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Chicago police responded to a domestic altercation at a Bridgeport home, where witnesses said officers removed dozens of firearms after surrounding the property. Neighbors said they were shocked by the heavy police presence and described the family as friendly, adding they were especially concerned because children wer

Family and community members honored Private First Class Chrys Carvajal on what would have been his 25th birthday. The FBI is offering up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Joseph "Troubles" Matos, who remains wanted in Carvajal’s 2021 killing. Carvajal’s mother is pleading for...

Chicagoland’s Week In Review: Cook County is navigating intense structural friction under new State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, who has drastically scaled up legal challenges against wrongful conviction innocence claims. This systemic legal shift unfolds alongside severe climate challenges, as holiday storms dumpe

CHICAGO — A Chicago man accused of robbing a USPS letter carrier on the Far South Side is now facing a felony charge. Edward Thoma, a 28-year-old Chicago resident, has been charged with one felony count of robbery and one misdemeanor count of drug paraphernalia possession, officials from the U.S. Postal Inspection Serv

A DuPage County man was sentenced in a Grundy County felony DUI case this week. David Elbert, 20, of Addison pled guilty to Aggravated DUI/Causing Great Bodily Harm, a class four felony. Grundy County court records show Elbert was sentenced to 30 months of conditional discharge, must pay $53,000 in restitution and atte

EVANSTON, Ill. - A fourth man has been charged in connection with an April shooting in Evanston near Howard Street and Custer Avenue, according to police. Police said Damon W. Massie, 20, of Evanston, was arrested this week and charged with one Class 4 felony count of mob action. The...

Two Chicago police officers were injured during a traffic stop on the South Side Thursday night, police said.

A modest earthquake recently rattled parts of the Chicago suburbs, sending a jolt through a region not known for seismic activity. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the event as a 2.9 magnitude quake centered roughly 10 miles offshore from northern Illinois, at a depth of about three miles beneath the waters of Lake

US Immigration Customs Enforcement agents are once again being spotted in parts of the Chicago area, with cell phone video capturing masked federal agents in one neighborhood and immigration advocates saying people are living in fear. "We learned that last week about 21 people were taken," Marcella Rodriguez, executive

In a quiet corner of a Chicago area cemetery, sunlight filters through mature oaks as families gather to witness something long overdue. The archdiocese has opened a memorial space dedicated to those who have lost loved ones to suicide, marking the first such Catholic site in the country. This development brings Suicid