Chicago police search for armed robber who struck on CTA Blue Line
Chicago police on Sunday were asking for help in finding a man they said robbed someone at gunpoint on the Blue Line on Chicago's West Side.
Tow truck hits CPD squad car on Chicago's West Side, 2 officers injured
A crash in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood left two Chicago police officers injured Saturday night.
2 CPD officers injured in crash in Chicago's South Loop
Two Chicago police officers were hurt in a crash in Chicago's South Loop late Saturday.
Suburban chiropractor charged with videotaping nude underage patients
A chiropractor in Chicago's western suburbs stood charged Thursday with secretly videotaping his patients — some of them children — while they were unclothed.
Palatine police ask for help solving man's disappearance 27 years ago
Police in the northwest Chicago suburb of Palatine are asking the community for help in reopening a missing persons case that has been unsolved for 27 years.
Endangered African penguin chick hatches at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo
An endangered African penguin chick recently hatched at the Lincoln Park Zoo just in time for the holiday season.
Illinois House Speaker Welch touts success of transit funding bill
Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch (D-Westchester) was at Chicago's Union Station Thursday morning to tout a successful legislative session that ended with a transit funding bill.
Illini marching band plays Metallica classics in competition
The Fighting Illini marching band recently took up the challenge of performing the music of Metallica.
Car ripped into three pieces in crash in Aurora
Police in Aurora, Illinois, west of Chicago were investigating a crash that split a car into three different pieces early Thursday morning.
Voting open until Friday for new name for Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
A coalition of nonprofits, government bodies, elected officials, businesses, and residents has decided it's time for a name change for the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Rollover crash leaves man dead in Highland, Indiana
A man was killed in a rollover crash on Highland, Indiana this week.
Woman, 74, dies after being struck by 2 vehicles in Buffalo Grove
A woman was struck and killed by two different vehicles in the northwest Chicago suburb of Buffalo Grove late Wednesday.
Chicago brewery, Billy Corgan's teahouse team up for beer honoring "Mellon Collie"
Hop Butcher For The World and Madame ZuZu's Emporium have developed a celebratory beer, "Twilight To Starlight," for the anniversary of the seminal Smashing Pumpkins album.
COPA issues bodycam videos of police shooting that killed burglary suspect
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Wednesday issued bodycam video from a shooting that killed a burglary suspect on Chicago's West Side in September.
With funding passed, RTA drops mandate for CTA, Metra, Pace to raise fares
The Regional Transportation Authority will no longer demand the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace raise fares by 10% next year, thanks to a transit funding package passed in Springfield.