Chicago IL

A night out at Chili's turned into a nightmare for a young hostess. A simple wish for a 'nice day' sparked a shocking outbreak of violence.

CHICAGO - Chicago police are asking for the public's help in locating a 16-year-old girl and her 1-year-old daughter who were reported missing nearly two weeks ago from the Little Village neighborhood. What we know:. Saidy Stefany Sevilla Rosa, 16, and her daughter, Lizet Abigail Gonzalez Sevilla, were last seen...

A 27-year-old man who shot another man in the head and then picked up the victim’s marijuana cigarette from the ground before walking away has been sentenced to life in prison. A jury convicted Quntin Buchanan of two counts of murder on August 15, and Judge Alfredo Maldonado handed down the sentence on Wednesday.

A second man is now charged with participating in a violent crosstown robbery and kidnapping spree that Chicago police suspect may have committed 28 holdups across the city last month. So far, though, the men are only charged with four of the crimes. Tmajhae Cole, 18, served as the crew’s...

Four suspects broke into the Original Rainbow Cone in Beverly Wednesday morning, Chicago police said.

Three Chicago police officers violated the constitutional rights of a Black man who was improperly searched during a downtown traffic stop and should be suspended, the agency tasked with investigating police misconduct and department leaders agreed, records show. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability...

Chicago Police officers Melvina Bogard and Bernard Butler were found not liable in a federal civil rights lawsuit connected to a 2020 shooting on the CTA Red Line, with the jury ruling in their favor and awarding zero damages to the plaintiff.

A Chicago father has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the fatal shooting of his 8-year-old son, admitting that he left a loaded handgun within reach of his children before the boy was accidentally killed last spring. Judge Alfredo Maldonado sentenced 32-year-old Derrick Taylor to five years in prison, and...

A Cook County judge on Tuesday sentenced the man who murdered on-duty Chicago Police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso to life in prison, but a law passed in 2023 will allow him to seek release after serving 40 years because he was under 21 when he committed the crime.

CHICAGO - A 14-year-old boy was wounded in a drive-by shooting Tuesday evening in the Gresham neighborhood. The teen was standing outside around 6 p.m. in the 800 block of West 87th Street where a vehicle drove by and someone inside started shooting in his direction, according to Chicago police.