Crews respond to car fully engulfed in flames on Stevenson Expressway
Video from the scene showed the car fully engulfed in flames with smoke billowing from it.
$5K reward for serial bank robber who has struck five times from Edgewater to...
The FBI is hunting for a serial bank robber who has struck at least five times across Chicago since May, hitting banks in Edgewater, Lincoln Park, and Logan Square. A reward of up to $5,000 is offered for information that leads to his arrest and conviction. According to a new...
Apartment fire under investigation on Chicago’s South Side
Police said 14 people safely escaped the building, and no injuries were reported.
Woman with developmental disabilities reported missing, last seen on NW Side
Stefanie Cuc was last seen around 7 p.m. on Thursday in the 4600 block of West Grace Avenue in the Portage Park neighborhood.
Chicago Police Seek Help to Find Missing 60-Year-Old Eric Norwood; Mental Health Evaluation Needed
The Chicago Police have issued a missing person alert for Eric Norwood, a 60-year-old male, last seen in the vicinity of the 1400 block of W. Estes on August 23, 2025. According to the alert, Norwood is described as African American, approximately 5'9" in height, weighing 154 pounds, with brown eyes and balding. His...
Emmett Till’s murder: A 70-year-old wound in the Mississippi Delta
CHICAGO (WGN) – The Mississippi Delta, the distinctive northwest section of the state of Mississippi, is 200 miles long and 87 miles across at its widest point, encompassing nearly 4,415,000 acres, the equivalent of approximately 7,000 square miles. It’s a vast stretch of land consisting of farms, rivers, dirt roads...
2 women stole items, threatened another woman at West Side gym, police say
Chicago police said the two women entered the gym and took items from the back of the facility on Friday morning.
East Chicago Firefighters Rescue Residents from Early Morning Blaze
East Chicago – In the early hours of Thursday morning, East Chicago Firefighters demonstrated extraordinary courage when they rescued two residents trapped inside a burning building on Indianapolis Boulevard. At approximately 2:30 a.m., crews from East Chicago were dispatched to a structure fire at 4225 Indianapolis...
4 years for carjacking victim at gunpoint during Facebook Marketplace sale
A man who carjacked a woman and her father after arranging to buy their vehicle through Facebook Marketplace has been sentenced to four years in prison following a bench trial. Prosecutors said a 27-year-old woman and her 56-year-old father met with the prospective buyer in the 6200 block of North...
‘Several’ arrests as cops, city clean up Fulton River District viaducts: alderman
Chicago police and city workers on Thursday conducted what Ald. Bill Conway (34th) described as a “large-scale clean up” of Fulton River District viaducts, some of which have long been trouble spots for open-air drug markets. In an email to residents, Conway said that the operation focused on...
