Chicago IL

FRANKFORT, Ill. - A suburban man is facing charges after allegedly impersonating a federal drug enforcement agent during a traffic stop in Frankfort, police said. Edward Kajmowicz, 46, of Burr Ridge, was arrested on Monday and charged with impersonating a public officer and unlawful possession of weapons, according to the Frankfort Police Department.

How big a hill does Mayor Brandon Johnson have to climb for his re-election campaign? A poll commissioned by the University of Chicago's Mansueto Institute found Johnson's approval rating sits at 22%.

Burglars were caught on camera breaking into businesses along 95th Street again early Wednesday morning as several storefronts remain boarded up from previous thefts. More than 80 smash and grabs have been reported across the city and neighboring suburbs in the past ten days, according to a Chicago alderman. Surveillance...

Chicago police are investigating after a 32-year-old woman was shot in the head while a passenger in a car on the city's Southwest Side on Thursday.

All elevated Loop CTA train tracks will shut down for the weekend, the city said, as they do work on the Loop and Lake junction. The closure impacts the Brown, Green, Pink and Orange lines.

OAK LAWN, Wis. - A Chicago man is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges after allegedly burglarizing a suburban tobacco shop, leaving a caged canary outside in chilly temperatures and damaging a nearby funeral home. Andre Starkes, 31, of Chicago, was arrested Wednesday morning following a burglary at Star One...

The owner of the McHenry Outdoor Theater said he wondered if it was a joke when he got an email from the Chicago Bears about a month ago. As it turns out, the email was legit, and the Monsters of the Midway are holding a “drive-in take over” on Tuesday, October 27 at the theater, which is one of the few remaining drive-ins in the country.

Two Venezuelan men have been given six-year sentences for robbing three women inside a Buena Park apartment building late last year. Jose Dominguez-Rosario, 19, and Deus Rojas, 20, each pleaded guilty to one count of armed robbery in connection with the November 22 muggings, according to court records. Prosecutors said...

A three-time felon who was once caught firing 15 rounds in a Wicker Park intersection is now charged with attempted murder for firing shots during an altercation outside the Jefferson Park Blue Line station this summer, according to Chicago police. Police responding to a report of shots fired outside the...

Ryan O'Donnell's parking problem added up to about $524: two tickets for an expired meter and one for overstaying a time limit. Chicago's answer was to tow his car, impound it, and sell it at scrap value, $273, to URT United Road Towing, the private company that tows for the city. According to the federal appeals court that upheld the arrangement, the city did not use any of that money to pay down his tickets.