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GARY, Ind. - Lake County sheriff’s deputies arrested three people Tuesday after two separate vehicle pursuits, including one that stretched from northwest Indiana into Chicago and another that ended with a crash in Gary. What we know:. Just before 1 p.m., officers began chasing an SUV on the Indiana...

I recently spent a few days in Puerto Rico visiting family and eating lots of food including an island version of the Chicago-invented jibarito sandwich. Backstory: Humboldt Park restaurateur Juan C. Figueroa started serving this steak sandwich using fried green plantain planks as bread in the mid-1990s at his Puerto...

A 44-year-old man reported that he was robbed at gunpoint by three masked men while he was walking at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, in the 5400 block of West Pensacola Avenue, according to 16th (Jefferson Park) District police. The man told police that two of the men came...

Robert Villanueva, 50, of Chicago, has been charged with five counts of battery (physical contact) for an incident outside Ballet Folklorico de Chicago involving a group of young dancers, in which he and another person allegedly threw cups filled with an unknown liquid at several people while making threats.

More than seven months after the Illinois Gaming Board revoked a license that had allowed Jeffrey Bertucci’s Cicero diner to operate video gambling devices and pay out winnings, he was dealt another blow to his potential cash flow. Cook County Judge David B. Atkins ruled Friday that the gaming...

Homes and buildings in Kankakee County were reduced to piles of rubble late Tuesday night after severe weather and a reported tornado tore through the Chicago area, leaving behind at least seven people hurt, several schools closed and thousands of power outages. "It sounded like bowling balls," one resident in...

Police Seek 6 Armed Suspects After Winnetka Home Invasion I still can’t get this image out of my head — […] This article originally appeared on BuildLikeNew.com — visit us for more home security guides.

A woman was killed in a hit-and-run the South Chicago neighborhood Tuesday night, Chicago police said.

BLUE ISLAND, Ill. — Two people died Tuesday morning in Blue Island following a car accident. At around 5 a.m., police responded to the intersection of 136th and Western on the report of an auto accident. Two people died as a result of the accident, according to police. It’s...

CHICAGO - A recent shooting at a CTA Red Line station wounded two men, as the transit agency faces a deadline to improve safety on public transportation. Violence interrupters stopped riders exiting the CTA Red Line at 79th Street. They say they’ll be riding trains at all hours to be vigilant for the public.