12-year-old accidentally shot on West Side, juvenile charged
A 12-year-old boy was hospitalized after being accidentally shot while handling a gun with another boy in the Little Village neighborhood...
UPDATE: Man, 80, missing from Evanston located
An 80-year-old man suffering from Alzheimer's Disease who went missing in Evanston has been located in Chicago, police said.
Police arrest 12 after large group converges on Gold Coast
Eleven juveniles and one adult were arrested this evening after a large group converged near the Gold Coast and were blocking traffic,...
Bill allows tougher penalties in social media based mob attacks
Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law Saturday legislation that calls for stiffer penalties on people who text or use social media to organize...
Robbins man charged in '12 killing, '11 shooting
A Robbins man currently in the Cook County jail on separate charges, was ordered held in lieu of $2 Million bail for a 2012 murder and a...
Boy injured in fall from 2nd floor window on West Side
A 4-year-old boy fell from a second-story window in his family’s North Lawndale neighborhood apartment Saturday and narrowly missed...
Man suspected in Beverly shooting arrested in Arkansas
A Matteson man wanted in connection with a Beverly neighborhood shooting has been arrested in Arkansas.
Officials: Man videotaped women in Elmhurst Hospital bathroom
A Franklin Park man has been charged with leaving his cellphone behind to videotape women using a bathroom at Elmhurst Hospital, DuPage...
Police locate disabled woman missing from Southwest Side
Update: Veronica Arellano was located, police said in a statement released this afternoon.
CTU teachers, parents march to protest closings
About 100 people, including local teachers, parents and students, marched Saturday morning on the South Side in protest of the proposed...
Man, 27, killed in Austin: 'You can't go back to sleep'
Lula Parker sat on her front porch in a heavy pink robe. A 27-year-old man lay on her parkway, shot in the head, part of the exit wound...
CTA Red Line Dan Ryan closure starts early Sunday
CTA Red Line riders who use the south leg of the north-south “L” line will have to find alternate transportation starting 2 a.m....
Boy shot near Old Orchard Mall
A boy was shot in the abdomen near the Old Orchard Mall in Skokie Friday night, police said.
Man killed among 3 shot in Chicago Heights attack
A man was shot dead Friday night in Chicago Heights in attack that wounded two other people, authorities said.
3 shot in Lawndale: 'Who would shoot up a family?'
When the shooting stopped in Lawndale late Friday night, three people lay on the ground with gunshot wounds outside a family prom party on...
11 shot, 3 fatally, in city overnight
A teenage boy and two men were killed in three separate shootings Friday night and Saturday morning in Chicago, according to authorities.
Teachers elect Lewis to 2nd term as CTU head
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, an often controversial leader who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a strike last fall and has...
Woman testifies in suit against Trump Tower
Her family too poor to care for her, Jacqueline Goldberg was placed in a children's home at age 10.
Sheriff: Lice, scabies outbreak at Cook County Jail
Part of Cook County Jail and its hospital have been isolated because of an outbreak of lice and scabies, officials announced today.
In plea deal, man gets 145 days in South Side teen's killing
A Chicago man has admitted to killing a Beverly neighborhood teenager by punching him in the head on July 4, 2011, and will serve 145 days...
Man charged with killing wife fit for trial, judge rules
A Will County judge has ruled that a Tinley Park man accused of beating his wife to death in December can be tried for the offense,...
Boy, 16, held on $1M in shooting of woman outside H.S.
A 16-year-old Chicago high school student whose friend had been killed earlier, accidentally shot a female student on Wednesday as he was...
Man struck, killed by Orange Line train
Part of the CTA's Orange Line on the Southwest Side was shut down this afternoon after a man was run over and killed by a train, authorities...
Husband, wife dead in Chicago Heights fire
A husband and wife were found dead after a fire in Chicago Heights early Friday morning, according to authorities.
Geneva bank teller accused of using account info to steal
A former Geneva bank teller has been indicted in what prosecutors called a scheme to use bank customers’ account information to...
Prosecutors: 3 teens posted taped sex assaults of girl, 12, on Facebook
Three teenagers face sex assault charges after they raped a 12-year-old girl at gunpoint and posted a video of the December attacks on...
Near North elevator malfunction sends 4 to hospitals
An elevator malfunction in a Near North building sent four people to the hospital, officials said.
Cops: Women fend off purse snatcher, man charged
A South Side man was arrested after a woman and two of her female friends fended him off when he tried to snatch the woman's purse in the...
Teen, 17, fatally stabbed during fight in Romeoville parking lot
A 22-year-old Romeoville man suspected of fatally stabbing a 17-year-old Joliet male outside of a Romeoville supermarket Thursday night is...
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