Illinois reveals rejected license plates for 2024: "JAGWEED," "BADARSE."
Every year, the Illinois Secretary of State's office rejects personalized license plates because they're too profane, inflammatory, or simply too difficult to read.
Man dies in crash in Oak Lawn
Police said a car traveling on Southwest Highway hit another vehicle traveling on Cicero Avenue, sending the second vehicle into a vacant storefront.
Bulls fan who beat cancer to sit courtside as favorite team plays the Pacers
AJ Clements battled osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, last year. He is now cancer-free.
Illinois lawmakers pass Karina's Bill to seize guns in domestic violence cases
The legislation is named in honor of Karina Gonzalez, who was shot and killed – allegedly by her husband – in July 2023.
Former Speaker Michael Madigan takes the stand in his corruption trial
Madigan and his co-defendant – longtime confidant Michael McClain – are on trial on racketeering and bribery charges.
Man charged with stealing lottery scratch-off tickets from 7-Eleven in Elmhurst
DuPage County prosecutors said the man convinced a 7-Eleven clerk to let him get warm inside the store, then stole $730 in scratch-off tickets when the clerk later went into the back cooler.
Woman charged with murder of 1-year-old daughter in Humboldt Park
Marisol Vazquez, 37, allegedly confessed to suffocating her daughter, Lucia Arevala, and told detectives that voices in her head told her to kill herself and her daughter.
CPD warns of robbers targeting delivery drivers in Englewood, West Englewood
Police said in each of the robberies, a group of three men wearing black hoodies and ski masks walked up to their victims with a handgun and demanded their vehicle.
Smash-and-grab burglars break into four restaurants at Ashburn strip mall
One restaurant manager said the strip mall stores keep their cash securely locked up, so the burglars didn't get much.
Metra Union Pacific North Line train hits pedestrian in North Chicago
Metra officials confirmed a male pedestrian was hit and killed by an inbound Union Pacific North Line train near the North Chicago station shortly after 8:30 a.m.
Two toddlers found alone in River North apartment
The children were found just before midnight during a well-being check in the 500 block of West Oak Street.
1 killed, 15 wounded in Chicago shootings over New Year's
The victims range in age from 18 to 46.
2 dead, 5 wounded in mass shooting at New Year's Day party in Kankakee
Police said, around 4:05 a.m., officers responded to reports of gunfire at 1845 Pierson Parkway, and when they arrived, they found several people running out of a New Year's party.
Notre Dame v. Georgia Sugar Bowl postponed after deadly New Orleans truck attack
"All parties and all agree that it's in the best interest of everybody and public safety that we postpone the game," Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley said Wednesday afternoon.
Chicago area hospitals welcome first babies of 2025
While many people in Chicago might have celebrated the new year with a champagne toast or a glimpse of the fireworks shows downtown, some lucky parents started 2025 with the birth of a baby.