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POSEN, Ill. (WGN) — Felony charges have been filed against a Chicago woman accused in a road rage shooting along an expressway in the south suburbs in late April. According to Illinois State Police Troopers, 24-year-old Octavia Howleit, a Chicago resident, has been charged with one felony count of aggravated battery...

CHICAGO - The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is holding a unique class during summer camp to get hands-on training from SWAT medics. More than two dozen campers from the south suburbs learned from some of the county’s best SWAT team medics trained in combat-style trauma care on Thursday.

Emergency responders rescued a person from an overturned excavator in south suburban Oak Forest Friday morning.

Emmett Louis Till was born on July 25, 1941 in Chicago, IL. The only child of Mamie and Louis TIll, he was brutally murdered on August 28, 1955. He should be celebrating his birthday, but instead, he, like so many others, was lynched because of the color of his skin.

Police in Illinois busted a couple for breeding and training roosters to participate in cock fighting. When I was in college, I went on spring break a couple of times. One of those years, I went to Arizona. We were in Tucson, and since none of us had ever gone to Mexico, we decided to take a day trip. Border towns...

Gov. Evers issues 204 pardons, bringing total to 1,600+. Gov. Tony Evers’ office announced on Friday 204 people were pardoned. Evers’ total number of pardons granted during his tenure is now 1,640. Middleton Fire Dept. responds to Greenway Station for report of sign on fire. Updated: 2 hours...

A 15-year-old boy teamed up with two 14-year-olds to violently carjack a man in Edgewater last month, striking the victim with a car before stealing his SUV, Chicago police said. The younger boys were arrested earlier this month to face charges in the crime, which left the 39-year-old victim critically injured.

Power lines are working overtime with the heat, and some are concerned that blackouts are possible with so much air conditioning running at homes and businesses.

A 23-year-old man on pretrial release for a gun case is accused of shooting an 8-year-old girl during a confrontation last month on the Near South Side. Kenneth Williams has been ordered detained as prosecutors revealed disturbing new details about the incident. According to a prosecution detention petition, the...

MIIXTAPECHIICK Tee Grizzley’s Aunt Murder Trial Officially Underway As Alleged Shooter, Chicago’s 600 Affiliate, Appears in Court It’s been nearly six years since the tragic murder of Tee Grizzley’s aunt and manager, Jobina “JB” Brown. But now, the trial is officially in motion. According to court records obtained...