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A man was shot and critically injured inside a South Side home on Friday night, Chicago police said.

There was a massive crime scene on the city's West Side after someone was stabbed near a CTA Blue Line station.

Chicago police are seeking help locating Joyce Berryman-Arriaga, 34, who was last seen Dec. 24 and is missing from the 1800 block of West Adams Street. She is described as 4 feet 11 inches tall, 190 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair; anyone with information should contact Area 3 SUV at 312-744-8266 or call 911.

Illinois leaders and Chicago communities are reacting after a U.S. military operation in Venezuela on Saturday.

Maureen O’Hara from Naperville won the first Wheel of Fortune game of 2026 on Thursday. She took home the most out of the contestants to win $18,000. O’Hara revealed on the show that she likes to drive around her neighborhood the night before trash day to collect the “pretty things” that other people throw out.

Illinois lets senior citizens defer up to $7,500 a year in property taxes. Illinois offers senior citizens a property tax relief program that works like a loan. The Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral Program allows qualifying seniors to defer or postpone the payment of up to $7,500 a year in property taxes.

A man was shot downtown Thursday morning, Chicago police said.

Quinn Myers, reporter for Block Club Chicago, joins Jon Hansen, filling in for Lisa Dent, to discuss the reported number of murders in Chicago in the year of 2015. Myers reports that the city reported 419 murders, the lowest since 1965. Myers shares that not only is this number lower than the pre-COVID crime spike, […]

The tolls on the Chicago Skyway have officially gone up.