Lakeview Sees Highest Number Of Carjackings In 17 Years
An unusually high number of carjacking have been reported in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood this year, police say.
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An unusually high number of carjacking have been reported in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood this year, police say.
Ke'Shon Newman's daily routine is guided by guns — the hundreds of illegal pistols, revolvers and other firearms that torment his South Side neighborhood.
Belk is 5-foot-3-inches, black and weighs 96 pounds. Police say she was last seen wearing a pink shirt with black graphics, light blue jeans and Air Jordan gym shoes.
Two people were shot around 5 p.m. Monday on the South Side, according to Chicago police.
A minivan being chased by police Monday afternoon crashed into three other vehicles and a CTA bus Monday, according to police.
A 911 recording released to CBS 2 reveals a white firefighter calling police to report he had drawn a firearm on a black man he believed to be breaking into a vehicle in the Bridgeport neighborhood on Aug. 24.
Michelle Smith, 50, has been missing from South Shore according to Chicago police.
Jasmine Baez, 22, has been reported missing from the South Chicago neighborhood.
Alicia Gines somehow slipped out of her handcuffs at the Cook County Courthouse Friday.
Officer Michael Flisk was murdered in Nov. 2010 while processing a crime scene.
Vandals tagged a Chicago Police squad car early this morning in the city's Bricktown neighborhood.
The Chicago Police Department said 525 firearms and 87 replicas were turned in at Saturday's gun turn-in.
Police said the incident happened in the 8700 block of South Princeton Avenue Thursday around 7 a.m.
From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., participants can turn in their guns for $100.
A woman was carjacked as she unloaded items from her vehicle in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on Nov. 26, police said in a community alert issued Friday.
A 19-year-old woman is on the run from the law again after walking away from police custody.
The day after the rush hour shooting in the CTA Blue Line tunnel, thousands of commuters went about their usual business Friday, but some wondered whether authorities did all they could during Thursday's shooting.
Thursday the defense rested its case and closing arguments were made in the trial of three Chicago police officers accused of helping cover up the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald.
A shooting occurred Thursday afternoon during rush hour on the Jackson CTA Blue Line stop in the tunnel that connects to the red line.
One witness testified Thursday -- a retired detective who says that March couldn't have changed the report filed by an officer at the scene of the October 2014 shooting by Officer Jason Van Dyke.
Des Plaines man is facing a murder charge after a suspicious death of a relative last month in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood.
Jennifer Martinez, 15, is missing from the area of Fullerton and Lockwood.
A judge has denied defense requests for directed acquittals in the trial of three Chicago police officers charged with lying about the shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.
A Chicago police officer was injured early Wednesday, while responding to a domestic disturbance in the Union Ridge neighborhood.
Police have arrested and charged a 24-year-old suspect connected to three fatal stabbings in Lawndale.
A bicyclist was hit and critically injured by a car on Chicago's South Side on Monday night.
A new blockade on Wabash and heavy rust stains on Hubbard below are the only signs of the staircase that once stood there.
Stepping in for Caleb Williams, Keenum was 24 for 34 for 247 yards.
The self-sanitizing pod is equipped with a power-washing system that cleans and disinfects the toilet and the floor for a few minutes after each use.
Cary police did not say what led to the shooting.
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.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has the extended forecast.
Ford City Mall Ownership confirmed the suspension pending the outcome of the ongoing investigation by the Chicago Police Department.
Sukkos is one of the most joyous holidays on the Jewish calendar, dating back thousands of years.
A resident in Surf City, New Jersey, captured what appears to be a shark swimming in floodwaters on Sunday. A powerful nor'easter hit the area, bringing severe flooding.
The afternoon commute brings a lot of foot traffic to this corner of River North, but some residents say they're left hanging after the sudden removal of a long-standing public staircase.
Stepping in for Caleb Williams, Keenum was 24 for 34 for 247 yards.
Oak Park village officials confirmed that Fenwick High School is being evacuated because of a fire at their parking garage.
The self-sanitizing pod is equipped with a power-washing system that cleans and disinfects the toilet and the floor for a few minutes after each use.
A body was found on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on Monday morning, authorities said.
A bicyclist was hit and critically injured by a car on Chicago's South Side on Monday 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.
Stepping in for Caleb Williams, Keenum was 24 for 34 for 247 yards.
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.
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.
