Cook County Crime Stoppers offer $10,000 rewards in two South Shore murders
In June 2017, 44-year-old David Hobson Jr. was found shot and killed in his car in the South Shore neighborhood.
Girl Scouts stage mock trial at Dirksen courthouse to explore legal profession
Organizers said the program teaches valuable lessons to girls, even if they don't want a career in the legal profession.
Chicagoans rally for Ukraine after Trump-Zelenskyy clash in Oval Office
Dozens of people gathered in front of the Wrigley Building in downtown Chicago on Saturday for a "Russia against Putin" rally.
Man stabbed in hand at Harold Washington Library Center
Police said a 26-year-old man was stabbed in the hand and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition.
Illinois Democrats call Trump a "national disgrace" after blowup with Zelenskyy
"President Trump's simpering fealty to Vladimir Putin and Russia is embarrassing and dangerous," Gov. JB Pritzker said.
Pritzker, other Illinois Democrats warn Republicans against cuts to Medicaid
Pritzker warned cuts to Medicaid would mean "Hospitals will close. People will lose their jobs."
CPD officer shoots man with knife at forest preserve on Far South Side
Officers were responding to a call of a knife-wielding man chasing another person in the Eggers Grove Forest Preserve near 114th and Avenue G.
Plainfield landlord convicted in hate crime murder of 6-year-old Palestinian boy
The boy's mother, Hanan Shaheen, who also was stabbed, took the witness stand on Tuesday.
Former Ald. Carrie Austin deemed medically unfit for bribery trial, court documents say
According to court documents, a pulmonologist at Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute issued her report on Feb.7 that concluded that Austin "is not medically fit to stand trial based on available information based on her current disability.
Boy from Gaza injured in Israeli airstrike receives prosthetic leg in Chicago
Baraa was evacuated from Gaza last year, after he lost his right foot and suffered major injuries to his left arm and left leg in an Israeli airstrike.
2 homeless after "suspicious" house fire in Evanston, authorities say
Firefighters got the fire under control in about 30 minutes.
Ex-sailor admits to 2022 terrorist plot to attack Naval Station Great Lakes
Xuanyu Harry Pang, 38, faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced in May.
Man charged with stealing ambulance from outside Swedish Hospital
John Skulsky is charged with one felony count of aggravated possession of a stolen ambulance, and one misdemeanor count of criminal trespass to land.
Jury chosen for Highland Park mass shooting trial; opening statements on Monday
The 12-member jury includes a home hospice nurse, a man who owns a trucking company, a part-time college student dreaming of becoming a firefighter and paramedic, and a woman whose great grandfather shot two police officers in 1916.
Ambulance stolen from outside Swedish Hospital, recovered in Northbrook
The man who stole the ambulance was taken into custody, but no charges have been announced as of Wednesday afternoon.