CPD search for boy who went missing in South Shore last month
Chicago police said Damoni Gray, 12, was last seen on Nov. 28 in the area of the 7600 block of South Essex Avenue.
Here are the latest snowfall totals from around the Chicago area
A winter weather advisory has expired in the Chicago area, but six or more inches of snow fell overnight, causing travel issues around the region. Those impacts included snow-covered roads, but also included flight delays at O'Hare, as a ground stop was issued Sunday morning for flights arriving in the region.
Northwestern doctor beaten in hospital elevator, assailant arrested 12 times this year: prosecutors
Chicago police have arrested Sean Popps a dozen times this year, almost all of them for allegedly trespassing or damaging property on or near Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Streeterville campus. That string of cases follows seven arrests in 2024, again mostly on or near the hospital grounds. Records show he was...
Man found fatally shot on Garfield Park sidewalk, police say
A man was found fatally shot on a West Side sidewalk late Friday night, Chicago police said.
Intense Debate: Individual Accused of Pushing Senior onto Tracks at Forest Park’s Blue Line...
CBS News - 12/02/2025 05:38:26 PM. A few days ago, a tragic incident occurred at a CTA Blue Line station in Forest Park, Chicago. A man named Tommie O. Carter was charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery for allegedly punching a senior citizen onto the tracks. The victim narrowly escaped being hit by a...
Johnson allocates $5 million for gunshot detection system
Mayor Brandon Johnson last year decommissioned the city’s Shotspotter gunshot detection system saying it was no more than a “walkie talkie on a stick.”. On Nov. 6, after pressure from aldermen during budget hearings to add a promised financial allocation for another gunshot detection system, $5 million was listed in...
Retired Judge Gets Probation For Stealing Almost $250K From Elderly Tuskegee Airman
A former Cook County judge was sentenced to probation on Friday after stealing large sums of money from an elderly friend who served as a Tuskegee Airman. Patricia Martin, 66, received four years probation after pleading guilty to theft ranging from $100,000 to $500,000, according to court documents. The judge also...
Cardinal Cupich holds mass for prisoners at Cook County Jail
Blase Cardinal Cupich visited the Cook County Jail on Sunday to observe the Jubilee of Prisoners.
Des Plaines Woman Faces First-Degree Murder Charge After Chicago Shooting
Quadajah Johnson, 31, of the 9200 block of W. Senate Drive in Des Plaines, Illinois, faces first-degree murder charges in the death of a 31-year-old woman. According to a news release from the Chicago Police Department, the arrest occurred on December 3, 2025, following an investigation into the September 8 incident.
Since NYC Congestion Pricing, Chicago now has Nation’s Worst Traffic
Although the average time Americans spend in traffic rose by 6 hours nationwide in 2025, New York City saw a significant decline in traffic thanks to the congestion pricing program that went into effect in January. As Kristin Toussant explains in Fast Company, just one month after the program began,...

















