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The U.S. Gulf Coast is bracing for a major hurricane, with Tropical Storm Helene expected to intensify rapidly into a Category 3 storm and hit Florida's Big Bend.
Jerrell W. Harris was charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm stemming from the shooting, police said.
Surveillance video from "Blaze Chicago" shows the suspects breaking the business's glass door with a sledgehammer, in the 1100 block of North Western Avenue.
The victim was shot in the arm and right thigh.
According to a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Burke is in custody in Thomson, Illinois.
The fight broke out during halftime at Richards High School in Oak Lawn, just southwest of the Chicago city limits.
Despite the fight to keep ShotSpotter in Chicago, the service was decommissioned at 12:01 a.m. Monday.
This defeat came a day after the White Sox tied the American League record of 119 losses set by the 2003 Detroit Tigers.
Shota Imanaga pitched seven crisp innings in his sixth consecutive win.
Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams produced promising numbers in his third career NFL start.
Wind flow will create dangerous waves of 5 to 10 feet Sunday night and Monday.
Just before 1:30 a.m., officers responded to Eden's Bar and Grill at 926 Gardner Avenue for a report of people inside the bar who had been shot.
They entered the restaurant, took merchandise from inside, and then fled in a black SUV in an unknown direction.
The Jeep collided with the bicyclist, who was traveling eastbound in the crosswalk on the south side of Ogden Avenue.
One of the robbers snatched a chain from the victim's neck, and then the other shot at the victim at the top of his head.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest First Alert Weather forecast.
When a city light pole crashed onto a Bucktown woman's car, leaving her with thousands of dollars in damage, she assumed the city would help cover the costs. Instead, she was left with the bill.
A Chicago area man who said he had to make a tough decision and self-deport to Mexico also had to leave behind his beloved pet in the process, and a local rescue organization worked to reunite the pair.
Israel is making a diplomatic play, offering a potential boost to the fragile ceasefire in the war with Iran. Meantime, President Trump is threatening to resume attacks on Iran if it fails to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Dolton interim Fire Chief Quention "Q" Curtis is taking voluntary leave under pressure mounted from his own firefighters and the community. In a letter to Dolton residents, Mayor Jason House said Curtis agreed to take voluntary leave from the department.
Mayor Brandon Johnson has yet to announce if he's running for re-election, but certainly sounded like he was giving a campaign speech at a brief press conference on Monday.
Chicago Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) filed a lawsuit last week, taking the Illinois State Board of Elections to task for what he said are unnecessarily high hurdles for third-party candidates to get on the ballot.
Chicago's Mamdani moment might come in the form of a more socialist City Council. The Chicago DSA is working to oust aldermen and advance taxing the rich.
The order came after Republican Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn threatened to block Blanche's confirmation for Attorney General if the fund was not rescinded in writing.
A new court ruling will keep Illinois from having to turn over its full list of voter information to the federal government.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
East Chicago, Indiana is being placed on a precautionary boil water advisory starting Monday morning for planned installations that could affect water safety.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
Chicago's Wishbone Restaurant will soon be closing after 36 years in business.
The Old Town Pour House isn't in its namesake neighborhood anymore, but it's returning to the central area of Chicago — specifically in the Loop.
Stella's Diner in Chicago's East Lakeview community has gone out of business.
A Wisconsin appeals court reversed a lower court ruling that had declared Act 10 unconstitutional, keeping the 2011 law limiting public workers' collective bargaining rights in place as unions prepare to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
The changing developments at 1800 N. Clybourn Ave. represent a microcosm of 40 years of changing development priorities on the Clybourn Corridor as a whole, and in Chicago and beyond.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
If weather forces an evacuation, shelter sites are located at Grant Park North, Grant Park South, and Millennium Lakeside Garages, accessible through the vehicle entrance on Michigan Avenue.
Grant Park was filled with tens of thousands of people Thursday for the start of Lollapalooza, as warm weather greeted festivalgoers on day one of the four-day music festival.
Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.
Actor William Shatner and his daughter, Melanie Shatner Gretsch, recall how they helped each other as they fought Stage 4 cancer side by side.
An Illinois State Police trooper has been charged with sexually assaulting a bartender after drugging her and taking her to a hotel over last year in southwest suburban Tinley Park.
For weeks, residents at a South Loop apartment building have been climbing up to eight flights of stairs after both elevators stopped working. Tenants in The Regal Apartments, at 651 S. Wells St., are finally getting some temporary relief—but said it is coming far too late.
Chicago's race for mayor is heating up. A day after Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias joined the race, Mayor Brandon Johnson remained mum on whether he'll run for another term, but certainly sounded like he was giving a campaign speech at a brief press conference.
Thousands turned out at Linda Mar Beach in Pacifica on Saturday for the 10th annual World Dog Surfing Championships, where 14 dogs competed — and a hazardous surf warning added unexpected drama to the day.
Three major fires were burning in the area: the Old Trails Fire — which broke out Saturday — the Fairview Fire, and the Autumn Lane Fire, which now also includes what had been known as the Meadowview Fire.
Relief is on the way for families of kids going back to school, with a sales tax holiday.
Three Chicago police officers, as well as a man and a child, were injured overnight in a crash in the Washington Park neighborhood.
Lollapalooza 2027 came to an end in Chicago's Grant Park Sunday night, as crowds emptied out and headed home.
An Illinois State Police trooper has been charged with sexually assaulting a bartender after drugging her and taking her to a hotel last year in southwest suburban Tinley Park.
For weeks, residents at a South Loop apartment building have been climbing up to eight flights of stairs after both elevators stopped working.
A clean energy initiative on the South Side of Chicago is increasing access to solar energy and electric vehicle charging stations, and community members say it's making a difference.
A glitch in the Illinois Tollway system earlier this month left about 100,000 drivers with unexpected warnings about unpaid tolls, some dating back about a year.
Chicago's Office of Emergency Management, which oversees roughly 200 traffic aides, says two were seriously injured by drivers this summer — leaving many uneasy on the job as Lollapalooza brings heavy traffic downtown.
Shavonne Worthy said she visited her mother's grave at Oakridge-Glen Oaks Cemetery in Hillside and found an empty hole where the headstone had stood for nearly 10 years — and the cemetery's new owner told her it was removed intentionally.
Earlier this month, charges were dropped in one case against Weinstein, but he still faces charges in New York and California.
Bears safety Coby Bryant will miss the next 8-10 weeks due to a hyperextended knee, bone bruise and small fracture suffered in Monday's training camp practice, ESPN reports.
The schools announced Monday they have agreed to a four-game home-and-home series.
Ahead of the MLB trade deadline on Monday, the Chicago White Sox have reportedly added right-handed reliever Huascar Brazobán in a trade with the New York Mets.
Buffalo Grove, Illinois, native Till Bartkovjaks, 12, is a master of judo — and he's currently getting ready to represent Team USA for the second time, in Mexico in November.
The Major League Baseball trade deadline is coming up at 5 p.m. Monday, and the Chicago Cubs have already made a pair of deals with the Toronto Blue Jays.
An Illinois State Police trooper has been charged with sexually assaulting a bartender after drugging her and taking her to a hotel last year in southwest suburban Tinley Park.
Thieves stole an ATM from a gas station in Chicago's Roseland community early Monday.
Two young men and a teenage boy were shot and wounded early Monday in Chicago's Park Manor community.
A man was stabbed late Sunday night in a fight with a woman on Chicago's West Side, police said.
The suspect, identified as 24-year-old Chad Williams, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
