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A 24-year-old Richton Park man is facing serious gun charges after Cook County sheriff’s police say a traffic stop on Lincoln Highway in Chicago Heights turned up a loaded handgun converted to fire automatically. Investigators with the Organized Crime Division say they pulled over a Dodge Charger last Tuesday evening a

A passenger died on a flight from Chicago to Mexico over the weekend, the airline said in a statement.

In a statement on Friday, Uber said it would support police in their efforts to bring those responsible to justice.

A Clarendon Hills woman, 26, is being held after prosecutors say she led police on a high-speed chase, crashed into vehicles and bit an officer during her arrest. She faces felony charges including aggravated battery to a government employee and fleeing police, along with several misdemeanors tied to the incident.

CAMPTON HILLS, Ill. - The woman found dead on the driveway of her home in west suburban Campton Hills late Friday night may have been hit by a car, officials said. What we know: — The victim, identified as Nena Peduzzi, 44, died of cranial cerebral injuries consistent with being hit by a car, according to the Kane Coun

Chicago police are warning South Side residents that an invitation to a party could be a setup for a robbery at gunpoint. A group of armed robbers has been targeting people as they leave parties in the Chatham, Grand Crossing, and Auburn Gresham neighborhoods, police said, hitting victims at least nine times since Febr

Lake Michigan and Huron jumped a stunning 13.4 inches in April, the biggest April rise since record-keeping began in 1918, after rapid snowmelt teamed up with heavy rain. From Milwaukee down to Chicago, shoreline communities are eyeing bluffs, beaches, and basements for signs of erosion and flooding, even as overall la

Attorney General Kwame Raoul is alleging a Cook County woman fraudulently received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for more than $20,000 while employed by the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC). The Attorney General’s office charged Jamilah Franklin, 48, of Joliet, with one count of loan fraud of more t

CHICAGO - A family is mourning the loss of a young mother after a deadly shooting during what should have been a routine school pickup last week. Family members said on May 5, Krystal Cruz, 26, was picking up her 16-year-old brother and one of his friends from Peace and Education Coalition High School in the Back of th

The Indiana Porter County Sheriff's Office is searching for the shooter connected to a deadly post-prom party where three teenagers were shot, one of them killed, and one of the surviving victims, 17-year-old Jeremiah Heard, is recovering in the hospital.