Chicago IL

Though north suburban toy store Parkway Presents does not open until 9:30 a.m., customers started customers started grabbing a spot in line outside the store shortly after 5:00 a.m. on one recent Saturday. "When I got here at 8:30, I was bombarded by 200 people outside," Lisa Smith said, the...

Oak Park police arrested a man on felony charges in connection with a reported attack on three Oak Park police officers last week. Police arrested the 25-year-old Chicago man at 7:20 p.m. in the 900 block of North Boulevard last week. The man was charged with three counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer, disor

Gunfire broke out inside the Halftime Lounge in Midlothian on Monday night, leaving one person shot multiple times and two others speeding away from the scene, according to police. Officers were called to the 14600 block of South Waverly Avenue, where they found the wounded person inside the bar and...

Chicago police are investigating a shooting inside a South Side barber shop on Tuesday.

A neighborhood in the northwest suburbs of Chicago has been rocked by an unexpected home explosion that killed one person and left two others injured. Many people in the neighborhood were sitting at home when suddenly, the whole neighborhood was rocked by the blast. The explosion set the home on fire immediately, which

ABC7 Meteorologist Tracy Butler provided a health update to viewers.

A Chicago man accused of smoking a cannabis cigar on a CTA Red Line platform ended up under arrest and facing felony gun charges after officers allegedly found a loaded handgun in his waistband. But he wasn’t entirely unlucky: In court the next day, he appeared before the county’s most lenient pretrial detention judge,

A menace who brutally attacked women on the CTA trains across the city for several months in 2024 received a nine-year prison sentence on Tuesday, according to court records. Darryl Alexander, 35, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of aggravated battery and one count of criminal damage to government property in exchange

MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — After 177 years, Pabst is discontinuing Schlitz beer. The beer was based in Milwaukee starting in 1849 and was later produced by the Pabst Brewing Company. Pabst bought the brand in 1999. While it was famous in Milwaukee, Schlitz left a legacy throughout Chicago. Schlitz produced several Chicago tied

Andre "House" Bass says a security guard shoved him outside The Family Den Lounge during his 54th birthday celebration, causing him to fall into a damaged sidewalk area and suffer serious injuries. Bass says he was hospitalized twice with head, neck, shoulder, and tongue injuries after blacking out from the...