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Melissa Nunez and Elizabeth Branske, a couple from Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, made history as the first female couple to win the Cook County Clerk's annual marriage license lottery and were married on Friday morning.

There was a massive crime scene on the city's West Side after someone was stabbed near a CTA Blue Line station.

COOK COUNTY, IL – A 31-year-old Chicago man has been charged in connection with a shooting that killed two people in Ford Heights, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 3:15 a.m. on July 5, Sheriff’s Police responded to the 1400 block of Regent Lane for...

Chicago police are seeking help locating Joyce Berryman-Arriaga, 34, who was last seen Dec. 24 and is missing from the 1800 block of West Adams Street. She is described as 4 feet 11 inches tall, 190 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair; anyone with information should contact Area 3 SUV at 312-744-8266 or call 911.

New Year’s Eve flipped into New Year’s Day with a grimly familiar scene in Chicago, as at least six people were wounded in separate shootings stretching from the Loop to multiple South Side neighborhoods. Police said the violence unfolded between about 11 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and roughly 4 a.m. on New Year’s Day,...

Illinois leaders and Chicago communities are reacting after a U.S. military operation in Venezuela on Saturday.

Quinn Myers, reporter for Block Club Chicago, joins Jon Hansen, filling in for Lisa Dent, to discuss the reported number of murders in Chicago in the year of 2015. Myers reports that the city reported 419 murders, the lowest since 1965. Myers shares that not only is this number lower than the pre-COVID crime spike, […]

CHICAGO - One person was taken into custody after SWAT police were called to a domestic disturbance Friday morning on Chicago’s West Side. Officers were called to the 4900 block of West Jackson Boulevard just before 2 a.m. after receiving a report of a domestic-related incident, according to police. A witness told...

The tolls on the Chicago Skyway have officially gone up.

A man accused of punching several women in Chicago's Loop appeared in court Friday, where he was indicted for three counts of aggravated battery.