Postal workers demand more protections a year after mail carrier killed
Octavia Redmond, 48, was shot and killed while delivering mail on July 19, 2024, in the West Pullman neighborhood.
Family sues Bedford Park after man steals squad car and USPS truck, causes crash
The children's father, Ali Odeh, said the crash could have been avoided had the driver responsible already been in custody that day.
Fire destroys home in Aurora; neighbors help family get to safety
Good Samaritans helped save a family from a house fire early Saturday in Aurora, Illinois.
4 wounded in 2 shootings in East Chicago, Indiana
One of the shootings happened during a large party in an alley. In the other, a 12-year-old boy's family told police they were setting off fireworks when he apparently was hit by a stray bullet.
Taxi driver carjacked, hit by own vehicle in the Loop
Police said, just before midnight, a carjacker forcefully pulled a 36-year-old man out of his vehicle near Madison and Wabash.
White Sox World Series champion closer Bobby Jenks dies at 44
The White Sox announced that Jenks passed away on Friday in Portugal, where his family had moved to be closer to his wife's family.
4-year-old dead, 2 kids hurt after stabbing, fire in Logan Square; woman in custody
A source close to the investigation said the call came into 911 from a family member, who said the children's mother "snapped" and stabbed the children before starting the fire.
Family searching for missing woman last seen in South Shore
Relatives said 49-year-old Felecia Bates boarded a CTA bus in the South Shore neighborhood, near 74th and Jeffery, around 1 p.m. Wednesday, and hasn't been seen since.
4 men wounded in West Englewood mass shooting.
Police said, shortly before 1 p.m., four men were near the sidewalk near 59th Street and Ashland Avenue, when two gunmen walked up and started shooting.
4 killed, 14 wounded in River North mass shooting
The drive-by shooting apparently happened as people left Artis Lounge nightclub following an album release party for rapper Mello Buckzz.
Shots fired at Chicago police officer in unmarked car in Englewood
Police said the officer was driving in an unmarked car in the 300 block of West 60th Street, when the officer passed three people in a vacant lot, and two of them pulled out guns and started shooting.
Cubs OFs Kyle Tucker and Pete Crow-Armstrong named All-Star Game starters
It's Tucker's fourth time as an All-Star, and Crow-Armstrong's first selection.
Man charged in pair of credit union robberies on UIC campus, two carjackings
Maurice D. Lee Jr., 32, has been charged in federal court in Chicago with two counts of carjacking, two counts of robbery, and four counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
Two boys, 12 and 13, charged with carjacking man and woman in Austin
Police said the boys robbed and carjacked a 27-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman on Sunday in the 1600 block of North Long Avenue.
Gov. Pritzker signs laws aimed at improving college accessibility and affordability
Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signed four pieces of legislation designed to help high school students get into and afford to pay for college in Illinois.