18-Year-Old Charged With Killing Portage Woman
An 18-year-old man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of Amanda Bach, of Portage Ind., over the weekend. Bach's friends have described the suspect as the woman's ex-boyfriend.
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An 18-year-old man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of Amanda Bach, of Portage Ind., over the weekend. Bach's friends have described the suspect as the woman's ex-boyfriend.
Police in northwest Indiana have a suspect in custody in the death of a 19-year-old woman who went missing a few days ago.
Marvis Brown Jr.'s father speculates the teen was the victim of mistaken identity when he was fatally shot on the front porch of a home in the Marquette Park neighborhood.
Police are beefing up patrols on 19th Avenue in Maywood Sunday because shootings there have left two men murdered and three other people wounded Saturday and Sunday.
A man was found shot to death in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood early Sunday.
A man was found dead with gunshot wounds to the head and chest in his backyard in the Southwest Side Little Village neighborhood late Saturday.
Police are looking for a red minivan following a shooting that left one man dead and another critically wounded Sunday morning on the Southwest Side.
Maywood police are investigating the slaying of a Chicago man early Saturday in the west suburb, police said.
A man was found stabbed to death in the street in the Southwest Side Little Village neighborhood early Saturday.
A jury deliberated for about two hours Friday before finding a Logan Square man guilty of shooting and killing a promising college student at a Halloween party in 2009.
A second man was found guilty Friday of the 2009 murder of an 82-year-old attorney and gun collector who was smothered to death in his northwest suburban home.
Authorities have charged a man with beating his neighbor to death in the Northwest Side's Gladstone Park neighborhood earlier this week.
Police were questioning a suspect Thursday morning in the murder of a Northwest Side man who was found beaten to death in his basement.
The trial has begun for a Carol Stream man accused of brutally killing his mother three years ago when she refused his demands to ask a friend to arrange for skybox tickets to an Avril Lavigne concert.
A south suburban man stands charged with beating and robbing a disabled man on the Evanston side of Howard Street, in an attack that later resulted in the man's death.
Police are searching for the guman responsible for an apparently gang-related double murder early Sunday in the South Side Marquette Park neighborhood.
A 61-year-old Rogers Park neighborhood man died early Saturday after being assaulted Sept. 2 in Evanston and police are releasing surveillance photos of two suspects wanted for questioning.
The book may close Thursday on a 35-year-old murder in Wheaton.
A Chicago man has been charged with killing a homeless man in Elgin by throwing a fire extinguisher off the top of a parking garage.
Federal authorities have deported a man charged with killing a woman who refused to dance with him at a party in Mexico.
A man was shot and killed during a fight Sunday night in the Far South Side Altgeld Gardens neighborhood, police said.
A northwest suburban man called a person of interest in his wife's murder died Sunday morning, nine days after police shot him in southwest suburban Lockport.
A 27-year-old man has been charged with stabbing his 3-year-old son to death after raping and stabbing the boy's mother on Friday in the Austin neighborhood.
An editorial in the Chicago Sun-Times says accused wife killer Drew Peterson should be freed from jail.
Standout right tackle Darnell Wright has agreed to lucrative contract extension with the Chicago Bears.
An Elgin man has seen what he thought was the deal of a lifetime turn into weeks of frustration after a fake tracking number scam left him without goods or a refund after buying a game system on eBay.
The newly renovated dog area at Hamlin Park on Chicago's North Side is under scrutiny after several owners say their dogs suffered painful paw injuries from loose gravel.
For the second day in a row, dumpsters filled with unused school supplies were discovered outside former Acero charter schools now run by Chicago Public Schools.
It's a week of fun for some Chicago kids who were crowned as this year's Bud Billiken Day Parade Royal Court, a cherished tradition celebrating leadership, excellence, and the cultural legacy of the parade.
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 has been 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.
Ann Sather Restaurant is opening a new location in Lakview, where it will replace the recently shuttered Stella's Diner.
Multiple cars were destroyed by fire after a transformer explosion in La Grange Park, Illinois, Tuesday afternoon.
Increasingly cloudy Tuesday night with rain arriving late. Lows in the low 70s.
An Elgin man has seen what he thought was the deal of a lifetime turn into weeks of frustration after a fake tracking number scam left him without goods or a refund after buying a game system on eBay.
If you're worried about contracting cyclosporiasis, it's easy to grow your own lettuce at home and in the Chicago area you can do so 9 months out of the year.
People in part of Homer Glen were asked to shelter in place amid a SWAT team standoff with a home invasion suspect.
Multiple cars were destroyed by fire after a transformer explosion in La Grange Park, Illinois, Tuesday afternoon.
An Elgin man has seen what he thought was the deal of a lifetime turn into weeks of frustration after a fake tracking number scam left him without goods or a refund after buying a game system on eBay.
The newly renovated dog area at Hamlin Park on Chicago's North Side is under scrutiny after several owners say their dogs suffered painful paw injuries from loose gravel.
For the second day in a row, dumpsters filled with unused school supplies were discovered outside former Acero charter schools now run by Chicago Public Schools.
An Elgin man has seen what he thought was the deal of a lifetime turn into weeks of frustration after a fake tracking number scam left him without goods or a refund after buying a game system on eBay.
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.
Standout right tackle Darnell Wright has agreed to lucrative contract extension with the Chicago Bears.
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.
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 who has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a bartender in southwest suburban Tinley Park will remain behind bars as he awaits trial.
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.
