Mother charged with stabbing 3 children, killing 1, on NW Side due in court
Wendy Tolbert admitted to stabbing her children inside their Logan Square home because she believed the devil possessed them, prosecutors said.
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Wendy Tolbert admitted to stabbing her children inside their Logan Square home because she believed the devil possessed them, prosecutors said.
Ronald Martin, Jr., 45, was charged with first-degree murder after two people were found dead inside a home that was set on fire in Sheridan, Illinois, last month.
A group of faculty at Northwestern University have written an open letter to school leadership, asking them not to make a deal with President Trump after he froze hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office said they arrested a man for allegedly dealing meth at a North Chicago, Illinois home that also housed a home day care.
A woman charged with kidnapping a 2-year-old girl at gunpoint in Chicago is appearing in court Friday.
Andres Stathoulopoulos, 20, was charged with aggravated battery with use of a deadly weapon and two counts of a hate crime after police said he hurled a racial slur before stabbing a woman in Portage Park last month.
The winner matched all five numbers in the Lucky Day Lotto drawing on Sunday, July 27.
This will be the first time an All-Star Game will be held at Wrigley since 1990.
Metra trains were stopped and then delayed Friday morning after a freight train derailed in Aurora on tracks owned by BNSF.
Chicago air quality remains in the top five worst in the world Friday with an Air Quality Alert in place from Canadian wildfire smoke.
CBS News Chicago reported on these traveling auctions in January 2025 after hearing from a woman who also spent a lot of money on jewelry and artwork that turned out to be worth much less than she paid.
A bullet is still lodged in a man's leg after he was robbed at gunpoint in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood this week, and was then shot after he gave up his cash.
The device, called Defent, is a stick that resembles a thumb drive. It has the power to detect the smallest grain of fentanyl almost instantly.
Elmhurst police said the boy had been found safe at 10 p.m. He had last been seen around 7:30 p.m.
Discover hosted the second annual Taste of Bud Billiken at the Shine Bright Community Center, near 85th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue.
