Chicago IL

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.

A quiet early Monday morning in Auburn Gresham turned violent when a 16-year-old boy was shot near the 7900 block of South Ashland Avenue, according to police. The teen was hit in the left hand and managed to walk himself to St. Bernard Hospital, where he was reported in good condition. Area Two detectives are...

CHICAGO - A man was charged with murder in connection with a shooting last November in Chicago's Grand Crossing neighborhood. Jameel Murphy, 35, allegedly shot a 35-year-old man who was getting out of his car on Nov. 12 in a parking lot in the 7600 block of South Stony Island Avenue, according to police.

Chicago cops needed less than two minutes to arrest an armed man who robbed a Boystown convenience store early Monday morning. At about 3:22 a.m., a man walked into the 7-Eleven, 3407 North Halsted Street, displayed a gun, and took the store’s registers, according to a preliminary CPD report. While the robber...

Riverdale police said during the afternoon on Dec. 31, a white Kia was driving through a gas station parking lot when it hit the 72-year-old woman, who was walking through the lot.

Trigger Warning: Mention instances of racial profiling and bullying. A Black woman in Chicago was witty enough to turn the tables on a security guard who allegedly accused her of shoplifting from Sephora, a popular global luxury beauty retailer selling makeup, skincare, haircare and fragrance. The woman, who goes by...

National leaders fighting for gun violence prevention joined advocates in Chicago to push for a first-of-its-kind law, making gun manufacturers pay for violence incurred by their weapons.

Devon Jones, 22, has been charged after Chicago police say he attacked and robbed a pregnant woman inside a Loop CTA station while he was supposed to be confined under the county’s electronic monitoring program. The woman was treated for scratches and bruises and told detectives that her assailant grabbed her purse,...