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CHICAGO - An elderly man was found dead on a CTA train in Chicago overnight. What we know: — Officers responded to the train in the 300 block of E. Dearborn St. inChicago’s Loop around 1 a.m., according to the Chicago Police Department. The victim was seated inside...

A fire in a Chicago rail yard sent a large plume of dark smoke into the air on Saturday afternoon. Just after 5 p.m., a large cloud of smoke could be seen rising from a crane machine that was on fire in a rail yard on West 79th Street in the city's Wrightwood neighborhood, authorities said. No one was injured as of 6 p.m...

A 19-year-old man walking home from work at a Roscoe Village pizzeria was surrounded, beaten, and robbed by “at least ten” high school-age boys in what the local alderman described as a “brutal attack.”. The man was almost home when the group approached him in the 3500...

Relatives remember the victim, Andrew Garay, as selfless, hardworking, and someone who got along with everyone.

Two teenage boys were shot in broad daylight on Saturday afternoon in Chicago, police said. Around 5:50 p.m., a 14-year-old and 15-year-old were outside on the 3800 block of South Artesian Avenue in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood when they were struck by gunfire, police said. The 14-year-old was shot int...

The Rev. Kenneth Anderson has resigned as pastor of St. John Henry Newman Parish after Catholic Church officials found he used parish funds for personal expenses, among other financial violations. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, first announced Anderson would be temporarily removed from administrative duties on March...

A 12-time convicted felon who murdered a co-worker in front of patrons and fellow employees at City Winery has been sentenced to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder this week, according to court records. A bartender was cutting fruit inside the venue, 1200 West Randolph Street, around...

A man in Illinois is accused of butchering his mother when she came back from shopping and then leaving her body to rot in her basement for days on end. The post 88-year-old woman returning from shopping butchered by her son who let her body rot in her basement for days: Police first appeared on Law & Crime .

The Dodge County Sheriff is suing the woman and a Cook County commissioner who claimed she was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at O’Hare International Airport, and later brought to the Dodge County Jail. In March Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison announced that Sundas “Sunny” Naqvi, was detained at O’Hare International Airport, and brought later to the Dodge County Jail, along with five...

It's that time of year. The full lineup for Chicago's 2026 summer and fall lineup has been revealed.