Multiple parked cars damaged on NW side after shooting leads vehicle to speed away,...
At least three cars parked on a street in Chicago's Palmer Square neighborhood were badly damaged overnight after a shooting led a vehicle to sideswipe multiple others, police said. About 3:20 a.m., in the 4800 block of West Palmer Avenue, a driver in a black sedan fired shots at an...
15 year-old charged with killing 16-year-old Kaylah Aleah Love in a West Side Park
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with the fatal assault of 16-year-old Kaylah Aleah Love whose body was found one week ago in Horan Park on the city’s West Side.
Woman attacked, 2 killed on same Chicago block within minutes: police
CHICAGO - A knife-wielding man attacked a woman at a bar just minutes after two people were killed on the same Southwest Side block on Sunday night. The incidents happened in the 5300 block of South Kedzie Avenue in Gage Park, according to Chicago police. Knife attack at bar. What...
Health coverage for Chicago area immigrants jeopardized in Gov. Pritzker’s budget proposal
By the time the pain in Julio’s abdominal area had gotten so bad that he rushed to a Chicago emergency room, doctors diagnosed him with third stage stomach cancer. He remembers his wife crying when they got the news in late 2022. Julio, who asked that his full name not be published, started to go through the math of...
Hundreds of letter carriers rally in Illinois after postmaster general promises job cuts
The National Association of Letter Carriers rallied in downtown Chicago on Sunday to protest the potential privatization of the United States Postal Service. The rally, which involved hundreds of letter carriers, postal workers and supporters gathering at Federal Plaza, was one of more than 200 that took place...
Study: Illinois renters are socked with some of the highest increases in the nation
(The Center Square) – A recent study found that Chicago renters are facing some of the steepest increases in the nation, but one central Illinois community is getting hit even harder. The report by ConsumerAffairs focused on the 70 most-populous cities in the U.S. Researchers found that Chicagoans faced the...
3 Chicago suburbs named among best places to live in America for 2025
Three Chicago suburbs were named among the best places to live in America for 2025, according to a new ranking. The newest list from Niche, looked at more than 50,000 suburbs, big-city neighborhoods and cities across the U.S. to determine the top places to live. The ranking used data on crime, public schools, cost of...
Man killed, woman critical after crash on Chicago’s Southwest Side, police say
CHICAGO - A man is dead and a woman is critically injured Sunday night in a two-car crash on Chicago’s Southwest Side, police said. The crash occurred just after 8:30 p.m. in the 7100 block of South Pulaski Road. A black sedan and a silver sedan were traveling north...
36-year-old woman critically injured after crashing car into apartment building on West Side overnight,...
CHICAGO — A 36-year-old woman was critically injured after crashing her car into an apartment building overnight on the city’s West Side. According to Chicago police, officers responding to a traffic call around 1 a.m. Sunday in the 1100 block of North Austin Boulevard discovered a single-vehicle accident in which a...
Oak Brook Police Introduce Drones as First Responders in Groundbreaking Safety Initiative
OAK BROOK, IL – A high-tech transformation is coming to law enforcement in Chicago’s western suburbs. The Oak Brook Police Department is preparing to launch an innovative drone program designed to improve emergency response times and enhance officer and community safety. The program, the first of its kind in...