Man charged with armed robbery and home invasion at Oak Lawn condo building
A man has been charged robbing another man at gunpoint during a home invasion on Sunday afternoon in Oak Lawn in Chicago's southwest suburbs.
Vendors seek support after ICE activity at Swap-O-Rama sparks boycott
Vendors at the Swap-O-Rama Flea Market in the Back of the Yards neighborhood are struggling due to low sales and a growing boycott from people who believe the market could have done more to stop federal agents from entering the property.
Chicago suburb named among safest cities in U.S. in new report
A Chicago suburb has been named among the safest cities in the country in a new report. Finance site Wallethub released its list of Safest Cities in America for 2025 and only one Illinois spot made the top 50. The ranking looked at more than 180 cities across the U.S.,...
Husband of woman found dead in Chicago condo building sentenced for domestic violence
The estranged husband of a woman found dead at the bottom of stairs in a Chicago condo building a year ago will be sentenced on domestic violence charges Monday.
A Tragic Homecoming For Man Killed By ICE Agents In Franklin Park
This story was produced by South Side Weekly, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to producing local journalism that is for, by and about the South Side of Chicago. Sign up for its newsletter here. He came back in a box. A wooden coffin wrapped in cardboard, the kind used to protect...
Mayor Johnson defends budget proposal: “We’re not going backwards”
Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke with CBS News Chicago Monday morning to defend his 2026 budget proposal, which aims to close a fiscal hole of more than $1 billion.
Johnson Vows to Crack Down on Police Overtime Spending in 2026, As CPD Budget...
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed budget for 2026 would impose new limits on overtime spending by the Chicago Police Department while acknowledging it was unrealistic to expect CPD to spend less than $200 million next year to compensate officers for working extra hours. In all, CPD’s budget is set to...
2 shot inside car on Chicago’s South Side, police say
Chicago police are investigating a shooting on the city's South Side on Monday.
Chicago: At Least 18 Shot Friday Through Sunday Morning Alone
At least 18 people were shot, four of them fatally, Friday through Sunday morning alone in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. CBS News reported the first fatal shooting of the weekend was a double homicide, leaving a male and a female dead. The two were found in a vehicle “in the 300 block of West 31st Street”...
A Squalid Building, a Tip to the Feds, and Then ‘Straight-Up Chaos’
CHICAGO — On a humid September night in Chicago, Cameo Polk was asleep in his fifth-floor apartment when he heard the thump thump thump of a helicopter overhead. Outside, hundreds of men with masks and rifles were scurrying around the building. He briefly wondered if an invasion was underway.
