City Council to weigh $27M settlement for woman's death during high-speed chase
Angela Parks was hit by an SUV fleeing police in August 2020, and was left a quadriplegic before dying 18 months later.
Chicago Bears owner Virginia McCaskey dies at age 102
McCaskey has been the team's principal owner since 1983, when her father and team founder George S. Halas died.
Illinois lawmaker wants to tie public funds for sports stadiums to team performance
The proposal from Illinois State Rep. Bob Morgan (D-Deerfield) would require any team to have a winning record in at least three of its past five regular seasons before it would be eligible for public financing for a stadium project.
Mayor Johnson agrees to testify before Congress on sanctuary city policies
The House Oversight Committee is investigating sanctuary city policies protecting undocumented immigrants.
2 charged with kidnapping woman and baby in West Loop carjacking
Police said a 29-year-old woman and a 1-year-old girl were in the back seat of a car in the 400 block of West Harrison Street, when two people got in the car and started driving.
Pritzker signs law to make it easier for children's relatives to be foster parents
The Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act would allow the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services more flexibility in certifying grandparents and other relatives as foster parents for children in their family.
Northwestern performs record number of transplants with new "lungs in a box" technology
Last year, surgeons performed 148 lung transplants, the most in a single year since Northwestern's lung transplant program began 10 years ago.
1 killed, 2 injured when car crashes into pond in Will County
Around 2 a.m., a car crashed into a retention pond near 135th Street and Archer Avenue near Lemont.
Amber Alert issued for missing pregnant teen in Wisconsin
Sophia Martha Franklin, 16, is three months pregnant, and is believed to be with 40-year-old Gary F. Day, the father of her unborn child. Day is facing a no contact order for Sophia.
Second man charged in 2024 shooting deaths of two teens in downtown Chicago
James Allison, 20, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder; and one count each of attempted murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm, and aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon.
Marcus Jordan, son of Michael Jordan, arrested on DUI and cocaine charges in Florida
Jordan is accsued of fleeing from a traffic stop before getting his Lamborghini stuck on a set of railroad tracks early Tuesday in Maitland, Florida.
Man arrested after $1M worth of stolen shoes found in West Side warehouse
Erick Lujano Bautista, 26, is charged with one felony count of theft.
2 people critically injured, some pets dead in house fire in Gage Park
Firefighters were able to revive several cats using oxygen masks for pets, but some pets pulled out of the fire died from smoke inhalation.
Police release video from fatal shooting in Heart of Chicago neighborhood
A 35-year-old man was killed and a 7-month-old boy was grazed by a bullet in the shooting in November.
Boy, 15, charged with stabbing 2 other teens in fight in Bronzeville
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery in the attack.