Police Blockade Area Near UIC For 4 Hours After Robbery
What started as an armed robbery on the city's Near West Side turned into what police thought was a barricade situation overnight.
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What started as an armed robbery on the city's Near West Side turned into what police thought was a barricade situation overnight.
A man from the Far South Side has been charged with DUI and other traffic offenses following a crash in the West Town neighborhood that sent four people -- two of them in serious to critical condition -- to hospitals early Saturday.
A West Side man died Tuesday after jumping from a second floor window to escape a fire at his Austin home earlier this month.
Two men were shot early Sunday in the West Side Garfield Park neighborhood.
A West Side man was charged Saturday with murder for allegedly shooting his ex-wife in a Near West Side parking garage, prompting a six-hour lock down and manhunt.
A man is in custody Thanksgiving morning after walking into a West Side police station with a fully-loaded rifle and declaring martial law.
A 17-year-old girl escaped to safety this week after being kidnapped at a bus stop on the city's West Side.
A 20-year-old man is in critical condition at a hospital Sunday morning after he fell to the ground, striking his head on the pavement, when he was punched on the West Side just after midnight.
A 4-year-old girl has been found, after allegedly being kidnapped by a teenage girl on the city's West Side overnight.
Police in the Lawndale neighborhood say they know who they are seeking in connection with an early-morning shooting Saturday that left one man dead and a second seriously wounded.
A 74-year-old man and a 50-year-old man are dead and at least 16 other people were wounded by gunfire across the city from Friday afternoon into Saturday morning.
Two men were critically injured during a West Side fire Sunday morning, police said.
A community activist who gained visibility in this year's race for Chicago mayor is now setting her sights on the 5th district Illinois Senate seat.
A woman who was hit by a van while crossing the street near her West Side home Saturday morning has died.
Chicago Police released a sketch Wednesday night of one of two men suspected of numerous armed robberies and sexual assaults on the West Side.
Two separate Sunday morning shootings that occurred ten minutes apart have wounded men on the South and West Sides.
In two of the cases, police say, victims described the suspects as having either pink eyes or yellow eyes.
Nine people had to go to the hospital, after a CTA bus was involved in a crash on the city's West Side.
A man was injured after jumping from the second floor of a burning townhome Wednesday evening in the West Side Garfield Park neighborhood.
Five women – the eldest 80 years old – were arrested Tuesday afternoon for dumping garbage in front of the Bank of America Chicago offices downtown in a protest.
Charges have been filed following the death of a gas station security guard who was shot and stabbed early Saturday at the station in the Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
Some community activists are critical, but police on Chicago's West Side are defending their investigation into eight early-morning attacks on women.
One person was killed, and four more were injured, in a rash of shootings Thursday evening on the city's South and West sides.
Police are warning residents to be on the lookout, after a series of attacks on women on the city's West Side.
Charges have been filed in the November 2009 shooting death of a mother of three murdered on the West Side party, police said.
A man was stabbed during a fight outside a Walgreens in The Loop on Thursday night.
A man was critically injured in a shooting at a gas station in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood on Thursday night.
Chicago police are investigating a series of hit-and-run crashes reported across the city.
A building owner in the South Shore neighborhood said he can't get any help from the city of Chicago with a mounting trash pile on his neighbor's property.
Randal Grichuk hit a two-run homer and drove in four runs, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 6-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
Ald. Jim Gardiner (45th) is suing the city of Chicago, its inspector general's office, and the Board of Ethics, accusing them of defamation.
The Supreme Court has maintained mail access to the abortion pill mifepristone, setting aside for now a lower court order that blocked abortion providers from prescribing the widely used drug through telehealth and shipping it to patients.
Chicago taxpayers could pay $3.5 million to the family of a man who was killed by a driver being chased by police in the Little Village neighborhood in 2020, under a settlement recommended by the city's attorneys.
Attorneys for the city of Chicago are recommending that the City Council approve a $13 million settlement with a man who spent 26 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1994.
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks, who was appointed to the role last year, told staff on Thursday that he is stepping down.
Chatham residents say they're losing a vital resource as Walgreen's prepares to close its store near 86th and Cottage Grove.
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.
Engineers at Northwestern University have created a wireless polygraph to detect stress.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday announced an expansion to the city's CARE Program, a specialized team that responds to mental health crises without police.
A Texas couple is filing a lawsuit accusing the AI company of guiding their teenage son in using drugs, resulting in a fatal overdose.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
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.
U.S. prosecutors allege a man with multiple aliases used the name of the famed Astor family to scam a Mexican billionaire out of $450 million.
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 Chicago-born house music track, which began as a personal poem in 1982 and became a defining anthem of the city's house music scene, has been selected for permanent preservation by the Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
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.
A man was stabbed during a fight outside a Walgreens in The Loop on Thursday night.
A man was critically injured in a shooting at a gas station in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood on Thursday night.
Chicago police are investigating a series of hit-and-run crashes reported across the city.
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Chicago police are investigating a series of hit-and-run crashes reported across the city.
A man was critically injured in a shooting at a gas station in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood on Thursday night.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's office identified him as 61-year-old Steven Decker. Fire Department officials said he was a 30-year veteran of the department.
A building owner in the South Shore neighborhood said he can't get any help from the city of Chicago with a mounting trash pile on his neighbor's property.
A man was stabbed during a fight outside a Walgreens in The Loop on Thursday night.
People in Lincoln Park and Lakeview have rallied against a plan to build a new industrial ComEd electrical substation in their neighborhoods, pushing local and state leaders to get involved.
Monday marks one year since Illinois enacted Karina's Law — legislation aimed at taking firearms out of the hands of people accused of domestic abuse.
Tenants at a South Shore apartment building said they've noticed their rent fluctuating by hundreds of dollars a month due to a change in how their utility billing system is set up.
A man from the Chicago suburbs lost $69,000 of his savings to a scam by a thief using an AI-generated U.S. Marshals badge to intimidate him.
Illinois lawmakers are trying to decide what should happen when artificial intelligence leads to serious destruction or even death, and two of the most influential AI companies in the world are backing opposing state bills trying to answer that question.
Randal Grichuk hit a two-run homer and drove in four runs, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 6-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
Ian Happ hit a long home run and five Chicago Cubs pitchers combined for a 2-0 shutout of the Atlanta Braves that snapped a four-game losing streak.
Nazareth Academy senior Landon Thome is one of the top baseball players in Illinois, and his dream is to play in the big leagues like his Hall of Fame dad, Jim Thome, who's been there with him throughout his high school career.
The Bears will kick off the season against the defending NFC south champion Carolina Panthers.
The Detroit Lions will host the defending NFC North champion Chicago Bears in Detroit's annual Thanksgiving Day game.
A man was found shot to death Thursday morning in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood.
One man was killed and another was critically injured Thursday morning in a shooting in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood.
A young man was shot and killed while getting into his car in the Ashburn neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side Thursday morning.
A Chicago-area man who ran a business helping people apply for asylum and immigrant visas was recently sentenced to nine years in prison for fraud and child pornography.
Alex Murdaugh was convicted of his killing his wife and his son at the family's home in 2021.
