Chicago IL

A shot was fired at suspects as they tried to escape after the ramming a car into the store front

This week's "History Mystery" explored a 1910 photograph of a forgotten stretch of Chicago: Maxwell Street. Just north of Maxwell Street, to be specific. Zoom in: This photo shows the stretch of Roosevelt Road looking east at Halsted Street, which was once a bustling shopping district, selling everything from...

Five people were shot on the South Side of Chicago Monday afternoon, with three adults taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious-to-critical condition and two other adults taken to Provident Hospital in good condition.

Vianey Madrid-Segura, 34, was charged with aggravated animal cruelty after allegedly dragging a 5-year-old Yorkie behind his pickup truck in Ford Heights on Aug. 1. The dog suffered severe injuries to her paws and abdomen and required emergency care; she was later released to a relative. Madrid-Segura was cited for...

A Hinsdale man was identified as a driver who was struck and killed after getting out of his vehicle on the Dan Ryan Expressway, Illinois State Police said.

Chicago police are warning bargoers in River North and Streeterville to be on high alert after a slew of recent violent robberies in the area targeting "intoxicated" people in the early morning hours as bars and restaurants are closing. The alert, sent by the Chicago Police Department Friday, details eight...

Surveillance video captured a violent Boystown street robbery early Sunday, showing two men on bicycles fail to snatch one victim’s phone before chasing down and robbing a scooter rider who stopped nearby. The attacks unfolded around 1:15 a.m. in the 700 block of West Cornelia Avenue. The footage shows...

Thieves stole a catalytic converter from a truck belonging to a family-run business on the city's West Side.

Chicago police said a 9-year-old boy was critically injured in a fight while leaving a CTA Green Line station Sunday morning.

Two Chicago men who prosecutors say slammed a 58-year-old man to the ground during a New Year’s Day robbery and then tried to escape on the CTA Brown Line have now been sentenced to prison. Kobe Lee, 21, and Felix Lopez, 20, targeted the man shortly after he left...