Man with gun arrested at Schaumburg Regional Airport, police say
Police arrested an armed man at a north suburban airport on Friday afternoon.
Pritzker signs 124 bill impacting Chicago pensions, AI, buses, bicycles and more
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed 124 bills Friday impacting everything from Chicago police and fire pensions to the use of artificial intelligence for mental health therapy. Effective immediately, House Bill 3657 makes changes to Tier 2 Chicago Police and Firefighter pension benefits. Chicago...
Victims found bleeding in streets of 2 former ShotSpotter areas as witnesses stay silent
A man and a 19-year-old woman were shot on back-to-back nights in two Chicago neighborhoods where the city’s ShotSpotter gunfire detection network once operated—but in both cases, nobody called 911 to report the gunfire. Instead, a passerby found the man lying in the street, and a Chicago Fire...
Chicago DEA Special Agent in Charge Shelia Lyons retires; report shows cocaine trafficking trends
The ABC7 I-Team has learned that DEA Special Agent in Charge Shelia Lyons has retired. This comes as a new DEA report provides a snapshot of cocaine concerns and new trafficking trends nationwide, with Illinois high on the list.
Lollapalooza festivalgoers handed new device to detect fentanyl
The device, called Defent, is a stick that resembles a thumb drive. It has the power to detect the smallest grain of fentanyl almost instantly.
West Side Alderman, Neighbors Reject Housing Development On ‘Congested’ Stretch Of Harlem
AUSTIN — A plan for a large apartment complex on Austin’s Harlem Avenue has been nixed by neighbors and the alderman. The five-story, market-rate rental development was to have about 80 units at 1933 and 1939 N. Harlem Ave., a lot that formerly housed a McDonald’s. The plans were discussed at a meeting Wednesday at...
Chance the Rapper joins Saturday Lollapalooza schedule; Olivia Rodrigo, Korn set to headline Friday
Chance the Rapper has been added to the Lollapalooza lineup, festival organizers said Friday.
Migrant charged after cops find gun, inert grenade on CTA bus
A 28-year-old Venezuelan migrant was detained Thursday evening after police allegedly found a loaded handgun and an inert grenade in his possession following a disturbance on a CTA bus in South Chicago. Jose Yepes was arrested around 7:35 p.m. in the 7900 block of South Jeffrey Boulevard after a bus...
Chicago woman billed $233,000 for water she never used in vacant home with no...
A senior citizen's vacant home in the Back of the Yards neighborhood racked up a staggering $233,000 water bill, despite not having any plumbing for years.
Eleven Years for Drug Dealer
RAUL ALVAREZ SENTENCED TO ELEVEN YEARS IN THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi L. Freese announces that on August 1, 2025, Raul Alvarez, 38, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to eleven years in the Illinois...
