Chicago IL

CHICAGO - The suspect in the fatal shooting of a woman inside a University of Illinois Chicago parking garage earlier this month has been found dead, according to UIC. The shooting happened around 1:35 p.m. on Feb. 3 inside the Wood Street Parking Structure at 1100 S. Wood St. The...

The line stretched around the block before Pticek & Sons Bakery opened at 5 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, with customers eager to grab the traditional Polish pastries that make Paczki Day one of the city’s most anticipated food traditions. Paczki Day, celebrated the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, draws crowds...

A man reported missing in Chicago’s western suburbs was discovered dead in the Fox River near a dam in South Elgin on Tuesday, according to authorities. At 5:42 p.m. Tuesday, the Elgin Fire Department responded to the Fox River near the 100 block of North Center Street in South Elgin to assist the South Elgin Fire...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke on Thursday announced a new policy detailing how federal agents would be investigated and potentially charged after violent clashes tied to “Operation Midway Blitz.” She says the goal is simple: no one is above the law.

HARVEY, Ill. — A homicide investigation is underway on Friday morning after authorities say a shooting victim crashed his car into two homes in south suburban Harvey overnight. According to police, the crash unfolded just after 3 a.m. near the intersection of East 145th Street and Center Avenue in Harvey. Officers...

GAGE PARK — Amazon is moving forward with plans to demolish the former Central Steel plant and turn the site into its newest warehouse, but some neighbors aren’t on board. Amazon representatives, project officials and city leaders met with neighbors Tuesday to unveil the company’s plans for the former Central Steel &...

One man is dead and another is critically injured after a hit-and-run crash on Chicago's Northwest Side early Friday morning, police said.

Two people are in custody in connection with a carjacking in Lakeview earlier this month that left one man dead, Chicago police said Friday.

A 16-year-old boy was shot in the knee Wednesday night in Chicago Lawn on the Southwest Side and is expected to recover, according to Chicago police. Police said the teen was outside in the 7100 block of South Albany Avenue around 8:35 p.m. when someone opened fire, striking him in the knee. He was taken to Comer...

You’ll want to know exactly what happened and why it matters to the school community and families. Prosecutors say a special education assistant placed an 8-year-old in a chokehold and slammed him to the lunchroom floor, leaving the child with serious injuries and prompting criminal charges and an investigation....