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A Chicago woman was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to shooting a man on a Red Line train, a case that triggered a chaotic response from police who initially couldn’t figure out which train the shooter was on. Indya Smith, 25, pleaded guilty...

Cook County Circuit Court Judge John Lyke Jr. sent Alphanso Talley back to jail on Tuesday, formally revoking the suspect’s pretrial release in a 2025 carjacking case. Talley is also charged in the April 25 Swedish Hospital shooting that killed Chicago Police Officer John Bartholomew and wounded another officer, a case

Purpose Over Pain, a Chicago-based support group for families affected by gun violence, surprised 55 mothers with original portraits of their deceased children during a special event in Oak Lawn. The portraits, created by 55 artists, were given to mothers who consistently support other grieving families, prompting emot

The family of a 17-year-old honor roll student who was shot and killed in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood late last month has called for justice as police continue to investigate.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the two people who died after being found in a west suburban home Monday morning.

Did you see a giant ball of light zoom across the sky in the Chicago area and across the Midwest Monday night? You weren't alone. Hundreds of people from the suburbs of Chicago to northwest Indiana to Michigan and beyond reported seeing a fireball soar across the sky, according to sightings reported to the American Met

CHICAGO - A house caught fire Wednesday morning in Chicago's Fernwood neighborhood. What we know: — The fire started around 5 a.m. at a residence located at 10436 S. Emerald Avenue, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Video from the scene showed several people on stretchers outside the home...

CHICAGO — A homicide investigation is underway after a man was killed and another was badly injured in a shooting on the city’s Far South Side on Tuesday night. According to Chicago police, the shooting unfolded around 7:30 p.m. in the 400 block of West 98th Street, in Washington Heights. Officers said the victim, a […

Several Chicago suburbs were investigating after a theft suspect ran into a residential neighborhood in Elmhurst early Wednesday morning during a police pursuit, with a manhunt still underway. Elmhurst police first posted to Facebook about the incident about 4:25 a.m., saying officers, K9s and drones were searching the

There’s a place in Illinois, just outside Chicago, that feels almost unreal the second you walk in. Every arcade machine is set to free play, so there’s no hunting for quarters, loading cards, or watching credits run out. You pay once, then wander into a packed maze of...