2 Uber passengers wounded in shooting on Dan Ryan Expressway
The victims were treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released.
Chance the Snapper is now 7 feet long and helping with cancer research
"Alligators are really good at treating these things, and not getting cancer, and repairing chromosomes. So we're trying to figure all this out," said alligator expert Frank Robb, who caught Chance in Humboldt Park in 2019.
Man dead after being shot 12 times in Bronzeville drive-by shooting
Police said the 24-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk in the 200 block of East 43rd Street shortly before 3 p.m., when someone in a white sedan fired multiple shots.
4 CPD officers injured breaking up brawl at Englewood STEM High School
The principal said the school was locked down after someone released pepper spray during the fight. Five people were taken into custody.
Person hit by CTA Blue Line train along Eisenhower Expressway
Police said a man had been lying down on the platform, with part of his body extending over the edge, when he fell onto the tracks.
Sean Grayson to stay in jail in Sonya Massey's killing, IL Supreme Court rules
Grayson is charged with first-degree murder for killing Massey inside her kitchen in July as she checked on a pot of boiling water.
Facing certain defeat, Mayor Johnson postpones Chicago city budget vote
After the meeting, Johnson acknowledged he does not yet have the votes to pass his $17.3 billion spending plan.
Chicago firefighters' union casts "no confidence" vote against CFD leadership
The unanimous vote comes as Chicago's firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics have gone nearly 3 ½ years without a new contract.
President Biden commutes sentence for former Dixon, Ill. Comptroller Rita Crundwell
The president commuted the sentences of 1,499 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic.
Illinois woman among 39 pardoned by President Biden
Many of the pardons are for long-ago, non-violent drug offenses.
Illinois AG report finds Joliet police engage in pattern of excessive force
"JPD's repeated failure to identify and address unreasonable force is not an aberration—it is a hallmark of its supervisory culture," a report from the Illinois Attorney General's office states.
Michael Jordan's Highland Park mansion sells for $9.5 million
Jordan originally put the mansion up for sale with a $29 million asking price in 2012.
CPD body camera video shows officer firing at car fleeing Old Town traffic stop
The city's police oversight agency is investigating the officer's use of force.
Addison businessman charged with fraud over $6.3 million PPP loan scheme
Francesco Distefano, 28, has been charged with 11 counts of wire fraud, five counts of money laundering, and one count of knowingly making a false statement to a bank.
Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building evacuated after small fire
The fire was contained to a storage room, where several cardboard boxes caught fire.