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CHICAGO - A forklift that fell from a tow truck caused a crash and lane closures Wednesday morning on the Kennedy Expressway, authorities said. The crash happened shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday on southbound Interstate 90 near Hubbard Street and involved a tow truck that was hauling a forklift. The...

Three members of New Life Centers — two staff members and a peacekeeper — were wounded in a mass shooting Friday in Little Village; all are stable and expected to recover. Police said four men were leaving a building near 26th Street and Pulaski Road when someone in a white sedan opened fire before fleeing south on Pulaski.

A south suburban woman has been arrested and charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery for allegedly beating and seriously injuring a senior citizen as he exited a CTA bus in the Loop earlier this month.

Tickets go on sale this week for a new interactive show in Chicago's Lincoln Park. The big picture: CELESTIA features projections and an orchestral soundtrack meant to accentuate the Romanesque and Gothic architecture of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Driving the news: Tickets for CELESTIA go on sale on Wednesday at 10am and the show opens on Nov. 20. CELESTIA in Denver. Photo: Courtesy of Brent Andeck. State of play: Friday and Saturday performances will include a live choir. The start ti

CHICAGO (WGN) — Shortly after the clock struck 3 a.m. Tuesday, an SUV crashed through the front entrance of a 24/7 BP gas station in Uptown. Two hours later, a similar scene played out at a Rogers Park jewelry store, leaving hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and few answers to questions left behind. […]

Just hours after Keri Chappell walked into a West Side police station to report that her boyfriend had assaulted her, prosecutors say that same man returned to their East Garfield Park home and killed her after a day spent drinking and making threats. Chappell, 59, had been in a relationship...

A 32-year-old Chicago man is behind bars after allegedly leading Oak Brook police on a 109 mph chase through Westmont early Sunday morning, a pursuit that ended only after a police drone spotted him hiding near an elementary school in neighboring Willowbrook. William Brown, of the 13000 block of Drexel Avenue, was ordered held in custody following a hearing Monday in DuPage County's first appearance court.

Passenger's smoking complaint leads Chicago police to loaded firearm and suspected cannabis on CTA Red Line.

Two women face felony charges after an alleged $1,694 theft and interstate pursuit near Chicago.

Two influential locals of the SEIU public workers' labor organization have endorsed Alexi Giannoulias in his bid to be the next mayor of Chicago.