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In the eyes of his fellow cops, Chicago police officer Anthony Banks did the unthinkable by intervening on behalf of a pregnant woman who was […] ‘Go Back to Where You Came from’: Black Chicago Cop Says Fellow Officers Assailed Him with Racial Slurs for Defending Pregnant Woman from Police Abuse

On Sunday, Aug. 24, families woke up to federal agents with their guns drawn in a building on Jackson Boulevard in the South Austin neighborhood.

Authorities are on the lookout for a suspect involved in an attempted child luring incident on Chicago's West Side, as reported by ABC7 Chicago. A 12-year-old girl reported that early Tuesday morning, around 5:50 a.m., she was approached by an unknown man in a vehicle in the 4800 block of West Potomac Avenue, near...

Northwestern University professor Nina Kraus was found safe one day after she was reported missing. The 72-year-old was last seen Monday, Sept. 1, around 9 a.m. walking near the 1500 block of Ashland Avenue in Evanston. On Tuesday, Sept. 2, the Evanston Police Department announced in a social media post that Kraus...

Police have not confirmed if the burglaries were connected.

Crestwood, IL – A man was hospitalized after suffering multiple machete wounds during an incident in Crestwood on Monday evening, police confirmed. According to the Crestwood Police Department, officers responded around 6:27 p.m. to the 5700 block of West 129th Street, where they found a man with numerous lacerations...

A mother and grandmother was attacked by a man with a history of similar attacks, leaving her with a broken nose and multiple facial fractures..

One of three Chicago men thought to be involved in a Rockford shooting has pleaded guilty in exchange for a deferred jail sentence.

CHICAGO — A 15-year-old girl has been missing since Tuesday and was last seen in Englewood. Lavija Howell was last seen in the area of 63rd and Stewart at around 2:56 p.m. on Tuesday. She is 4’11”, 110 lbs. with brown eyes and brown hair in pigtails. Anyone with information can contact police at 312-747-8380.

We’re learning more about the man accused of trying to kill two Chicago police officers while speeding away from a railroad car burglary in Englewood last week. Among the new details: he went to prison for pointing a gun at a Chicago cop while fleeing from police in 2014.