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New Year's Eve can be a dangerous night for driving, so Chicago-based Disparti Law Group is giving away 1,000 free Uber rides.

Picture this: a late night in Elmhurst, where a vodka bottle and a feisty attitude collide in a wild police encounter.

Chicago, Illinois - In today's Viral Video of the Day, a woman named Maddy caught Buddy the Elf speaking to passengers waiting for their flights at the Chicago airport. Viral Video of the DayIn the clip, Maddy films Buddy – AKA Matthew Sitz – walking around with his wife and son, who are also dressed up as elves. He...

The Nativity BVM convent at 68th and Washtenaw is a busy place once again. Taking up residence are the Congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ, sometimes referred to as the “Blue Nuns” because of the color of their habit and also affectionately known as “The Smiling Nuns’...

Sean Meierkort didn’t have to wait until college or a post-graduation program to become an Emergency Medical Technician. The Evergreen Park Community High School senior earned his EMT certification while still in high school, thanks to the school’s firefighter internship program. Meierkort took the certification exam...

The Incident That Sparked the Lawsuit (Image Credits: Cwbchicago.com) Chicago – A heated controversy has erupted within the city’s law enforcement community following a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of slain Officer Krystal Rivera. The Incident That Sparked the Lawsuit On June 5, 2025, Officer Krystal...

A steep drop in homicides in the 12 South and West side neighborhoods that had ShotSpotter sensors lasted a full year after Mayor Brandon Johnson scrapped the city’s controversial gunshot detection system, an updated analysis of Chicago crime data shows. Despite dire warnings that without ShotSpotter police officers...

CHICAGO - Just past midnight days before Christmas, Chicago police boarded a Pink Line train at Washington and Wells streets and found two men shot. A knife fight had escalated to a shooting that left one of the men dead, police said. Such recent cases of violence aboard the system...

Chicago Fire Department divers pulled a 29-year-old woman from Lake Michigan on the city's North Side. She was in critical condition, officials said.

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability was investigating Sunday after a shot was fired as a teenager struggled with a Chicago police officer who was trying to arrest him on the city's Southwest Side.