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Did you see a giant ball of light zoom across the sky in the Chicago area and across the Midwest Monday night? You weren't alone. Hundreds of people from the suburbs of Chicago to northwest Indiana to Michigan and beyond reported seeing a fireball soar across the sky, according to sightings reported to the American Met

CHICAGO - A house caught fire Wednesday morning in Chicago's Fernwood neighborhood. What we know: — The fire started around 5 a.m. at a residence located at 10436 S. Emerald Avenue, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Video from the scene showed several people on stretchers outside the home...

CHICAGO — A homicide investigation is underway after a man was killed and another was badly injured in a shooting on the city’s Far South Side on Tuesday night. According to Chicago police, the shooting unfolded around 7:30 p.m. in the 400 block of West 98th Street, in Washington Heights. Officers said the victim, a […

Several Chicago suburbs were investigating after a theft suspect ran into a residential neighborhood in Elmhurst early Wednesday morning during a police pursuit, with a manhunt still underway. Elmhurst police first posted to Facebook about the incident about 4:25 a.m., saying officers, K9s and drones were searching the

There’s a place in Illinois, just outside Chicago, that feels almost unreal the second you walk in. Every arcade machine is set to free play, so there’s no hunting for quarters, loading cards, or watching credits run out. You pay once, then wander into a packed maze of...

There's dramatic new video of an arrest on Chicago's Northwest Side Tuesday morning, as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations continue in the city.

The accused killer of Chicago police officer John Bartholomew is ordered back into custody in a carjacking case after the SAFE-T Act drew scrutiny.

HERMOSA — Neighbors and a local alderperson are furious after a woman was killed recently at a busy Northwest Side intersection they’ve repeatedly complained about — and where plans to install a stoplight have dragged on for years. Illeana Crisanto, a 62-year-old mother of three from Skokie,...

Kierra Coles was last seen leaving her apartment in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood in 2018, when she was 26.

A chaotic scene unfolded on the city's Northwest Side Tuesday morning as federal agents reportedly chased a man, crashed into a woman's car and left a loaded magazine of ammunition in the street while detaining the man.