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Tiffany Ensalaco, 34, was driving a blue 1994 Ford pickup southbound on Illinois Route 53 south of Kirchoff Road in Rolling Meadows just after 7 p.m., when she lost control of the vehicle and it drifted across the road into a concrete median.
A man suspected of armed assault in Indiana barricaded himself for nearly five hours in a south suburban home before surrendering to authorities Tuesday evening.
In a crime that shocked the nation, two 12-years-old Wisconsin girls are accused of stabbing their best friend and they may have been influenced by a website.
Residents of the South Shore neighborhood took to the streets Tuesday, one night after a shooting at a laundromat wounded six people.
In far north suburban Zion, police shot and wounded a suspect on a busy roadway Tuesday afternoon.
Big changes are in store for the Gary school system and more than 2,000 students.
Two Metra engineers are removed from duty after what passengers describe as wild rides on the Rock Island Line.
A man died after he was shot in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side Tuesday afternoon.
The Cook County State's Attorney thinks if the envelope says: "Congratulations, you are a winner," you should actually win something besides a sales pitch, reports WBBM's John Cody.
Jurors at an Illinois lawmaker's bribery trial have heard a secret FBI recording in which the Chicago Democrat appears to accept a $7,000 bribe -- counted out in seven, $1,000 stacks.
When a major construction project began on Route 59 in Aurora, Kristin McNabb was already getting calls from her students.
A multi-vehicle accident shut down the outbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway Tuesday afternoon.
Jurors found 26-year-old D'Andre Howard guilty of murdering the father, sister and grandmother of his ex-fiancé, Amanda Engelhardt in 2009.
Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said the motive in a South Shore shooting that left six people wounded, including two teens, appears to be gang violence.
As the City of Seattle starts to raise its minimum wage to $15-an hour, Mayor Emanuel's hand-picked panel is preparing to hold its first public hearing on how Chicago might raise the minimum wage here, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
