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One man was killed and another man was injured Monday night in a shooting on Chicago’s Near West Side. Police said an 18-year-old man and a 49-year-old man were standing outside at 10:40 p.m. Monday on the first block of North Western Avenue when an offender traveling in a vehicle shot them.

Larry Langford, Director of Media Affairs for the Chicago Fire Department, has retired after 25 years. There was a big sendoff as he reflected on a lot of memorable moments on the job.

ILLINOIS — Two men are in custody after authorities seized large quantities of illegal drugs during a search of a residence in Aledo, according to law enforcement officials. The QC Metropolitan Enforcement Group (MEG) and the Aledo Police Department conducted the search following an investigation into suspected drug...

James McGann, a Chicagoan with ties to the Southwest Side, has been charged with two counts of capital murder for the fatal double stabbing of a mother and father who were hiking with their daughters in Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas.

A man who once had his felony gun case steered into restorative justice court — where it was set to be resolved through “peace circles” — has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for opening fire on a parked minivan in River North, paralyzing a 21-year-old woman.

CHICAGO - A man died early Thursday after he accidentally shot himself in the leg inside a Southwest Side home, according to Chicago police. Officers responded around 6:25 a.m. to a call of a person shot in the 7200 block of South California Avenue in the Marquette Park neighborhood. Inside...

A Chicago suburb has been named one of the safest in the country in a new ranking. The list of safest U.S. suburbs, which came from financial planning company SmartAsset, included the Chicago area's Highland Park at No. 14. Several other Midwest suburbs also made the cut. The ranking looked...

The hazy skies in the Chicago area are the visible sign of the poor air quality on Thursday as smoke from Canadian wildfires sent Chicago to the top of the list of most polluted cities in the world.

A man on parole for his involvement in the murder of a 14-year-old boy in suburban St. Louis is now accused of selling three guns to federal informants and agents in Chicago, according to a newly filed criminal complaint. Prosecutors say an informant working with the federal Bureau of Alcohol,...

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — A Chicago area man is in the Vanderburgh County Jail on rape and theft charges. The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office says Craig Bryan raped a woman and was later connected to the thefts of home improvement equipment in Illinois. Deputies say the rape occurred at a Vanderburgh County hotel....