Chicago IL

This month's Axios Chicago tournament is about the best-looking houses of worship in the Chicago area. Between the lines: We're not talking faith. We're talking architecture. Why it matters: Chicago’s neighborhoods are dotted with spectacular churches, synagogues, temples and other houses of worship — giving us plenty

Two men already on pretrial release for burglarizing a Loop restaurant together are back in jail after Chicago police officers allegedly caught them doing the same thing again — and recovered suitcases full of Jimmy John’s cold cuts, chips and ice-cold soft drinks as evidence. Josiah Crout, 19,...

A man died after falling into Lake Michigan on the city' South Side Sunday night, Chicago police said.

Nobody told the rest of Illinois about Old Fashioned Donuts in Chicago, and honestly, that feels like a crime worth investigating. This South Side institution has been doing something quietly extraordinary for years, turning out glazed donuts that make every other donut you’ve ever eaten feel like a rough sketch.

A man wanted in Georgia on felony child molestation charges was taken into custody in Chicago this week following an investigation by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. Jalynn Montgomery, 25, was wanted by authorities in Savanna, Georgia, for allegedly sending an obscene photo of himself to a child. On...

WEST GARFIELD PARK — Two woman were shot and killed minutes apart on the West Side early Sunday, including a woman killed outside of a popular West Garfield Park food stand, according to police. At 3:37 a.m. Sunday, a woman was arguing with a man outside the Original Maxwell...

Chicago police were canvassing for victims and evidence after a person was shot during a large gathering near Ferdinand and Lawler in the Austin neighborhood early Sunday, August 9, when officers spotted a Jeep driving the wrong way down a one-way street. The traffic stop that followed turned up multiple loaded handgun

David Barajas, 21, is charged with two counts of reckless homicide and two counts of aggravated DUI causing death in a fatal crash that happened in the early morning of June 25 in the 5000 block of West Ogden Avenue in southwest suburban Cicero.

Chicagoland pastors come together to protest religious persecution in US and overseas. Hazel Crest, Il – More than 75 pastors and religious activists from the Chicago area gathered at a southside church Thursday (August 13, 2026) to endorse a joint statement calling for the release of a 95-year-old Christian leader bei

According to a village spokesperson, a masked gunman entered the restaurant and opened fire toward an intended target, who was then shot and killed by a security officer.