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An owner of Cesar's Killer Margaritas restaurant in Lakeview has pleaded guilty to underreporting more than $1 million in sales, the Illinois Attorney General's office announced Wednesday.
A SWAT team was called into action in River North in the middle of the day Saturday, after a man stood on the roof of a building with a metal pole in hand and started throwing things.
A Chicago police officer is credited with saving a man's life after she found him unresponsive in the Near North neighborhood Saturday morning.
Two people were in area hospitals Tuesday after a crash involving a car and a Chicago Transit Authority bus in Andersonville.
A man riding an electric scooter was critically injured late Wednesday afternoon after he was struck by a car near the busy intersection of Diversey Parkway, Clark Street, and Broadway.
Chicago Police have released a surveillance photo of a man wanted in an attempted criminal sexual abuse incident that occurred last week.
The Emanuel administration has rejected the Chicago Cubs' request to shut down Addison and Clark streets on game days as part of a new plan to increase security at Wrigley Field.
Get your costumes and your favorite treat buckets. It's time for some serious trick-or-treating in these five locations in the Chicago area.
Bond was set at $100,000 for each of two men charged with robbing a woman Monday night in the Lakeview neighborhood on the North Side.
Two men have walked up to people from behind and, in one instance, engaged victims in conversation before using force to take their belongings, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.
The man entered the Fifth Third Bank branch at 601 S. Clark St. at 9:36 a.m. with a knife and demanded cash, according to police and the FBI. He left the bank with an undisclosed amount of money, police said.
About 1:45 a.m., two homeless people got into a fight near the intersection of Clark and Randolph streets, police said.
About 10:30 p.m., a man—who identified himself to reporters on the scene as Luis Gomez—was driving an Uber XL vehicle west on Addison Street, trying to turn south onto Clark Street, police said. The minivan—which had six passengers in it — collided with a Chicago Police vehicle that was eastbound on Addison
A man suspected in five Chicago bank robberies tried to rob a sixth bank in the Lake View neighborhood on Friday, the FBI said.
Authorities have issued a warning to women living in Lincoln Park, after a woman was raped in her apartment, by an attacker who followed her home from a nearby bar.
Beginning early Wednesday, crews will shift all traffic on eastbound Washington into two lanes along the north side of the street.
From its reindeer antlers and cinnamon scent to Santa's den and armchair, it's clear that this is no ordinary 60-foot CTA bus, although it will be operating in regular service, beginning Tuesday and Wednesday on the J14/Jeffery Jump.
The Chicago Department of Transportation said the bridge will be closed to all traffic from 6 a.m. Wednesday through the afternoon of Aug. 23.
A male walked into the bank, demanded money and ran away with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.
The victim was attacked around 12:30 a.m. in the 3500 block of North Clark Street and was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
Kenard Jarrett, 20, was charged with three felony counts of burglary after he attempted to steal items from the business Wednesday about 12:20 a.m., according to a statement from Chicago Police.
The 20-year-old - posing as a nightshift crew worker - was inside the store and attempting to steal money from the cash registers, when an employee recognized him from a separate robbery at a different Mariano's store and began chasing after him. The suspect then ran out of the store and jumped into a Jaguar, only to crash it into a building across the store's parking lot at 1601 S. Federal St.
Crews have begun removing an iconic water tower on top of a museum in Andersonville, after it was damaged by the extreme cold this winter.
Rescue crews responded to the two-vehicle crash about 11:05 p.m. in the 400 block of North Clark Street.
In one year, Justin Vrany produced only eight pounds of garbage.
