Illinois nurse charged with diluting nursing home patient's morphine
Nickole Butler has been charged with one count of tampering with a consumer product, and pleaded not guilty at her arraignment in federal court in Chicago on Thursday.
Apostolic Faith Church hosting annual Christmas toy, coat, and food giveaway
Volunteers said giving back makes them light up.
Renovated Ramova Theatre to host first-ever live music performance on New Year's Eve
Born in the late 1920s as a movie theater, the iconic Ramova Theatre is making a triumphant return, reimagined as a 1,500-person capacity music venue in the heart of Bridgeport.
Chance the Rapper hosting 5th annual "Night at the Museum" at Museum of Science and Industry
The event will feature music, museum exhibits, giveaways, special holiday trees and decorations, and more than 50 vendors.
Texas flies about 100 asylum seekers to Chicago on private plane
The flight came after the city approved tougher penalties for bus operators who violate Chicago's rules for notifying the city about migrant arrivals, or not dropping off asylum seekers in designated areas.
3 charged with brutally killing woman over $65 debt, burning her body in Riverdale
Danielle Banks' father said police told him his daughter was killed over $65 she owed her killers.
Man charged with driving under the influence of cocaine in fatal Lake Villa crash
Police said 74-year-old Craig Muzard swerved into oncoming traffic in February in unincorporated Lake Villa.
Illinois releases "naughty list" of rejected vanity license plates; no BONER or IOWASUX
The state rejects vanity plate requests that could contain expletives, racial slurs, references to drugs or sex, or suggestions of violence.
Two teens charged with robbing 16-year-old in Woodlawn
Two 14-year-old boys are accused or robbing another teen at gunpoint near 60th and Cottage Grove.
New Year's Eve fireworks returning to Chicago River
This display will coincide with the Navy Pier fireworks on the lakefront.
Car flies off Edens Expressway in Northbrook, hits building, catches fire
One witness who was driving on Skokie Boulevard said he saw the car fly over his head after it left the Edens Expressway.
Francisco Benitez sues city, two former CPD detectives over wrongful murder conviction
Francisco Benitez claims two former detectives coerced him into a false confession, and also coerced two witnesses into falsely implicating him.
Man charged in strangling death of Chicago teen Amarise Parker
A search of Joshua Williams' phone revealed 50 google searches related to strangulation, the victim's name, the death penalty, murder, how to explain an asphyxiation death, the penalty for murder and overdosing on medication, and other "inculpatory" web searches.
Study finds environmental concerns at proposed migrant tent camp site in Morgan Park
Plans to use the site in Morgan Park as a migrant camp were put on hold a week ago. The reasoning was that there was no serious need for the site.
Man charged with reckless homicide in deadly DUI crash on Bishop Ford Freeway
The crash killed 58-year-old Rosia Evans, of Dolton.