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A driver is in custody after a police chase and crash on the West Side, Illinois State Police said.

Under the vast night sky over Illinois this summer residents are turning their attention upward in anticipation of a reliable celestial display that draws families and astronomy enthusiasts alike each year. The Perseids meteor shower Chicago offers a chance to witness streaking lights without any special equipment or t

LOGAN SQUARE — Sixteen teenagers are facing criminal trespass charges after they were arrested at the Congress Theater Friday night, one week after a rave thrown in the abandoned venue went viral. Police responded to a trespassing call about 8:15 p.m. Friday in the theater, 2135 N. Milwaukee Ave.,...

Sixteen teenagers were arrested at the Congress Theater Friday night nearly a week after police shut down an unsanctioned rave at the shuttered Logan Square venue. Officers responded to a call for trespassing around 8:15 p.m. Friday in the 2100 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago police said. When the officers ent

The armed robberies happened in the Avondale, Logan Square, and Portage Park neighborhoods between July 31 and August 15.

This month's Axios Chicago tournament is about the best-looking houses of worship in the Chicago area. Between the lines: We're not talking faith. We're talking architecture. Why it matters: Chicago’s neighborhoods are dotted with spectacular churches, synagogues, temples and other houses of worship — giving us plenty

Two men already on pretrial release for burglarizing a Loop restaurant together are back in jail after Chicago police officers allegedly caught them doing the same thing again — and recovered suitcases full of Jimmy John’s cold cuts, chips and ice-cold soft drinks as evidence. Josiah Crout, 19,...

A man died after falling into Lake Michigan on the city' South Side Sunday night, Chicago police said.

Nobody told the rest of Illinois about Old Fashioned Donuts in Chicago, and honestly, that feels like a crime worth investigating. This South Side institution has been doing something quietly extraordinary for years, turning out glazed donuts that make every other donut you’ve ever eaten feel like a rough sketch.

A man wanted in Georgia on felony child molestation charges was taken into custody in Chicago this week following an investigation by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. Jalynn Montgomery, 25, was wanted by authorities in Savanna, Georgia, for allegedly sending an obscene photo of himself to a child. On...