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.
Chicago boy in coma, father and uncle killed after shooting in Mexico
All three are U.S. citizens, but were visiting relatives in Mexico at the time of the shooting on Friday.
Goats at Chicago urban farm will eat your discarded Christmas tree
A Chicago farm is offering an eco-friendly and furry way to dispose of your Christmas tree.
Man wanted for terroristic threats arrested after high-speed chase in Indiana
Police said Montel Hayes nearly hit several cars and gas pumps while fleeing police, at times reaching speeds of more than 130 mph.
Suspect captured in shooting deaths of two women inside Park Forest home
Coleman Franklin, 50, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Lillian Brown, 51, and Sabrina McCain, 30, on the day after Christmas.
Dog dies in house fire in La Grange Park
The home was left uninhabitable, with damage estimated at $200,000.
Indiana school bus driver arrested for driving drunk with students on board
Kayla Pier, 38, of Michigan City, turned herself in on Friday, after an arrest warrant was issued, charging her with one felony count of operating while intoxicated and one felony count of neglect of a dependent.
One week left in Chicago's third annual snowplow naming contest
While Chicago hasn't had much snowfall yet this winter, it's that time of year again to try to name one of the city's snowplows.
$20,000 reward offered in Gage Park mass shooting investigation
Three men were killed and five other people were wounded when a fight broke out on Dec. 2 at a party inside a home near 59th and Saint Louis.
2 suspects charged after stabbing at restaurant in Oak Forest, Illinois
Police said, around 2 p.m., officers responded to a disturbance at Jamaica Jerk Choice at 6066 W. 159th St., and found "several" people who had been stabbed.
Visitation and funeral scheduled for Illinois State Police Trooper Clay Carns
Carns was struck and killed by a car on Dec. 23 while picking up debris on Interstate 55.
Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele gets license back after DUI arrest
Steele, who serves the three-member panel that hears property tax appeals in Cook County, was arrested for DUI after crashing into two parked cars in November.
South Shore couple wins first 2025 marriage license in Cook County
Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon will preside over a special wedding ceremony for the winning couple on Jan. 2, the first official business day of the new year.
Quintonio LeGrier's mother holds vigil on 9th anniversary of fatal police shooting
LeGrier's mother, Janet Cooksey, was on hand to release nine balloons – one for each year he's been gone.
Man sentenced to 30 years for sexually abusing 4 child relatives for years
Jaime Reyes, 70, pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child and one count of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child.