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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson warns of a potential teen takeover on the South Side, urging parents not to let children attend dangerous gatherings.

A suburban Chicago man will serve almost six years in jail after prosecutors say he attempted to carjack an off-duty Cook County Sheriff’s deputy while the officer’s family was in the vehicle. Javon Stingley, 28, of southwest suburban Midlothian, was sentenced last week to five years and ten...

Imagine finding someone relaxing in your favorite beer garden, but things quickly take a turn when the cops show up.

Brazen Attacks Grip Blue Line Passengers (Image Credits: Unsplash) Chicago – Riders on the CTA Blue Line endured a frightening wave of armed robberies in March 2025, carried out by a 19-year-old man and two teenage accomplices. The spree peaked with a violent carjacking of an Uber driver, whom the group summoned using a stolen ... Read more The post Chicago Teen’s Blue Line...

A Chicago City Council committee has approved a measure that would classify squatters as trespassers, making it easier for police to remove and charge them.

Arraignment in the U.S. District Court in Chicago has not yet been scheduled.

Two workers and a Bridgeview firefighter were injured in a fire Friday morning at the Bedford Park Ingredion food-processing plant. Bedford Park firefighters responded at 8:36 a.m. April 10 to Ingredion for an industrial structure fire in the 6400 block of South Archer Road. Fire officials said the blaze broke...

Itzel Camarena was six-months pregnant when she was found dead between two trash cans. The victim's family was outraged while speaking after court Wednesday after her killer pled guilty to lesser charges.

A Cook County judge has detained a man after determining that he is “not a good candidate” for electronic monitoring because he “tried to set an entire train car on fire.” Quentin Williams, 38, is accused of setting multiple fires aboard a CTA Blue Line train in the Loop and threatening passengers with a box cutter, according to court records.

Two teens were shot, one fatally, Wednesday afternoon on Chicago's South Side, Chicago police said.