Man Wounded In Late Night Shooting On Dan Ryan
A man who was a passenger in a vehicle driving on the Dan Ryan Expressway was shot Saturday night on the South Side.
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A man who was a passenger in a vehicle driving on the Dan Ryan Expressway was shot Saturday night on the South Side.
Around 9 p.m., a Mercedes Benz was traveling at a very high rate of speed on Northwest Highway, when it crashed head-on into a Chevy Impala that was attempting to turn into a parking lot near Mount Prospect Road.
A 13-year-old girl was killed and her grandmother was fighting for her life, after an SUV being chased by police in northwest Indiana slammed into their car on Wednesday.
Chastinea Reeves, 15, had been missing for more than 24 hours.
The Chicago rapper and anti-gun violence activist won Grammys for best new artist, best rap performance, and best rap album.
Police said the teen was with someone else in an alley in the 5300 block of West Foster Avenue around 9 p.m., when a dark-colored sedan drove up, and someone inside fired shots.
The man's brother said he fled from a police officer who ordered them against a wall, but didn't show his badge. He said his brother feared being robbed by a fake cop.
The Chicago Police Department has unveiled the second of its two new Strategic Decision Support Centers, which will use high-tech tools to predict where violent crime might happen.
A 54-year-old man was standing on the CTA platform at the Jackson Blue Line station around 10 p.m., when four men attacked him.
A middle school in South Elgin likely will be a sea of blue and red on Tuesday, as students wear Cubs gear in support of a classmate who is in the hospital, recovering from serious brain and skull injuries suffered in an attack in the hallway.
According to the city, pothole crews usually have to wait until spring to begin filling most of the craters that pockmark our roads; but not this year.
It was a violent start to 2017 in Chicago, with the number of shootings nearly duplicating the tally from the start of last year, which ended up being the city's bloodiest year in nearly two decades.
President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates on Monday, after she ordered Justice Department lawyers not to defend his travel ban in court.
For the second night in a row, protesters gathered at O'Hare International Airport on Sunday to express their outrage at President Donald Trump's travel ban for people from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
The cause of the fire is undetermined, but authorities believe it began on the roof. They should know if it was arson in about a week.
The city's Water Management Department was notified of the water main break around 3 a.m. near Kilpatrick and Caldwell avenues.
A crowd had gathered near 75th Street and Rhodes Avenue to remember a 20-year-old woman who had been shot and killed earlier in the week, when rival gang members walked up and opened fire around 8:15 p.m.
Queen of Peace High School, an all-girls Catholic school in southwest suburban Burbank, has said it will close at the end of the school year, due to increasing financial demands and declining enrollment.
Richard Rodriguez said he had gotten into his parents' Buick Rendezvous near Kildare and Armitage avenues to go to school, and was waiting for his mom and dad when two teens – a boy and a girl – got in and drove away.
The Independent Police Review Authority has released surveillance video of the foot chase that led up to the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Kajuan Raye in November.
Around 10 p.m., a man was trying to cross the street at Roosevelt Road and Desplaines Avenue when he was struck by a vehicle, according to police.
Police said the officer lost control of his squad car and slammed into a light pole and light box at Army Trail Road and Cardinal Avenue around 9:30 p.m.
The only college marching band from Illinois invited to perform at the presidential inauguration was getting ready to leave for Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
Police officers shot and killed 26-year-old Darius Jones on Nov. 18, 2016, when he allegedly refused to drop his weapon after firing shots at 69th and Damen.
The Chicago Police Departments new Community Policing Advisory Panel held its first meeting Tuesday morning, in an effort to help come up with a strategic plan to make Chicago safer.
The Chicago Bears won big Monday night, as third-string quarterback Case Keenum filled in for Caleb Williams and led the Bears past Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles for a 27-7 win.
Indiana legislators plan to fulfill their promise to investigate NIPSCO's response to the derecho back on Aug. 11.
Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Richard Belding in "Saved By The Bell," has died. He was 75.
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.
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.
Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Richard Belding in "Saved By The Bell," has died. He was 75.
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.
Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Richard Belding in the '90s sitcom "Saved By The Bell," has died, according to his agent. He was 75.
The pedestrian hybrid beacon is being installed in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood, at the intersection of Ridge, Hollywood, and Wayne avenues.
Indiana legislators plan to fulfill their promise to investigate NIPSCO's response to the August 11th derecho.
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.
Indiana legislators plan to fulfill their promise to investigate NIPSCO's response to the derecho back on Aug. 11.
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 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 Chicago Bears won big Monday night, as third-string quarterback Case Keenum filled in for Caleb Williams and led the Bears past Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles for a 27-7 win.
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.
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.
