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There's one final look inside an abandoned Illinois asylum that many believe was haunted.

Linda had a reputation that followed her wherever she went. No matter the neighborhood or stage of life, she was always the person cats seemed to find when they needed help. Even after getting married and settling into a new part of the city, it didn’t take long for her new neighbors to notice. Stray cats lingered...

Daniel Davis, 59, was reported missing Nov. 25 in the south Chicago area wearing an inside-out Indiana University sweatshirt. His family and police are seeking help in locating him. His daughter, Wendy Davis, believes he may have suffered a stroke or another cognitive medical episode Nov. 24. In an interview...

A man was left in critical condition Wednesday when someone opened fire from a vehicle in broad daylight in the North Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.

A child found a gun and shot another child inside a Northwest Side home on Thursday evening, Chicago police said.

On December 31st, the Chicago Police Department reported the apprehension and subsequent charging of a 66-year-old suspect, Ricky Williams, on multiple counts, including attempted murder, in connection with the shooting of a 55-year-old man. According to the official police announcement, the incident occurred on...

From late 2020 through mid-2021, Chicago police arrested Johnny Allen four times for allegedly selling drugs in the same West Side neighborhood. Prosecutors dropped the charges every time. Almost exactly one month after the state dropped the fourth set of charges, Allen shot and tried to kill a man in the same...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Cook County, IL – Authorities in Cook County have recovered more than $2 million worth of stolen merchandise from a warehouse in Oak Forest, investigators announced Tuesday. According to the Cook County...

Happy 55th Anniversary to B.B. King’s Live In Cook County Jail, originally recorded September 10, 1970 and released in January 1971 (specific release date N/A). When you check the frequent lists of greatest albums of all time or greatest live albums, B.B. King’s Live At The Regal (recorded in 1964) is frequently...

Three men are facing charges in the heist of a moving freight train after the railroad’s drone spotted them in the act, authorities said. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office said officers working a joint cargo theft suppression operation with Norfolk Southern Railroad were notified at around 6:30 a.m. on Dec. 19 that...