2-year-old boy, woman shot while parked in McDonald's lot in Great Grand Crossing
Chicago police are investigating after a 2-year-old boy and a 30-year-old woman were shot while parked in a McDonald's lot on Wednesday night on the city's South Side.
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Chicago police are investigating after a 2-year-old boy and a 30-year-old woman were shot while parked in a McDonald's lot on Wednesday night on the city's South Side.
Evergreen Park police said a 23-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman were hurt in a shooting in a Walmart store on Wednesday afternoon.
Police said that while the man was walking into the store, the suspect got out of a gray Hyundai and chased the victim while shooting.
Police Chief Michael Saunders said the suspect was dropped off at the store in the 3 p.m. hour, and went in as the victim was also walking into the store at 95th and Western Avenue. The two men then got into an argument, the suspect pulled out a gun and opened fire, police said.
A woman has been charged with shooting another driver along the Bishop Ford Freeway over the weekend, after getting into a fight along the shoulder of the expressway.
Maynor Vasquez Gomez was charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man in Chicago Lawn early Sunday morning.
The victims ranged in age from 13 to 35, according to Chicago police.
A man and a woman in their 30s, one of them a U.S. Navy member, were found shot to death at the Naval Station Great Lakes housing unit in Chicago's northern suburbs over the weekend.
The gunfire happened early this morning at a bar on saint Helena Island, north of Hilton Head Island.
Joliet police said officers found spent shell casings and a home hit by gunfire. They were then informed that a man, 20, was shot.
Following the shooting, all northbound lanes were closed, and traffic was diverted off at 159th Street.
Otis Banks, 52, was arrested and charged with multiple felony counts, including aggravated battery with discharge of a firearm.
Lake County Sheriff's deputies responded to the 35700 block of North Wilson Road and found a 19-year-old man with gunshot wounds.
As police chased the man, they saw him holding a handgun and ordered him to drop it.
A 15-year-old was found shot in the foot on Friday afternoon outside Mount Carmel High School in the Woodlawn neighborhood.
A boy was killed in a Chicago shooting on the city's South Side Wednesday morning, police said.
A man has been charged with multiple felonies in the shooting death of a 9-year-old boy over the weekend in Gary, Indiana.
Gary police said officers responded to a 911 hang-up call that originated from a residence in the 400 block of Madison Street. Police said before officers reached the location, the department received a separate call from Methodist Northlake Hospital in Gary about a 9-year-old gunshot victim.
Chicago police say five people were killed and 25 others were wounded. Their ages ranged from 16 to 62.
The 36-year-old man was on the sidewalk on Lake Street between Wabash and Michigan avenues when he heard a loud noise. He then realized he had been shot in the leg twice.
The 36-year-old man was on the sidewalk on Lake Street between Wabash and Michigan avenues when he heard a loud noise.
The woman, as well as a man whom authorities say was involved in the chaos, were facing charges Sunday morning.
Police responded to a person shot and found a man inside an apartment with a gunshot wound to the head. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers searched the area and found another man victim in the alley who sustained a gunshot wound to the torso. He later died at the hospital.
Two men were shot and killed Friday night at an apartment building in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
A man was shot and killed Friday afternoon in the parking lot of a Little Caesars pizza store in the Little Village neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago.
Munetaka Murakami hit his majors-leading 13th homer of the season to highlight a six-run second inning, Colson Montgomery added his ninth home run, and the Chicago White Sox beat the San Diego Padres 8-2 for their fourth straight win.
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According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gas in Chicago was $5.17 on Friday, up from $3.75 a year ago.
The woman who was pistol-whipped during an armed robbery at a Family Dollar store in Albany Park last weekend said she was horrified to learn one of the two men who were arrested was also accused of later shooting two Chicago police officers, killing one of them.
More than four months after a Chicago woman battling ALS was told she couldn't get a disabled parking placard in front of her home, the sign is up and her life is about to change.
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Negotiations over a $500 million dollar government aid package for Spirit stalled after bondholders balked at the terms.
The longest shutdown of a federal department in U.S. history came to an end on Thursday when President Trump signed a bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security following a breakthrough on Capitol Hill.
The Coast Guard will run out of funding to pay personnel on May 1, with the first missed paychecks expected May 15.
Illinois lawmakers are not planning to pursue a constitutional amendment on redistricting after a key U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gas in Chicago was $5.17 on Friday, up from $3.75 a year ago.
Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Company customers are likely to see minor credits on their bills for the next three years, thanks to a $125 million settlement agreement announced Thursday by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Chicago gas prices are spiking as the war with Iran drags on, with regular gas nearing $6 in some spots and premium already selling for more than $7 in some places.
In the legal venue of anti-trust enforcement, the state is not taking on the Trump administration, but rather filling a void that state officials say the Trump administration has vacated.
A passenger on an American Airlines flight from New York to Chicago has been charged with making a false bomb threat that forced an emergency landing at Detroit Metro Airport last month, according to a federal criminal complaint.
The second-largest physicians' group in the U.S. has issued a surprising switch in breast cancer screening recommendations.
A new $48 million wellness center opened Thursday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. The goal is to improve the health and quality of life for people on the West Side of Chicago.
La Rabida Children's Hospital went all out for Earth Day on Wednesday, with volunteer cleanup efforts by staffers and activities for patients and families.
It has been several weeks since West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, abruptly shut down — and then on Wednesday, it just as swiftly partially reopened, with some services available.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 80% of deaths related to pregnancy are preventable, and Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.
Thousands of people marched from the West Loop to Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago on Friday for May Day, with activists calling for workers' rights, stronger labor protections, and increased school funding.
A $170 million-plus plan announced this week will redevelop the Water Tower Place mall on the Magnificent Mile.
The Holiday Club in Chicago's Buena Park neighborhood will soon be going out of business, as the building that houses the popular bar is set to be torn down.
At a meeting on Tuesday, the Lincolnwood Village Board approved a pre-development agreement with the mall, providing a roadmap with the property owner for further preparations and government approvals for redevelopment.
The only remaining location of Pal Joey's pizzeria in Batavia, Illinois, will soon be going out of business, its owner announced this week.
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Some youngsters got a behind-the-scenes look at the magic of making opera Sunday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Matt DeCaro, an actor who was a familiar face on the Chicago stage for many years, died this weekend.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
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A sharp uptick in gas prices has pushed the cost of an average gallon of regular in Chicago to more than $5. According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gas in Chicago was $5.17 on Friday, up from $3.75 a year ago.
The woman who was pistol-whipped during an armed robbery at a Family Dollar store in Albany Park last weekend said she was horrified to learn the man who was arrested was also accused of later shooting to Chicago police officers, killing one of them.
More than four months after a Chicago woman battling ALS was told she couldn't get a disabled parking placard in front of her home, the sign is up and her life is about to change.
The woman who was pistol-whipped during an armed robbery at a Family Dollar store in Albany Park last weekend said she was horrified to learn the man who was arrested was also accused of later shooting to Chicago police officers, killing one of them.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gas in Chicago was $5.17 on Friday, up from $3.75 a year ago.
Thought you knew everything about Chicago? So did we, but wait until you see what new things we learned thanks to the help of the Chicago History Museum.
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Clerical workers at the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) have ratified a new contract agreement with the company, and will return to work next week, ending a monthlong lockout.
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An elderly woman has essentially abandoned her home of three decades because of constantly broken elevators at her high-rise condo building on the Southwest Side of Chicago.
Violent retail crime is on the rise in Illinois, according to a new report from the Illinois Organized Retail Crime Association.
A top administrator in the Libertyville school district has been placed on leave after a fiery school board meeting focused on how the district handled allegations of grooming leveled against a former teacher.
Potholes along one stretch of road in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood are so bad, people say they damage their cars just getting to work.
Munetaka Murakami hit his majors-leading 13th homer of the season to highlight a six-run second inning, Colson Montgomery added his ninth home run, and the Chicago White Sox beat the San Diego Padres 8-2 for their fourth straight win.
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The Kentucky Derby will see a full field of 20 horses in the first leg of the 2026 competition for horse racing's Triple Crown.
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Chief Geoff Guttschow, who has an autistic child who drives, says the Blue Envelope Program gives officers a tool to recognize when a driver may need additional communication support.
A woman has been charged with shooting a 15-year-old boy outside an indoor track facility near Gately Park in Chicago in 2024, after getting into a fight with another woman during a back-to-school event in the Pullman neighborhood.
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Attorneys for the man convicted of the murders of two girls in Delphi, Indiana, have filed a new brief with the Indiana Court of Appeals to overturn his case.
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