Chicago IL

CHICAGO - Chicago police are asking for the public's help in locating a girl who was reported missing Tuesday from the Uptown neighborhood. Arlina Russell, 12, was last seen Tuesday in the 800 block of West Lawrence Avenue, according to a CPD missing person report. Russell is 4-foot-3, 130 pounds...

Police in Aruba are investigating the death of two tourists from the Chicago area.

After two more violent incidents on the CTA system, an alderman is calling for the city to do more with the feds to improve safety.

An annual report from the CPS inspector general’s office finds new cases in which staffers bilked the district. It also details how CPS agreed to repay the federal government $1 million after submitting false data in a grant-funded program.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has determined the cause of death for a 23-year-old veterinary student who was found dead near Wicker Park after a night out with friends last month. Christian Law, 23, had just arrived home for winter break when he and friends went to Kashmir...

Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson says he’s “bracing” for the potential of mid-year layoffs in city government, based on concerns about revenue projections for the budget approved over his objections. Supporters of the budget insist it’s balanced.

Johnny’s Beef in Elmwood Park has long been one of those sacred places in Chicagoland food culture — the kind of spot people speak about in the same breath as memories, not just meals. For decades, the small, no-nonsense Italian beef stand has drawn lines out the door, generations of regulars, and out-of-towners...

In March, the Rev. Walter McCray, a West Garfield Park resident and the pastor of Greater Union Baptist Church on the West Side, was billed $818.76 for the first installment of his property taxes. In December, he was billed more than $4,236, his property assessment nearly tripling after he rebuilt...

A dumpster can hold all sorts of things, but almost never something breathing. That truth struck a passerby when they spotted a faint stir within. As they drew nearer, the movement grew more urgent, revealing that someone inside was struggling and in need of rescue. There, hidden among the refuse,...

A man has been sentenced to nearly a century for shooting two Chicago police officers during a West Side traffic stop in 2020.