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Chicago police SWAT officers swarmed a home in the 4300 block of South Lake Park Avenue on Tuesday afternoon after a person barricaded themselves inside, triggering a tense standoff that shut down part of the Kenwood block. Ambulances also staged nearby as the scene unfolded, though no injuries had been reported in con

GREEN BAY (WLUK) – Jessica Wright was sentenced Tuesday to 14 years in prison, in the latest sentencing for a Green Bay-to-Chicago drug ring. Wright, 46, previously pleaded guilty to six counts, including delivery of fentanyl and cocaine. She was also placed on extended supervision for six years by Judge Donald Zuidmul

Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.

Federal Judge Martin J. Kennelly ruled Aug. 27 that former Oak Parker Tommy Schaefer must remain in federal custody while awaiting trial on charges he conspired to murder an Oak Park woman in Bali 14 years ago. . Schaefer, 33, who has been held in the downtown Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) since...

Detective Lieutenant Daniel Pater of the Forest Park Police Department will be the next police chief, succeeding Ken Gross after he retires at the end of September. Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins announced the Police Chief Designate would be Pater, who’s worked for the Forest Park Police Department for 20 years, in an

A man has been sentenced to 19 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to robbing two downtown Chicago banks in less than a week in 2023.

FRANKLIN PARK, Ill. — A motorcyclist died following a crash Tuesday morning in Franklin Park. Police responded just after 6:50 a.m. to the intersection of Grand and Maple on the report of a crash. According to police, a motorcycle, driven by a 22-year-old man, was involved in a collision with a vehicle making a left […

Cars spun donuts and drifted through the intersection of 111th Street and Western Avenue over the weekend, gouging tire marks into the pavement and setting off a wave of more than 170 calls to Chicago police as Morgan Park residents scrambled to make sense of the chaos outside their windows.

Mayor Brandon Johnson leads the pack of prospective 2027 challengers among Chicago's own public employees, but that lead comes with an asterisk: 64% of those same workers still view him unfavorably. A new poll of 475 Chicago public employees found Johnson capturing 20% of the vote among government workers, putting him

PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A trio of suspects from the Chicago area are being held on $500,000 bonds in connection with break-ins in Ottawa County, according to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office. Deputies say one of the break-ins happened at 10:20 p.m. Friday at a home on Peach Leaf...