Chicago police say an officer was shot and wounded and two others were seriously injured after being dragged by a vehicle in a separate incident.
Police spokesmen say an officer was shot Saturday morning...
When the recreational use of marijuana becomes legal, Chicago's mayor wants its sale banned in the central business district, near schools and in residential areas.
The bans are in zoning rules proposed...
Bianca Cseke, Online Managing Editor
• September 16, 2019
A 35-year-old man was critically wounded after being shot early Sunday morning in the 400 block of West Fullerton Parkway, an area typically considered among the safest in the city. It was the latest in...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a law aimed at creating protections for immigrants who rent in Illinois.
The law prohibits landlords from evicting or retaliating against tenants based on their immigration...
Chicago police say seven people have been injured in an early morning shooting at a park on the city's West Side.
Authorities say a group of people was standing in Douglas Park around 1:20 a.m. Sunday...
A recently paroled armed robber is being held without bond in the stabbing death of a man aboard a Chicago Transit Authority train.
Tony Polk is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 54-year-old...
The Chicago Police Board on Thursday fired four police officers for allegedly covering up a white officer's 2014 fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.
The nine-member board found the officers...
Chicago police investigators have cracked the case: A 4-5 foot alligator is living in a lagoon at one of the city's most popular parks.
Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says Tuesday that investigators...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says the city's police department will not participate in an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement roundup of migrant families who have been ordered out the country.
ICE...
Bianca Cseke, Online Managing Editor
• June 10, 2019
A DePaul student was among those who were killed in shootings in Chicago this past weekend.
Marcel Hannah, 30, was shot about 3 a.m. Sunday in the 6600 block of South Evans Avenue in the Woodlawn neighborhood...
R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty to 11 additional sex-related charges on Thursday, including four counts that carry a maximum prison term of 30 years in prison.
Prosecutors did not ask the...
Bianca Cseke, Online Managing Editor
• June 6, 2019
A man is suspected of sexually assaulting at least three women in the Lincoln Park neighborhood over the past three weeks, according to Chicago police.
The man usually approaches women walking alone...
