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After a van smashed through the front of a West Side clothing store early Wednesday, 20 people swarmed inside, stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of designer jeans in less than three minutes.
Police are looking for a man who tried to kidnap an 11-year-old girl Monday morning in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
A car was speeding west in the 4000 block of West Ogden about 11 p.m. when the vehicle struck the back of a squad car and then crashed into a building, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said.
Three men were shot while standing in a gas station parking lot in the Austin neighborhood early Saturday.
The boy -- thought to be 1 or 2 years old -- fell from a window about 2:15 a.m. in the 3300 block of West Warren Boulevard, said police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer, citing preliminary information.
A three-alarm fire at a West Side building could be seen for miles Thursday afternoon.
The most recent fatal shooting occurred Sunday afternoon in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. A 14-year-old boy was in the 1100 block of North Leclaire at 2:52 p.m. when two males approached him, and one of the males shot the boy.
The latest shooting happened about 11 p.m., when two men were wounded in a drive-by attack in the Gresham neighborhood.
Authorities have arrested the alleged patriarch of one of Chicago's most notorious street gangs and dozens of his alleged subordinates on drug charges.
This person just might be the meanest thief ever.
The incidents occurred late last month, on the afternoons of July 22 and July 24 on Chicago's West Side.
The shooting happened at 4:17 p.m. in the 3800 block of West Monroe Street, police said. One woman, 21, was shot in the arm, police said. The other woman, also 21, was shot in the head and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
A 16-year-old boy died Wednesday evening, one day after he was shot in the head in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side.
One man didn't wait for help from firefighters, and jumped from an upper floor. He was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in serious to critical condition.
In another mark of the evolution of the South Loop and West Side, the neighborhoods currently have a higher median rent than Lincoln Park and are approaching the high-end rental prices of the Gold Coast and Streeterville.
Three males were standing in front of a building in the 5700 block of West Augusta Boulevard at 8:56 p.m. when a tan Lincoln MKZ drove by and someone inside fired several shots.
One person dead - another critically hurt - in a fire on the West Side.
A man was shot to death Saturday night on the West Side.
The fatal shooting happened about 5 p.m. in the 4900 block of West End Avenue. Ronald Holliman, 18, and two men, ages 19 and 26, were outside when a group of males got out of a vehicle from an alley and fired multiple shots.
Ronald Holliman, 18, and two other men, ages 19 and 26, were in the 4900 block of West West End Avenue about 5 p.m. when a group of males got out of a vehicle from an alley and fired multiple shots.
A shooting on the West Side prompted a lockdown at an elementary school in the North Lawndale neighborhood Thursday afternoon.
Someone smashed out windows at Charles Hughes Elementary School, 4247 W. 15th St., around 1 a.m. Monday, and stole 123 iPads valued at approximately $70,000.
Leonard Goldman, 29, was discovered lying in the street in the 2400 block of West Fillmore Street with multiple gunshot wounds to the back by officers responding to a call of shots fired about 10:45 p.m.
A man was charged Wednesday with strangling his girlfriend during a domestic incident at her Humboldt Park neighborhood home.
Chasteddy Blocker, 20, was shot in the back and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she died minutes later. A man, 34, was shot in the right hip and also taken to Mount Sinai where he was listed in critical condition.
Nick Kurtz singled in automatic runner Alika Williams in the 10th inning, and the Athletics rallied for a second straight win, 5-4 over the sliding Chicago Cubs.
The Obama Presidential Center has been built with sustainability literally in its foundation. But its infrastructure for clean energy, environmentalism and climate change resiliency will also help the communities around it on Chicago's South Side.
After Naperville recently rejected a proposed data center in its community, the same company proposed a facility in Hoffman Estates, but their request for a zoning change was voted down by the village's Plan Commission.
The woman found dead in an Aurora retention pond earlier this week has been identified as 32-year-old Shafia Murad, who went missing last week.
A man suffered cuts to his neck and body during a fight on board a CTA Blue Line train on Wednesday evening in the Loop.
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday said he remains confident about Chicago being the best spot for a future Bears stadium, despite the team's repeated public assertions that the city is off the table.
In May, the Senate advanced a similar measure to force the president to end the prolonged conflict with Iran.
The week after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and a delegation of 45 other Chicago notables met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican, another Chicago politician got to meet the pope too.
A federal judge heard arguments Wednesday on whether to throw out former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan's felony obstruction conviction, postponing her sentencing indefinitely while he considers the matter.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was set to host the city's first roundtable meeting on the 2027 municipal budget Wednesday evening.
An Illinois law banning "swipe fees" on taxes and tips — already delayed twice by lawmakers — appears to be on life support after a federal judge that once permitted it issued a permanent injunction against it this week.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's office underlines growing concerns about the impact the Illinois megaprojects bill could have on the county's property tax base and overall fiscal health.
As thousands of Chicagoans wrap up road trips over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, gas prices in the city have reached the highest levels seen in four years.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
June is World Infertility Awareness Month, and Northwestern Medicine on Monday shared the story of a woman who is celebrating the birth of her second child after a tumor disrupted her fertility.
The Centennial Park Aquatic Center in the southwest Chicago suburb of Orland Park has been closed to the public after two recent cases of E. coli infection.
Menopause can feel like a major turning point for millions of women, with symptoms like fatigue, weight gain, and brain fog can make women feel like their bodies aren't their own.
The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Flight attendants at Chicago-based United Airlines have approved a new labor contract, marking their first pay increases in six years.
The Chicago Fire FC announced Wednesday morning that its new stadium in the South Loop will be named McDonald's Park.
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is on the cover of Madden NFL 27, the first Bear ever to grace the primary cover of the massively popular video game.
Peabo Bryson, a two-time Grammy-winning singer and songwriter known for Disney movie hits "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World," has died at age 75.
You may never have heard about it, but before Bob Dylan got to Manhattan and blazed his trail to fame, he spent about a month on and around the University of Chicago campus.
Joe Negri, known to many as Handyman Negri on "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood," has died at the age of 99, just days shy of his 100th birthday.
President Trump said he is considering replacing the Freedom 250 concert series with a rally after many artists dropped out.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest First Alert Weather forecast.
The Obama Presidential Center has been built with sustainability literally in its foundation. But its infrastructure for clean energy, environmentalism and climate change resiliency will also help the communities around it on Chicago's South Side.
A Berwyn man has been charged with driving under the influence in a crash that killed an Illinois Tollway worker and injured two others over the weekend on the Tri-State Tollway.
Activists marched through the Bronzeville neighborhood on Wednesday evening to raise awareness for the dozens of unsolved cases of missing and murdered Black and brown women and girls in Chicago.
After Naperville recently rejected a proposed data center in its community, the same company proposed a facility in Hoffman Estates, but their request for a zoning change was voted down by the village's Plan Commission.
After Naperville recently rejected a proposed data center in its community, the same company proposed a facility in Hoffman Estates, but their request for a zoning change was voted down by the village's Plan Commission.
Activists were gathering in Bronzeville on Wednesday afternoon to raise awareness for the dozens of unsolved cases of missing and murdered Black and Brown women and girls in Chicago.
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday said he remains confident about Chicago being the best spot for a future Bears stadium, despite the team's repeated public assertions that the city is off the table.
The Obama Presidential Center has been built with sustainability literally in its foundation. But its infrastructure for clean energy, environmentalism and climate change resiliency will also help the communities around it on Chicago's South Side.
The woman found dead in an Aurora retention pond earlier this week has been identified as 32-year-old Shafia Murad, who went missing last week.
The Obama Presidential Center has been built with sustainability literally in its foundation. But its infrastructure for clean energy, environmentalism and climate change resiliency will also help the communities around it on Chicago's South Side.
A driver in Carol Stream says a band of hungry squirrels caused nearly $30,000 in damage to three different luxury vehicles because of plant-based parts they view as a tasty snack.
Legislation protecting Illinois customers receiving professional massages from sexual assaults and harassment is now on its way to Gov. JB Pritzker for his signature.
Could banning cell phones make Illinois classrooms better places to learn? State lawmakers are betting on it, sending a bill to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk to do exactly that.
Feel Free, a kratom drink, is easy to buy and increasingly popular, even as doctors and medical experts grow more concerned about its health impacts, addiction rates and deaths.
Nick Kurtz singled in automatic runner Alika Williams in the 10th inning, and the Athletics rallied for a second straight win, 5-4 over the sliding Chicago Cubs.
With the NBA Finals tipping off Wednesday night in San Antonio, New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson has a chance to add another title to the championship résumé he started building at Stevenson High School in Chicago's north suburbs.
Erick Fedde pitched five scoreless innings for his first win in 10 months as the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 8-0.
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is on the cover of Madden NFL 27, the first Bear ever to grace the primary cover of the massively popular video game.
Luke Keaschall and Tristan Gray drove in two runs apiece in a bottom-of-the-order attack for the Minnesota Twins in beating the Chicago White Sox 6-4 and delivering right-hander Davis Martin a rare loss.
A man suffered cuts to his neck and body during a fight on board a CTA Blue Line train on Wednesday evening in the Loop.
The discovery comes in the midst of a U.S.-backed military crackdown on the organized crime gangs in Ecuador.
It's been nearly two years since Chicago's ShotSpotter contract expired, and the city has yet to find a replacement.
The family of a 17-year-old honor roll student who was shot and killed in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood late last month has called for justice as police continue to investigate.
Cook County Crime Stoppers on Tuesday offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in an arson that killed four family members in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood.
