New Illinois laws • FBI fugitive search • Highway shoulder crackdown
CHICAGO - We have a breakdown of several new major state laws go into effect on Jan. 1; the FBI is looking for a fugitive and offering big money for a man known as "Bird;" and Cook County is cracking down on illegal shoulder driving. These are the top stories...
Two 14-year-olds arrested 2 months after armed robbery of another teen, police say
CHICAGO - A pair of 14-year-old boys were arrested two months after authorities say they robbed another teen at gunpoint in the Douglas neighborhood. The two juveniles were taken into custody on Tuesday in the Fuller Park neighborhood, in the 5100 block of South Wentworth Avenue. Both teens are charged...
Chicago Red Line Nightmare: Repeat Offender Charged in Brutal Attack on Disabled Woman
The Attack Unfolds at Jackson Station (Image Credits: Unsplash) Chicago – Early morning commuters at a bustling downtown transit hub witnessed a disturbing act of violence that has reignited concerns over public safety on the city’s rail system. The Attack Unfolds at Jackson Station A shocking assault occurred around...
Cook County man hit woman with gun after Bears watch party, police say
COOK CO., Ill. - A Cook County man allegedly hit and injured a woman with a gun during an argument after they left a watch party for the Bears-Packers game last weekend. Top Brain Experts Reveal: The #1 Food to Avoid If You Fear DementiaCenter For Neuroscience U.S |. What...
Man charged with strangling woman in Chicago garage found guilty
Boyle, 65, was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder in the death of 30-year-old Sierra Jamison.
Man wearing ankle monitor attacked 3 women days after judge refused to detain him,...
Marlon Miller returned to a Cook County courtroom on Friday, accused of randomly attacking three women in the Loop this week at a time he was supposed to be confined to his home on electronic monitoring for randomly attacking four other women in the Loop. The alleged attacks occurred just...
Man raped woman after pushing her from wheelchair at Red Line station, his 4th...
A 23-year-old Calumet City resident who has been arrested six times in Chicago this year, including multiple times on the CTA, is accused of sexually assaulting a disabled woman after pushing her out of her wheelchair at a downtown Red Line station. During a detention hearing on Saturday, prosecutors said...
A Late Night Crash At Burger King Raises Eyebrows In Illinois
A late-night drive turned chaotic in Illinois as a woman’s Cadillac made an unexpected entrance at a local Burger King.
Whistleblower ex-Joliet, Illinois police sergeant files lawsuit over retaliation
A former police sergeant in Joliet who was at one point charged after leaking squad car video of a man who died in Joliet police custody has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit over retaliation he faced.
‘I’ve lost everything’: House fire breaks out in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood
With nothing but her house slippers, Yvonne Jones grabbed her granddaughter and great-nephew and fled her home that had caught on fire in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood on Friday evening.
