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CHICAGO — Authorities are trying to track down an illegal migrant and suspected Tren de Aragua gang member after prosecutors unexpectedly dropped his domestic violence case last week in an unscheduled court hearing that he did not attend. CWBChicago has also learned that Chicago police initially tried to charge...

If you were ever thinking about starting your own hospital, please keep in mind that what you call your hospital plays a big part in whether or not it's successful. You've got to try to work in the words "Memorial," or "Medical Center," or "Central." I'm not saying that proper...

The mother of Robert Crimo III, the aspiring rapper who is accused of shooting seven people dead during a July 4 parade in a Chicago suburb in 2022, maintained her son’s innocence despite his guilty plea in a hearing this week. During the hearing, Crimo III’s mother, Denise Pesina, had to be reprimanded and...

This story was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. CHICAGO — Until this year, people in Illinois who were arrested for carrying a gun illegally faced charges with names like “unlawful use of weapons” or “aggravated unlawful use of...

CHICAGO — Prosecutors have charged a man with trying to abduct a random 13-year-old boy from a Humboldt Park street last week, just one week after being put on electronic monitoring for allegedly selling drugs about a block away. Officials said Devontay Kenny, 32, asked if he could walk...

JEFFERY MANOR — People used to stop by the bowling alley just to talk to Johnnie Hill. Hill — who went from picking cotton in Alabama to holding offices tied to Chicago’s Democratic machine — opened South Side laundromats, convenience stores, car washes and bowling alleys, doling out jobs and favors to community...

64 year old Darryl Clark was last seen in Chicago, Illinois on February 28, 2025. He disappeared after leaving to take a trip to the Walgreens store on 79th and Racine. On February 28, 2025, Darryl Clark was supposed to go to the Walgreens store on 79th and Racine to get some money from the ATM.

MCHENRY CO., Ill. - One person died as a result of a fiery crash in northwest suburban McHenry County on Monday afternoon. The crash happened in the 8200 block of Mason Hill Road near Woodstock, according to a news release from the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District. Crews respond to crash. What...

CHICAGO — A Chicago landlord has been ordered to pay more than $80,000 for threatening to call immigration agents on a couple who rented an apartment from him in 2020. The couple sued their landlord under the state’s Immigrant Tenant Protection Act, which prohibits landlords from discriminating against or harassing a...

MUNSTER, Ind. - An elderly man with dementia from Chicago’s south suburbs who went missing last month was found dead in Northwest Indiana this week. The Lake County (Indiana) Coroner’s Office was called to the 400 block of Superior Avenue in Munster, Indiana, around 7 p.m. on Monday for a death investigation.