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The Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) responded to a fatal semi truck crash in Audrain County on Wednesday. The crash occurred around 6:20 a.m. on April 1, 2026, according to an MSHP report. Troopers say that a 48 year old truck driver from Chicago, Illinois, was driving a 2011 International...

A Chicago native and longtime leader on the Chicago Police Department SWAT Team was critically wounded in a shooting in Kentucky, where he now serves on the Crittenden County Sheriff’s Department.

Here now to weigh in on the curfew debate is local activist Ja'Mal Green whose opinion piece on teen takeovers was published in the Chicago Tribune last week.

AVONDALE — The owner of a Rogers Park vintage shop that closed amid controversy over his transphobic social media posts died last week from head injuries sustained from an assault, according to police and the medical examiner. Xander Kazanowski, 25, was found face-down and not breathing around 3 a.m....

An 18-year-old man was shot and killed inside a gas station in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon, turning an otherwise routine stop into a deadly crime scene. Officers responding to reports of gunfire in the 6600 block of South Wentworth Avenue found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds. He...

A 15-year-old girl reported missing from Chicago was safely recovered in Waynesfield on Thursday.

A 23-year-old woman was injured early Friday in a violent home invasion in Chicago's North Center neighborhood after a man forced his way into her apartment. The woman fought back as the intruder came inside, but he struck her in the head before taking off, leaving her with a laceration. Police later took a suspect...

ADDISON, Ill. - A 16-year-old boy from Addison is accused of illegally having a loaded gun equipped with a high-capacity drum magazine and a laser sight. The teen appeared in court for a detention hearing on Friday, where a judge ordered him held until at least his next court date, according to a statement from...

Three Chicago men face federal charges after they tried to rob an undercover ATF agent during a gun deal arranged on Instagram, according to a criminal complaint. The agent fired a shot during the holdup attempt, which went down in a Walmart parking lot, but no injuries were reported. According...

MCCOOK, Ill. — One person has been taken into custody in connection with a shooting outside of a southwest suburban bar ...