Tuesday after a plane left a runway after landing on the tarmac. According to officials at the airport, a business jet landed on a runway at the airport at approximately 5:27 p.m. While that airplane was turning onto an adjacent taxiway, its landing gear
Chicago Landlords Brace for a Profit Squeeze as Two Renter Bills Compete at City...
Chicago's rental market is about to get a new rulebook, and multifamily owners are running the numbers on what it could cost them. Two competing pieces of legislation are now sitting in front of the City Council, both aimed at tenants who are struggling with rent, but landlords say either version could cut directly int
2 injured, 1 critically, in crash involving ATV on NW Side, Chicago police say
Two people were hurt, one critically in a crash between an SUV and an ATV on the Northwest Side Tuesday night, Chicago police said.
Bomb threat under investigation at Evanston hospital after suspicious package found: police
Evanston police are investigating a bomb threat at Endeavor Health Evanston Hospital Tuesday, police said.
Man dead, another critically hurt after shooting in South Shore
One man was killed, and another was critically injured in a shooting in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood.
Police search for 2 men in shooting in Hermosa
Chicago police were searching Wednesday for two men in connection with a shooting that left a man wounded in the Northwest Side's Hermosa neighborhood.
Chicago crime: 11 shot, 2 fatally, 1 stabbed Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning
CHICAGO - Eleven people were shot, including two who died, and one person was stabbed in separate incidents across Chicago between Tuesday evening and early Wednesday morning, according to police. Chicago crime. The first reported shooting happened around 5 p.m. Tuesday in the 5300 block of South Sawyer Avenue in...
