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A Chicago MMA fighter died after a competition Friday night at a suburban stadium, officials said.

A Cook County man who opened fire on two people sitting in a parked Jeep will serve 42 years in prison. Prosecutors said Damian Gonzales, 27, of Chicago, pleaded guilty to attempted murder and aggravated violence with a firearm. He was sentenced on Wednesday in DuPage County. Judge Brian Telander...

Corshawnda Hatter is reportedly relocating to a new home, just days after a group of school-aged kids jumped her and her son. The Chicago mom was walking home after picking up her nine-year-old and her daughter from Orville Bright Elementary School. Suddenly, a group of kids surrounded them. They taunted and used...

The same group of children accused of attacking a Chicago mother and her young son outside a school is also allegedly responsible for another attack, […] ‘They Knew He Was Scared’: Woman Says the Same Group of Kids Who Attacked Chicago Mom and Boy Also Beat Her Son Unconscious

Voices across Chicago and the nation expressed alarm on Saturday after two shootings in the Loop following the city’s annual Christmas tree lighting left a 14-year-old boy dead and eight other people, nearly all juveniles, wounded. Officials said officers arrested 18 people and recovered five firearms during what...

The Texas National Guard deployed 200 members to Chicago last month, but they have now returned home following a six-week mission. This deployment has been reported to have cost taxpayers over $4.6 million, with military records indicating that there was no on-the-ground enforcement activity during this time. On...

In the first of the two shootings, seven teens were wounded, which happened near the theater at around 9:50 p.m. in the 100 block of North State

A 64-year-old man was found critically wounded on a Far South Side block late Thursday night after no one called in gunfire, a delay that may have been prevented if ShotSpotter were still active in the neighborhood. Fire Department personnel and Chicago police officers were dispatched to the first block...

Small business owners in some of Chicago’s predominantly Latino neighborhoods say business hasn’t bounced back since Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino and his team of agents left Chicago last week. Even though Bovino’s departure from the area signals a scaled back deportation campaign, business owners say members...

Chicago transit attack suspect Lawrence Reed faces federal terrorism charge after allegedly setting woman on fire on Blue Line train Monday night.