Pregnant woman carjacked at gunpoint in the Loop; 2 juveniles in custody after car recovered
Two juveniles are in custody, after a pregnant woman was carjacked at gunpoint in The Loop Tuesday night.
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Two juveniles are in custody, after a pregnant woman was carjacked at gunpoint in The Loop Tuesday night.
Lawmakers in Springfield want automakers' help to deal with the carjacking crisis.
Yvonne Ruzich was parked outside of work on Aug. 16, when two teens pulled up in another vehicle, and immediately started shooting.
A man was carjacked at gunpoint in Bucktown Tuesday evening.
Police said the victim was standing outside his vehicle in the 600 block of South Michigan Avenue around 5:30 a.m., when two men walked up and told him to run, or they would kill him.
A man was pushed to the ground by a carjacker on busy Broadway in East Lakeview late Monday.
A man was pushed to the ground by a carjacker on busy Broadway in East Lakeview late Monday.
A rideshare driver with a license to carry shot and wounded a would-be carjacker in the South Austin community on the city's West Side Thursday evening.
A rideshare driver with a license to carry shot and wounded a would-be carjacker in the South Austin community on the city's West Side Thursday evening.
A man was shot and wounded in a carjacking in the South Loop Friday night.
A teenage arrested in connection with a carjacking and shooting that left a mom paralyzed is now being charged as an adult.
A teenage arrested in connection with a carjacking and shooting that left a mom paralyzed is now being charged as an adult.
"The last words that she said was, 'Oh, my God!' and, and that was it," Antoine Moore said.
Police are warning rideshare drivers Wednesday of armed robberies in the South Austin and West Garfield Park neighborhoods.
"And all I could see was him pointing a gun at my grandson and his chest," the grandmother said.
There's a new hub to help rideshare drivers gain access to safety resources, legal support and support networks.
An accused carjacker is in critical condition after crashing a stolen PT Cruiser on Friday afternoon.
Two men escaped a carjacking and shooting overnight in Garfield Ridge.
Two people, including a 15-year-old boy, have been charged with carjacking a man at gunpoint in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Police said a 56-year-old woman was in her BMW SUV in the 2600 block of North Clybourn Avenue around 6:45 p.m. Sunday, when three people walked up, and one of them pointed a gun at her and demanded she get out of the vehicle.
A 25-year-old man was carjacked early Monday morning in the North Center neighborhood.
A man is charged with carjacking an elderly handicapped woman in Logan Square in January, according to police.
Retired Chicago Fire Lt. Dwain Williams was murdered in an attempted carjacking in late 2020, and on Saturday, he was commemorated with an honorary street name.
Police said Gabriel Camacho was arrested around 7:50 a.m. Wednesday, less than an hour after he carjacked a 47-year-old woman in the 3300 block of West Schubert, while he was brandishing a blunt object.
Illinois State Police chased the stolen vehicle across four expressways before the suspect crashed into a ditch along the Stevenson Expressway near Joliet.
After losing two of his top three financial advisers in the past week, Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday sought to assure Chicago residents "they have stability" headed into what will likely be another tough budget season at City Hall.
Multiple cars were destroyed by fire after a transformer explosion in La Grange Park, Illinois, Tuesday afternoon.
An Oak Lawn man had Molotov cocktails on him when he was arrested in Mokena while blocking a road, police say.
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash near Woodstock, Illinois, this week.
The Chicago Bears held their second straight padded practice Tuesday with multiple periods of live tackling as they focused in on defense.
After losing two of his top three financial advisers in the past week, Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday sought to assure Chicago residents "they have stability" headed into what will likely be another tough budget season at City Hall.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a pair of bills Tuesday protecting consumers in the state from unfair home and auto insurance rates.
Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget director, Annette Guzman, is stepping down from her post, the mayor's office confirmed Monday night.
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.
"She folded like an umbrella," President Trump said of Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
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.
While the building that housed the flagship Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue is now being torn down, the renowned Chicago restaurant chain is now set to open a new Lakeview location.
Nationally, data centers used 17.4 billion gallons of water in 2023 — a figure projected to reach 72.6 billion gallons by 2028, raising concerns about states' water supplies.
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.
Crews need about a week and a half to tear down the festival site before the city can begin its own inspection — and past cleanup costs have topped $1 million.
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.
Multiple cars were engulfed in flames after a transformer fire in La Grange Park.
After losing two of his top three financial advisers in the past week, Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday sought to assure Chicago residents "they have stability" headed into what will likely be another tough budget season at City Hall.
The restaurant confirmed Monday afternoon that it will be closing. No final date has been set, but the goal is to be open through the end of August, the restaurant said.
Ariana Grande addressed the announcement she’s stepping back from public life during the first of three shows at Chicago’s United Center Monday.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a pair of bills Tuesday protecting consumers in the state from unfair home and auto insurance rates.
After losing two of his top three financial advisers in the past week, Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday sought to assure Chicago residents "they have stability" headed into what will likely be another tough budget season at City Hall.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a pair of bills Tuesday protecting consumers in the state from unfair home and auto insurance rates.
Ariana Grande addressed the announcement she's stepping back from public life during the first of three shows at Chicago's United Center.
Multiple cars were destroyed by fire after a transformer explosion in La Grange Park, Illinois, Tuesday afternoon.
An Oak Lawn man had Molotov cocktails on him when he was arrested in Mokena while blocking a road, police say.
Nationally, data centers used 17.4 billion gallons of water in 2023 — a figure projected to reach 72.6 billion gallons by 2028, raising concerns about states' water supplies.
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.
The Chicago Bears held their second straight padded practice Tuesday with multiple periods of live tackling as they focused in on defense.
Seiya Suzuki, Carson Kelly and Kevin Alcántara each hit a two-run homer, and the Chicago Cubs handed the Los Angeles Dodgers their fourth consecutive loss with a 10-5 victory.
The Chicago Cubs acquired pitcher Clay Holmes and outfielder Tyrone Taylor from the last-place New York Mets on Monday for touted infield prospect Jefferson Rojas.
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.
A woman stood charged Tuesday with stabbing a man during a fight in Chicago's East Garfield Park neighborhood this past weekend.
An Illinois State Police trooper appeared in court on Tuesday after being 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.
