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Some high school students on Chicago's South Side want help dealing with grief and trauma after multiple students died recently. They say their needs are being overlooked by their principal.

Shrader’s Goods, which specializes in Chicago firefighter-themed clothing and merchandise, was sent a cease-and-desist letter by the city for selling items “confusingly similar to the City Logos.” Erin Russell of The Russell Firm joins Jon Hansen to talk about this story and break down whether the city has a case. If y

An arson investigation is underway after massive flames erupted from a fire that spanned across several buildings in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood and left a man dead on Thursday evening. Around 6:50 p.m., video posted to social media showed a strong blaze emanating from three buildings that appeared to be...

No arrests have been made in connection with the shooting.

Prosecutors have charged two more juveniles in connection with a mob attack and robbery that targeted a Roscoe Village man as he walked home from work last month, according to the local alderman. Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd) told constituents in a recent email that two of the juveniles recently turned...

A 32-year-old man died after he was pulled from Lake Michigan near Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood on Thursday afternoon, authorities said. Around 3 p.m., a 32-year-old man was found unresponsive in the water near the 2500 block of North Lake Shore Drive, authorities said. He was pulled from the water and transported t

A home in West Garfield Park collapsed after a fire early Thursday morning.

The family of a couple killed in an April 2025 suburban La Grange crash has filed a lawsuit in connection to the collision. On April 25th, 2025, Brett and Melissa Lane were driving through an intersection at 47th Street and Willow Springs Road when they were hit by a vehicle driven by Bozena Slimak.

Gerald Pittman, 39, was arrested in July 2025 after prosecutors said he carried a loaded handgun in a shopping bag while riding a CTA Blue Line train, despite being legally prohibited from possessing a firearm due to prior felony convictions. Pittman pleaded guilty in February 2026 to illegal possession of...

The FBI is investigating a deadly agent-involved shooting Thursday on the city's West Side. A large Chicago police response was at the scene as well.