Hammond Incident Leads To Felony Battery Charge For Chicago Man Working On Home
Hammond- Chicago man Sergio Salazar, age 36, has been formally charged in Lake County, following a violent incident reported inside a Hammond residence on November 12, 2025. Police were dispatched just before 1 p.m. to a home in the 2700 block of 173rd Street for a reported battery. A worker at the home told officers...
‘Loop Puncher’ sentenced to 7 years for string of random attacks on women
Derek Rucker, one of the so-called “Loop Puncher” attackers, is heading to prison after pleading guilty to five felonies before Judge Aleksandra Gillespie on Wednesday. While the charges typically carry sentences of two to five years, Gillespie imposed seven-year terms in each case, citing Rucker’s background. The...
Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized in Chicago, Rainbow PUSH says
Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson has been hospitalized in Chicago and is "under observation for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy," the Rainbow PUSH Coalition told ABC7.
Vehicles left unusable after damage from ‘bad oil changes’ at Chicago-area Jiffy Lubes, drivers...
Local consumers said their vehicles were left unusable after "bad oil changes" caused damage. The ABC7 I-Team is finding out what drivers can do to protect their vehicles.
Suburban Chicago brothers are on the front lines against ‘Operation Midway Blitz.’ And they’re...
With a goodbye to their mom, Sam and Ben Luhmann walked out the screen door of their West Chicago home on a recent weekday morning. A few minutes shy of 7:30 a.m., Ben pulled their midsize sedan out of the garage as Sam stood in the driveway, adjusting the straps around his shoulders and checking his phone.
Illinois suddenly loses another factory as unemployment crisis spirals
Even leaving aside everything that’s been happening in Chicago for the last month… Illinois has had a rough 2025. Factories across the state have been closing as the trade war’s…
Chicago Pride Parade was among potential targets in ISIS-linked plan: FBI
Three men from Dearborn, Michigan — Mohmed Ali, Majed Mahmoud, and Ayob Nasser — were indicted for allegedly plotting an ISIS-inspired bomb attack targeting the 2024 Chicago Pride Parade. Court documents say the men scouted locations between Michigan and Chicago and discussed plans in a Discord group called...
1 in custody after overnight standoff on West Side
CHICAGO — Authorities say one person is in custody on Thursday morning after a standoff on the city’s West Side overnight. According to police, the incident began just before 9 at a residence in the 5000 block of West Augusta, in Austin. Officers were initially called to the scene on a report of a person […]
Chicago treasurer boycotting US Treasury Bonds; some aldermen concerned
Chicago's city treasurer is boycotting the U.S. Treasury Department.
Elderly woman rescued from apartment fire on Far South Side
An elderly woman was rescued from a house fire on the Far South Side of Chicago and transported to an area hospital in serious condition.
