Suspect pleads guilty to battery in 2024 attack of two Jewish students at DePaul University
Adam Erkan pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of battery. His hate crime charges, however, were dropped.
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Adam Erkan pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of battery. His hate crime charges, however, were dropped.
Adam Erkan pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of battery in the attack. His initial hate crime charges have been dropped.
Corshawnda Hatter and her children were attacked by a group of kids after picking them up from school in South Deering earlier this month.
A serial attacker who punched women across the city of Chicago has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Last June, William D. Swetz, 34, of Flossmoor, was charged with aggravated battery in a public place and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Chicago police said a man was robbed at gunpoint on a CTA Red Line train.
A second woman said she was punched by a man who is believed to be connected to another random attack in downtown Chicago this month.
Friday evening here at the Metra 35th Street stop, she said, just as she was getting off the train, a man told her to get out of his way and then threw a punch to her jaw.
Lynsy Howard said she was walking with her friend and was passing the man in a crosswalk when the next thing she remembers is holding her face, dazed, confused, and with a pain in her left eye.
Chicago police said the suspect struck another passenger in the head with a stick-like object as they exited a CTA bus on the city's Northwest Side last month.
Amid Cordova, 23, has been charged with multiple felony counts of aggravated battery, including aggravated battery to a transit employee.
Noaman Patel, 22, of Chicago, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with three felony counts of aggravated battery in a public place.
CBS News Chicago broke the story of the allegations against former acting Robbins police Chief Carl Scott in July 2024.
Danielle S. Wasserman, 37, faces multiple charges of aggravated battery, including strangulation and use of a deadly weapon, hate crime, and criminal damage to property after attacking two people.
Maurice McDowell, 43, of Maywood, was charged with three felonies, including attempted murder, vehicular hijacking, and aggravated battery to a peace officer.
Officers found the man who had been hit in the head with a blunt object.
Chicago police said officers found a man with serious head trauma in an alleyway in the 5800 block of North Kenmore Avenue just after 10 p.m.
The mural was supposed to resemble peace and love. However, the victim said she was attacked for speaking up against hate.
The attacks happened within 5 minutes of each other on the 0-100 block of West Kinzie Street.
Rashee Wyrick, 32, of Chicago, was arrested on Saturday by the Illinois Department of Corrections and the U.S. Marshals Service's Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force.
The victim was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was listed in serious condition.
Brian Finn, 61, has been charged with two counts of battery.
Rey Gonzalez, 21, was arrested by Chicago police officers and members of the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force on Wednesday.
Carl Price, 27, was arrested by Chicago police officers around 11:08 a.m. in the 7400 block of South Coles Avenue.
Chicago police said the teen is also considered a person of interest in at least five more sexual assaults that were reported on the city's North Side between December 2024 and April 2025.
A woman who was turned away from an Indiana hospital while in labor last month, only to give birth minutes later in her car, met with hospital administrators on Thursday, and is continuing to push for more accountability.
Residents in Brighton Park said their side streets and alleys are overflowing with traffic, as drivers look to get around backups on Archer Avenue after the Chicago Department of Transportation installed new bike lanes.
The families of the three men who were killed in a crash on Interstate 57 early Wednesday morning are pushing for more answers about what happened.
Sitting in 1st-place in the NFC standings isn't the only feel-good story for the Bears, as cornerback Nahshon Wright was named the conference's Defensive Player of the Month.
A Chicago woman battling ALS said she's been struggling just to get a disabled parking space in front of her Bridgeport home.
Former Chicago Tribune publisher and editor-in-chief R. Bruce Dold passed away this week.
Authorities say the FBI has arrested a man suspected of placing pipe bombs outside RNC and DNC headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to take a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of an immigrant rights group.
The Pentagon watchdog released its report on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of Signal to share details about operations in Yemen.
In some cities where federal agents have conducted large-scale immigration operations that officials said would largely target criminals, more people without criminal records were detained in recent months.
A condo owner in Country Club Hills says he's forced to sell his home after his condo association failed to reimburse him for repairs to his leaking roof. Edward Hadnott's condo has sat empty since a major roof leak in 2022.
The U.S. stopped minting pennies this week, and some groups have issued a warning about the headaches that can create for some businesses and consumers.
Why is one school in the west Chicago suburb of Lisle paying a water bill three times higher than another? The answer has to do with a private utility company.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning about additional cookware brands that could be leaching lead into your food.
Walgreens said it will close its office space in Chicago's Old Post Office building.
The newest measles vaccination numbers released by Chicago Public Schools shows immunizations are finally moving in the right direction.
Two pregnant Black women recently faced alarming neglect at hospitals in Indiana and Texas, highlighting racial disparities in maternal care.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a bill aimed at protecting vaccine access in Illinois.
Roseland Community Hospital on Monday celebrated the opening of a new sickle cell treatment clinic.
Consumers with the imported pans should throw them away due to the severe health risks posed by lead, the agency warns.
Traffic at O'Hare International Airport is growing faster than expected, and this has Chicago city leaders wanting to make big changes to future construction plans at the airport.
Small Business Saturday was disrupted by the winter storm for many business owners in Chicago, but in the Rogers Park neighborhood, a group of business owners came together to draw customers.
Three different times over the past year, popular and longstanding Chicago stage theater spaces have made headlines for their demise. But it's not all bad news by any stretch.
A federal judge has called out an immigration enforcement agent for using artificial intelligence to write the narrative of a use-of-force report as just a small part of a scathing opinion that rebutted federal officials' narratives about appropriate force used against protesters and others during an ongoing immigration crackdown in Chicago.
As the Chicago Bears, White Sox, and Fire all push for brand-new stadiums, a new report provided some advice about what teams can do to be successful.
Starting Wednesday, riders on the Chicago Transit Authority system will hear a recognizable Chicago voice during their commutes.
Three different times over the past year, popular and longstanding Chicago stage theater spaces have made headlines for their demise. But it's not all bad news by any stretch.
Joe Colborn, better known as Joe "JoBo" Bohannon on Chicago radio, died this week.
The Chi-Lites occupy a proud place in Chicago music history, and they aren't done yet.
This month marks 50 years since critics and A-list Chicago celebrities Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert debuted their movie review show.
A woman who was turned away from an Indiana hospital while in labor last month, only to give birth minutes later in her car, met with hospital administrators on Thursday, and is continuing to push for more accountability.
Residents in Brighton Park said their side streets and alleys are overflowing with traffic, as drivers look to get around backups on Archer Avenue after the Chicago Department of Transportation installed new bike lanes.
The families of the three men who were killed in a crash on Interstate 57 early Wednesday morning are pushing for more answers about what happened.
Sitting in 1st-place in the NFC standings isn't the only feel-good story for the Bears, as cornerback Nahshon Wright was named the conference's Defensive Player of the Month.
A Chicago woman battling ALS said she's been struggling just to get a disabled parking space in front of her Bridgeport home.
A south suburban mom says her 6-year-old was sent home early and left alone in the cold for more than an hour.
The suspect in a shooting that killed another woman in the South Loop in September made her first court appearance Thursday.
A Park Forest, Illinois police detective has died, nearly a decade after being shot multiple times in the line of duty.
A woman who was turned away from an Indiana hospital while in labor last month, only to give birth minutes later in her car, met with hospital administrators on Thursday, and is continuing to push for more accountability.
Residents in Brighton Park said their side streets and alleys are overflowing with traffic, as drivers look to get around backups on Archer Avenue after the Chicago Department of Transportation installed new bike lanes.
A Chicago woman battling ALS said she's been struggling just to get a disabled parking space in front of her Bridgeport home.
Days after new Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach ordered an urgent review of the county's electronic monitoring program, Sheriff Tom Dart said this crisis isn't new, and that he's been warning lawmakers of problems for years.
Charles Beach was sworn in on Monday as Cook County's first new chief judge in 24 years, and takes over amid a political firestorm over what appears to be systemic issues with how accused criminals are being monitored before trial.
Some Chicagoans found out the hard way on Monday that the overnight winter parking ban is in effect.
The electronic monitoring system in Cook County has come under increased scrutiny, after a woman was set on fire in a horrific arson attack on the Blue Line, with critics demanding answers as to why the suspect wasn't already behind bars.
Sitting in 1st-place in the NFC standings isn't the only feel-good story for the Bears, as cornerback Nahshon Wright was named the conference's Defensive Player of the Month.
The Bulls dropped to 9-12 with their fifth loss in a row.
Braeden Bowman forced overtime for the Golden Knights when he put in his own rebound with 2:28 left in the third period.
Caleb Williams plans on picking up right where he left off the last time he faced the Packers.
The Bulls led by as many as 15 points in the third quarter, holding the Magic without a field goal for the first five minutes of the period.
Authorities say the FBI has arrested a man suspected of placing pipe bombs outside RNC and DNC headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
A woman from Chicago's northwest suburbs appeared in court Thursday for a shooting that killed another woman in the South Loop in September.
The man charged with pushing a CTA passenger onto the tracks at a Blue Line station in Chicago's western suburbs on Monday was ordered held in jail, after repeatedly interrupting the judge and prosecutors during his first court appearance on Wednesday.
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to take a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of an immigrant rights group.
Authorities charged a woman and her husband with murder Tuesday in the death of her pregnant biological daughter, whose body was found in a Michigan forest three weeks after she disappeared.
