Chicago IL

*A deadly weekend in Chicago has left two members of the city’s rap community dead, including Lil Durk’s longtime associate THF BayZoo. Authorities confirmed that BayZoo, whose real name was Devonsha Collier, 35, was shot several times while purchasing auto parts in the Little Village neighborhood around 3 p.m. on...

You've heard of some counties wanting to break away from Illinois? A group called “New Illinois Inc” wants to create a new state separate from the current Illinois, Chicago and urban Cook County. The group's news release says their Fox River Valley Region for “New Illinois Inc” will...

For decades, allegations of child abuse and employee misconduct have swirled around Chicago’s juvenile detention center. But on Thursday, a Cook County judge will begin proceedings in a rare trial of a former employee accused of physically harming a child at the facility. Kevin Walker, 58, a former rapid...

An ATM was taken from a business on Chicago's West Side early Wednesday morning.

The woman was shot while inside her vehicle in West Chatham on Monday. She was taken to the hospital in critical condition and later died.

Advocates say the numbers don’t lie: a majority of Chicagoans want to see a minimum wage hike in Illinois. WBBM’s Andy Dahn heard from the group One Fair Wage and has the story.

Isaiah Martinez was arrested Monday after allegedly crashing into a police vehicle and shooting a Chicago police officer during a traffic stop on the Northwest Side. Martinez faces nine charges, including attempted first-degree murder, armed violence, and aggravated battery of a peace officer, as well as several...

Most cyclists bike around their cities as a form of transit or exercise, but members of the Chicago, Illinois collective Cycling x Solidarity take their bike love to a whole new level. As Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues its targeted crackdown in Chicago, at least three street vendors have been...

Cook County forest preserve police will be increasing their patrols on trails after bikers harassed and assaulted other park visitors in a pair of separate incidents last weekend. According to forest preserve officials, youths on bikes were reportedly riding into other people at Busse Woods in suburban Rolling...

A Michigan judge on Tuesday set a $2,000,000 bail for Adam Beckerink, the man accused of killing his estranged wife by throwing her from a 24th-floor stairwell at his South Loop condominium last year. Beckerink remains jailed in Berrien County, Michigan, serving a 93-day sentence for a domestic battery case involving...