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CHICAGO - Eleven people were shot, including two who died, and one person was stabbed in separate incidents across Chicago between Tuesday evening and early Wednesday morning, according to police. Chicago crime. The first reported shooting happened around 5 p.m. Tuesday in the 5300 block of South Sawyer Avenue in...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is expected to sign a new executive order Wednesday morning strengthening the Chicago's procurement standards for firearms.

Three men were injured in a shooting on Chicago’s West Side Tuesday night.

A man who has spent most of his adult life running scams is back in prison for, you guessed it, running another scam. Ronnie Ross has pulled so many cons that officials once accused him of operating a $1.2 million fraud ring from inside the Cook County Jail while he was locked up for operating yet another scam.

CHICAGO — Following the closure of seven Save A Lot grocery stores on the South and West sides, rideshare platform Lyft and nonprofit United Way of Metro Chicago are partnering to provide transportation to older residents in need of food, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Tuesday. Lyft will fund roundtrip...

Two severe storms swept through Brookfield on Monday, leaving downed trees, flooded streets and closed railroad crossings in their wake. The first storm hit around noon, plunging the village into near-total darkness. A second barrage of rain and wind followed around 5 p.m., compounding the damage. “It was pitch black..

A driver led Illinois State Police on a dangerous chase Tuesday, traveling erratically on major expressways in Chicago's south suburbs and through a McDonald's drive-through as it nearly hit several vehicles -- and all with children inside. NBC's Sky 5 helicopter witnessed the scene as a wanted vehicle began driving...

Oak Park residents recited poems, sang protest anthems, and lit candles Friday night in honor of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Gurerro, residents of Texas and Maine who were shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers earlier this month. “I know the community here [in Oak Park]...

CHICAGO - A passenger on the CTA Green Line train was assaulted early this month on the Near West Side, according to Chicago police. Police said the attack happened around 11:45 p.m. on July 10 near the Damen Green Line station. The suspect approached a 48-year-old man, took a glass...

For the first time in the 191-year history of the Chicago Police Department, white officers will no longer be the largest racial group in the department’s rank and file, according to the Chicago Tribune. Data from the city’s Office of Inspector General shows that Latino officers are on track to overtake white officers