Woman Reports Man Touching Himself Inappropriately Outside North Center School
Chicago police have issued a community alert after a woman reported a man touching himself inappropriately outside a school in North Center Wednesday.
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Chicago police have issued a community alert after a woman reported a man touching himself inappropriately outside a school in North Center Wednesday.
Spretnjak, 33, was last seen arriving at O'Hare International Airport Terminal 1 at 1 p.m. Wednesday, police say.
Chicago police are warning residents on the South Side of Chicago to be aware of a string of recent robberies.
Chicago now has more than 1,000 high-definition surveillance cameras at all nine Red Line subway stations and the city's 12 Blue Line subway stops, the city said Thursday.
Chicago police seized more than $3.1 million worth of cocaine and $71,000 worth of heroin Tuesday from a residence in Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood.
The Chicago Police Department is sending a deserving family to the White Sox home opener Friday as part of "Operation: Pay It Forward".
Jaquan Washington, 22, has been charged in the murder of off-duty Chicago police officer John Rivera.
A federal lawsuit alleges deceased former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge beat a 15-year-old and held him for hours without food or water until he falsely confessed to acting as a lookout in a 1991 murder.
Xavier Garcia was last seen March 29 on Chicago's West Side near West Adams Street and South Western Avenue.
A 17-year-old girl was shot in a park in the Logan Square neighborhood Monday evening, according to Chicago police.
A woman was fatally stabbed during a robbery in the South Side over the weekend.
overall crime took a 30 percent dip in March, and there were 17 percent less shootings.
Chicago police are warning residents of Jefferson Park and Forest Glen about a series of at least nine catalytic converter thefts that happened over one night last week.
Amy Bouschart-Callea, 56, has been reported missing from the Lakeview neighborhood, Chicago police said.
Anteria Charles, 15, has been reported missing from the South Austin neighborhood, Chicago police said.
"I know he wanted to be a detective. But also he said as long as he was making a difference, he was fine with his job."
Hundreds of family, friends, and fellow officers turned out Friday morning for the funeral for slain Officer John Rivera, killed while off-duty last weekend in the River North neighborhood.
"When he writes the check, in the memo section, he can put the word 'I'm accountable for the hoax,'" Emanuel said at an unrelated event on Thursday.
Chicago police have issued a alert after four restaurants in the Loop were burglarized within two weeks during the month of March.
Visitation for Chicago police officer John Rivera will be held Thursday afternoon.
Chicago police are looking for Barbara Ward, 72, who was last seen Wednesday near 300 S. California Ave.
CBS 2 has obtained the redacted Chicago Police Department reports from the Jussie Smollett criminal investigation.
Jussie Smollett's lawyers did not ask a judge to expunge court records for the case today as expected.
Chicago police say a 15-year-old boy was shot and killed in the Fuller Park neighborhood Tuesday night, just two doors down from his own home.
A civil rights lawsuit was filed in federal court Tuesday against the City of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department, accusing officers of raiding the wrong home and pointing their guns at children during a child's birthday party.
A group of 26 members of the Chicago City Council, the same group that torpedoed Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2026 budget, sent the mayor a letter with their demands for the next fiscal year.
The restaurant has been closed since March after a fire that sent smoke billowing through the pedway.
Chicago police put out an alert about dozens of car burglaries, including some in which the suspects pulled guns when confronted by the owners, on the Near South Side and South Commons neighborhoods in September.
At least three cars were damaged in an explosion and fire on Monday afternoon in the parking garage at Fenwick High School in west suburban Oak Park.
A body was found on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on Monday morning, authorities said.
A group of 26 members of the Chicago City Council, the same group that torpedoed Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2026 budget, sent the mayor a letter with their demands for the next fiscal year.
In the race for the seat currently held by retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, Democratic Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton is facing off against former Illinois Republican Party chairman Don Tracy and independent candidate Whitfield Harrington.
Gov. JB Pritzker is seeking to become the first Democrat ever elected to a third term in Illinois, and is facing a rematch with Republican Darren Bailey. There's also an independent candidate on the ballot, Collin Corbett.
President Trump on Monday announced that the company Mesabi Metallics will build a $15 billion steel plant in Iowa over the coming years.
Sheri Mecklenburg resigned from the Department of Justice this week, penning a scathing letter in which she said U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros "personally directed" the Broadview 6 prosecution that she says ended her career.
Scammers are now impersonating the patient portal MyChart, using realistic-looking emails, texts, and websites to try to steal personal information and, in some cases, get malware on your computer.
Fuel prices continue to climb across the country, and that has U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) pointing the finger at President Trump.
Nicor customers will get a break on their bills this fall after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Roul reached an agreement with the utility to cut $140 million from its requested rate hike.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Sixteen of the state's cases this year trace to an outbreak among people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination history. Health officials say the overall risk is very low but want residents to confirm they're protected.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Wednesday launched its first "street psychiatry" teams, in an effort to provide mental health services to some of the city's most vulnerable people.
A new Illinois law lets terminally ill patients request a lethal prescription to end their lives, making the state the 13th in the U.S. — and the first in the Midwest — to permit it.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
McDonald's said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally.
The future of Rate Field was back in the spotlight on Wednesday.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Survivor, Koko Taylor, The Plain White T's and REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin were among those honored Sunday night at the Harris Theater. The ceremony is the hall's largest fundraiser.
Madonna won Artist of the Year while Taylor Swift became the most awarded artist in Video Music Awards history.
Challenging documentaries and award-winning features are among the offerings of New York City's leading cinema event, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Godzilla.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
A Tennessee judge granted Dolly Parton's estate a temporary restraining order Wednesday against the late singer's nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company.
The woman in the TikTok video says she was making a recipe and discovered the mouse after opening the jar.
The new citizens from 27 countries gathered on Monday for a special naturalization ceremony.
Urbana public safety officials said the body was found at about 6:42 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, near the Alma Mater statue at Green and Wright streets on the university campus.
The 35-year-old woman in the white car was rushed to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she later died. The other drivers were not hurt. The wrong-way driver was taken into custody.
President Trump on Monday announced that the company Mesabi Metallics will build a $15 billion steel plant in Iowa over the coming years, in what would be the largest of its kind in U.S. history.
Oak Park village officials confirmed that Fenwick High School is being evacuated because of a fire at their parking garage.
There was a scramble in the skies Sunday tied to President Trump's visit to the Chicago area.
A body was found on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on Monday morning, authorities said.
A group of 26 members of the Chicago City Council, the same group that torpedoed Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2026 budget, sent the mayor a letter with their demands for the next fiscal year.
A woman is dead after a wrong-way driver caused a three-car crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Chicago's South Side late Sunday night.
A woman is dead after a wrong-way driver caused a three-car crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Chicago's South Side late Sunday night.
In 2024, an off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed a dog that was being held by its owner. COPA and CPD Supt. Larry Snelling agreed the officer should be fired. But more than two years later, that hasn't happened.
Surging gas and diesel prices are putting the pinch on farmers with harvest season underway, and could drive grocery prices even further up.
Another business owned by a couple under investigation for mishandling bodies at funeral homes and crematories on the South Side and in the south suburbs was raided by law enforcement Thursday.
Crown Point native Chris Payne was arrested for the 2018 sexual assault of a woman, which he has adamantly claimed from the beginning that he had nothing to do with.
The Bears will look to rally from last week's ugly loss to the Vikings when they host the Eagles on Monday night at Soldier Field.
Benjamin Satterley, an English-born wrestler known for high-flying moves that delighted fans worldwide, was known as "Pac."
The Chicago Cubs beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 on Sunday in a regular-season finale that was relocated to Tropicana Field.
President Trump's presence in the Chicagoland area brought crowds of supporters and protesters.
The White Sox open their best-of-three AL Wild Card series at either Houston or Texas on Tuesday.
Chicago police put out an alert about dozens of car burglaries, including some in which the suspects pulled guns when confronted by the owners, on the Near South Side and South Commons neighborhoods in September.
The investigation into an alleged rape at Cornell University in 2024 will be reopened, authorities said Monday.
The man charged in the shooting of an 18-month-old girl inside an apartment on Chicago's Southwest Side was ordered held until trial on Monday.
A Chicago violence interrupter is remembered for the difference he tried to make in his South Shore neighborhood. Courtney Harris worked to keep young people away from violence, but died in a shooting over the weekend.
Three men were wounded in a shooting on Thursday night outside a liquor store in the South Chicago neighborhood.
