Chicago Police Warn of Armed Robbery Pattern in Near West Side
Residents of Chicago's Near West Side are on alert after the Chicago Police Department (CPD) issued a community warning about a series of armed robberies. According to the CPD, the string of incidents have occurred on beat 1214 & 1215 and 1231, involving four male suspects who approach victims in the early morning or...
Body, car pulled from pond in Hodgkins linked to 2001 missing person’s case, officials...
The body found in a car that was pulled from a pond in the southwest suburbs is connected to a missing persons case from 2001.
New Lenox Police Arrest Man For Attempting To Rob AT&T Store
27-year-old Virgil Holland is charged with Attempted Armed Robbery (Class 1 Felony), Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon (Class 2 Felony), Aggravated Unlawful Restraint (Class 3 Felony), and Aggravated Battery (Class 3 Felony). On Monday, September 1, 2025, at approximately 5:37 p.m., New Lenox Police...
Illinois Man Among FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Finally Caught
The FBI captured a man from Illinois who was one of their top 10 most wanted fugitives.
Woman shot in face, killed in South Loop after altercation: Chicago police
A 31-year-old woman was shot and killed Monday morning in Chicago's South Loop, Chicago police said.
19 Shot, 7 Killed, During Weekend in Mayor Johnson’s Chicago
At least 19 people were shot, seven of them fatally, during the weekend across Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. CBS News reported that the weekend’s first fatal shooting occurred Friday about 9:30 p.m. “in the 1300 block of South Michigan Avenue.” Two men got into an argument and a gun was produced, and the gun...
Chicago police searching for CTA Green Line robbery suspects
Chicago police are searching for the suspects of a robbery on the CTA Green Line.
Gunmen fire 45 rounds to kill man at East Garfield Park gas station
Two gunmen unleashed at least 45 shots in an East Garfield Park gas station lot late Sunday night, killing a 21-year-old man in a barrage of gunfire that made their intentions unmistakable. Officers responded to the Shell station at 45 North Western Avenue around 11:30 p.m. and found the victim...
City Is Not Using Salt Trucks To Thwart ICE, Despite Viral Posts Claiming Otherwise
DOWNTOWN — A viral post claiming salt trucks are blocking immigration enforcement actions in Chicago is false, according to city officials. The post went viral on Instagram, showing city salt trucks parking end-to-end along a city street, with the video’s caption saying there was a “wall of trucks, moving slow,...
Chicago man ordered detained after sheriff’s police find pistol with laser sight
CHICAGO - A Cook County judge ordered a Chicago man held after sheriff’s police say they found him with a pistol outfitted with a laser sight late last month. On Aug. 29, Cook County Sheriff’s Police Investigators were working near 93rd Street and Cottage Grove Avenue when a witness reported seeing a man brandishing...
