Coyote sightings on the rise in the Chicago area
Across Chicago, people are stepping outside to find coyotes roaming down sidewalks and sniffing around on back porches.
Mother pleads for driver to surrender after hit-and-run killed woman in Englewood
Someone hit Kaisha Mays, 28, as she tried crossing at 69th Street and Ashland Avenue in Englewood just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
Chicago Heights city employee arrested on child pornography charges
Court records show Will County officials arrested Jasen Zurisk after searching his Beecher, Illinois, home a few weeks ago.
2 measles cases confirmed in Cook County: 1 in Chicago, 1 in suburbs
These are the first two such cases in Cook County this year.
CPD Youth Liaison Officer Will Martinez to be honored as American Red Cross Hero
As the youth liaison, Martinez becomes Officer Will, and he connects youngsters through various programs and ensures they feel safe.
Raging fire consumes U-Haul facility in Dolton
Video shows the truss roof collapsing as the flames consume the building.
Victims, driver in Chatham, Ill. crash that killed 4 ID'd
The three children and one teenager killed when a car crashed into an after-school program in downstate Chatham, Illinois, have been identified. The driver has also been identified.
4 children killed when car slams into after-school program in central Illinois
The crash happened at YNOT Outdoors, an after-school program in the town of Chatham in central Illinois.
$20K reward offered for information into the disappearance of Gary teen
Ja'Niyah McMichael, now 14, was reported missing by her mother on Aug. 12 from their home in the 1900 block of Malcolm X Boulevard.
Feds expand probe into south suburban politician Tiffany Henyard
Sources say in the past three weeks, investigators have talked to several current and past Thornton Township employees about the financial spending during Henyard's tenure.
Some of Chicago's hottest restaurants are losing business to reservation piracy
Bad actors are scooping up reservations at hot spots and trying to sell them for big money.
Dangerous trees, falling limbs a concern in Chicago with more storms this week
The city is trying to get ahead of the threats to tall trees posed by gusty winds.
Massive South Side pothole sends woman's car crashing into steel pole
Drivers around the city have been dodging ditches in the street — with many streets plagued with potholes despite a relatively mild winter.
Pilot in deadly NY helicopter crash was from south suburbs
The pilot of the helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River Thursday was originally from the Chicago area.
Deerfield school board meeting turns heated on claims about trans student, locker room
The Deerfield Public Schools District 109 board heard an earful — with some being passionate and unhappy about the alleged incident.