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A 32-year-old man died after he was pulled from Lake Michigan near Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood on Thursday afternoon, authorities said. Around 3 p.m., a 32-year-old man was found unresponsive in the water near the 2500 block of North Lake Shore Drive, authorities said. He was pulled from the water and transported t

A home in West Garfield Park collapsed after a fire early Thursday morning.

The family of a couple killed in an April 2025 suburban La Grange crash has filed a lawsuit in connection to the collision. On April 25th, 2025, Brett and Melissa Lane were driving through an intersection at 47th Street and Willow Springs Road when they were hit by a vehicle driven by Bozena Slimak.

Gerald Pittman, 39, was arrested in July 2025 after prosecutors said he carried a loaded handgun in a shopping bag while riding a CTA Blue Line train, despite being legally prohibited from possessing a firearm due to prior felony convictions. Pittman pleaded guilty in February 2026 to illegal possession of...

The FBI is investigating a deadly agent-involved shooting Thursday on the city's West Side. A large Chicago police response was at the scene as well.

ProfessionalStudioImages/iStock More than three dozen people were shot in Chicago during Memorial Day weekend in 2026. Among them was 2-year-old Jamonte Shaw. The toddler reportedly got hold of a loaded firearm inside a home in the Pullman neighborhood on the city’s far south side. Emergency responders rushed the toddl

Some want to split Illinois into two states and it's gaining traction beyond rural counties. In fact, it's reached the Chicago suburbs.

A massive plume of dark smoke rising from a fire in a southwest suburb of Chicago could be seen from I-55 on Wednesday evening, video showed. Around 6:15 p.m., large flames and smoke could be seen rising from a fire near the 6100 block of West Pershing Road in Stickney, video showed.

GOOSE ISLAND — In an apparent response to complaints about drivers using a bike lane to bypass traffic backups near Goose Island, the city has installed plastic posts along part of the route in an attempt to prevent the reckless behavior. Earlier this month, Block Club reported on the...

Chicago’s debate over the future of DuSable Lake Shore Drive is entering a new phase. Regional planners are acknowledging growing public opposition to the current highway-oriented proposal, and are reopening portions of the project’s analysis. This Friday, May 29, at 9:30 a.m., the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Plann