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Chicago's Far South Side was jolted Tuesday when firefighters rushed to a church in the 10600 block of South Perry Avenue after a 2-11 alarm was struck, drawing a large response from across the city. Photos shared from the scene showed thick smoke pouring from the building and multiple companies working every side of the structure. Officials did not immediately report any injuries...

Boulevard Java has opened inside the historic Boulevard Arcade at 1033 South Boulevard, assembling some of Oak Park’s most beloved local vendors under one roof, two minutes on foot from the Oak Park Metra station. The shop held its grand opening April 23, anchored by a simple promise: the best of Oak Park, ready when you are.

The 53-year-old was driving Friday night in the 1300 block of West 95th Street when gunfire struck his vehicle, police said.

Chicago police officers seized two firearms and arrested two men during a single incident at the same CTA station in the Loop on Sunday morning, the latest sign of progress in a reinvigorated push to reclaim the city’s train lines from criminals and ne’er-do-wells. Officers assigned to the...

CHICAGO - A leader of Chicago's Four Corner Hustlers gang was sentenced to life in federal prison for his role in a violent criminal enterprise that operated for decades on the West Side. Labar Spann, 47, was convicted last December after a five-week trial on charges including racketeering conspiracy, two...

Former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is recovering from a third stroke, according to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times.

CHICAGO — A federal jury has convicted a Pennsylvania woman of embezzling more than $1 million from a Chicago-area company’s subsidiary. Following a four-day trial in U.S. District Court in Chicago, which concluded on April 9, Tina Feuerstein, a 53-year-old Hanover, Pennsylvania, resident, was convicted of eight counts of wire fraud. According to prosecutors, for […]

Before any firefighter got to a housefire, a man ran into the burning home to make sure a family of five people got out safely.

The video shows multiple people appearing to throw things into the car as it bursts into flames on Chicago's South Side.

A human skull found inside an Amazon box on Chicago’s Near West Side more than a year ago has now been identified by DNA as belonging to a missing man, giving his family a measure of closure after they turned to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Missing Persons Day for help. The identification settles who he was but leaves major questions on the table...