Chicago IL

A Chicago family is searching for answers more than a month after their loved one was shot and killed in West Loop while out celebrating another year of life for his little brother. Police said a sudden altercation ended in gunfire.

Kourtney Tucker, 15, was last seen on October 5, 2025, near the 8800 block of S. Escanaba in Chicago. She is African American, 5 feet 5 inches tall, and weighs 165 pounds. She has brown eyes, black hair, and a tattoo on her neck.

Authorities are asking the public for help locating four children who were abducted in Illinois on Saturday when a suspect drove off with a car while they were in the back seat.

A man who shot a woman ten times in the back while on pretrial release for a gun case in 2021 has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. Prosecutors said 31-year-old Karon Brunt opened fire on the 28-year-old woman in the early morning hours of May 23, 2021, in the 7300 block of South Prairie Avenue. Brunt, who had...

A large presence of federal agents on Chicago's North and Northwest Sides Friday sent people onto the streets and schools into soft lockdowns. Agents dropped tear gas canisters on a residential street in Lakeview.

GREATER GRAND CROSSING — When someone fired shots Sunday morning on Greater Grand Crossing’s 75th Street corridor, Jacare Thomas and Charlette Stanton were asleep in their South Side home. The couple had opened Park Manor 75, a wine and charcuterie bar, days prior at 600 E. 75th St....

CHICAGO - Federal immigration officials are revealing new details about several raids that took place across Chicago this week. The enforcement activities are part of Operation Midway Blitz, which launched across the city in early September and remains underway. Now, officials with the Department of Homeland Security...

The Chicago Housing Authority is suing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development over the loss of federal grant funding that amounts to over 13 percent of the agency’s budget. According to an article by Ryan Kushner in Smart Cities Dive, the lawsuit focuses primarily on Operating Subsidy...

Oswego Police have arrested Darryl Lee Jr., a 19-year-old from Kankakee, for a stabbing spree inside a Chick-fil-A in suburban Chicago, resulting in the death of a delivery driver and injuries to a maintenance worker, as reported by NBC Chicago. The incident, which occurred at about 5 a.m. Wednesday morning unfolded...

A woman who was punched in the head in a random attack in Chicago five months ago – one of several women who are victims of similar attacks – is coming forward in hopes of preventing more assaults.