Chicago IL

Federal immigration enforcement in the Chicago area has intensified since September under Operation Midway Blitz, an initiative that has led to thousands of arrests and a growing number of family separations, with visible effects on children, according to a new sprawling report from the Chicago Sun-Times. Educators,...

Drone footage captured adults and children venturing out onto a slippery ice shelf on Lake Michigan's southern shore, despite annual warnings from officials that shelf ice is unstable and dangerous.

There's one final look inside an abandoned Illinois asylum that many believe was haunted.

Zain Ul Abdin Syed Ali, a 20-year-old Hammond man, is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges after police say he was involved in a series of burglaries, attempted burglaries, attempted auto thefts, thefts from vehicles, and criminal mischief incidents that occurred on December 27, 2025, at multiple businesses...

A federal class-action lawsuit accused McDonald's of misleading consumers by marketing its popular McRib sandwich as if it consists of actual pork rib meat - when the plaintiffs alleged it doesn't contain any. The lawsuit, which was filed Dec. 23 in the Northern District of Illinois, was brought by four...

COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, Ill. - Illinois State Police is asking for the public's help locating an endangered woman from Country Club Hills. According to police, Jasmine Shanks, 32, was last seen at the corner of Baker Avenue and 180th Street around 7:15 a.m. on Friday. She is described as a...

FORD HEIGHTS, Ill. - A Chicago man was arrested and charged in connection with the deadly shooting of two people in suburban Ford Heights last summer. Detrion Anderson, 31, was charged with murder after his arrest on New Year’s Day, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. The...

The Chicago Police Department has issued a missing person alert for 71-year-old Humphrey Bunch, last seen on December 29, 2025, in the vicinity of 5800 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL. Bunch, described as a Black/African American male, with brown eyes, grey or partly grey hair, a medium complexion, standing 5 feet 3...

According to Chicago police, the ages of the victims range from 18 to 58.

A man was shot near a CTA bus stop in the South Chicago neighborhood on Friday night.