Chicago IL

CHICAGO - A shooting left a teenager dead and others hurt at a post-prom party in Northwestern Indiana; a beloved UIC track athlete was killed in a wrong-way crash on I-88 over Mother's Day weekend; and a teenager was arrested in connection with a deadly crash in the west suburbs.

CHICAGO - The Chicago Police Department's chief of patrol, effectively the second-in-command of the nation's second-largest police department, will retire June 1, according to a department statement. Jon Hein has led CPD's patrol division since March 2024. Since the retirement of First Deputy Superintendent Yolanda Tal

A cyclist was hospitalized in critical condition after a semi-truck driver struck him before fleeing on Friday morning in Chicago. Around 6:50 a.m., the 37-year-old man was biking northbound on the 6400 block of South Kedzie Avenue when he attempted to turn left and was struck by the driver of a semi-truck heading sout

The mother of 16-year-old Lily Bova, who was fatally shot in her Glenview home in March, says she is frustrated that no charges have been filed in the case. Christine Maga said Cook County sheriff’s investigators told her they have enough evidence to charge a suspect, but the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office is re

CHICAGO - Chicago police are warning of a string of armed robberies in the Portage Park and Logan Square neighborhoods within a 20-minute span. In each of the incidents, the suspect, described as a Black man, entered the store and approached the counter pointing a gun and demanded cash from the register.

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...