Man allegedly sold $2,700 sweater looted from Gold Coast boutique
A man was charged with theft for allegedly trying to sell undercover officers a $2,700 sweater that had been looted from a Gold Coast boutique last week.
Girl, 11, fatally shot 4 years after appearing in video praying for end to Chicago gun violence
An 11-year-old Wisconsin girl who was featured in a video four years ago praying for an end to the gun violence plaguing Chicago has died after being struck by a bullet from a passing vehicle, according to a report.
Illinois teens robbed at gunpoint at lemonade stand, local police help replenish lost funds
Two Illinois teenagers who were running a lemonade stand were robbed at gunpoint, and local police stepped in to replenish the stolen funds.
Man charged with aggravated battery after striking police officer with skateboard
A Columbia College student was ordered held on $20,000 bail Monday for allegedly hitting a Chicago police officer over the head with a skateboard during Saturday’s protest in the Loop.
Parents of 2-year-old cancer patient speak out after looters ransack Ronald McDonald House in Chicago
The Chicago Ronald McDonald House, where families of hospitalized children stay, was targeted Sunday night when looters smashed the door and broke windows, preventing a 2-year-old with cancer from leaving, his parents told "Fox & Friends" Friday.
Illinois man sentenced to prison for sex with child who got HIV
An Illinois man has learned his fate after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a child who later tested positive for HIV.
'Anything they wanted to take, they can take': BLM throws support behind Chicago looters after $60M in damages
“That is reparations,” a Black Lives Matter Chicago organizer said. “Anything they wanted to take, they can take it because these businesses have insurance"
Fake driver's licenses flooding into US from China, other countries, US says
Counterfeit documents are giving criminals a license to commit a host of offenses, including terrorism, U.S. officials say -- and young adults who are lax with their personal information may be their biggest enablers.
Man, 79, fatally shoots 72-year-old, tells friend ‘I shot the motherf——-, it’s over now,”: prosecutors
A 79-year-old man allegedly shot and killed someone he knew for decades over a gambling debt, then called 911 after firing the shots.
Shipments of nearly 20,000 fake driver's licenses seized at Chicago airport
Most of the shipments came from Hong Kong and mainland China, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Chicago to use social media to track tourists violating quarantine; city dismisses comparison to 'Big Brother'
Chicago is doubling down on efforts to enforce its emergency coronavirus travel order, as officials will now be reviewing the social media posts of possible violators as the pandemic continues.
Suburban woman found with 28 dead cats faces animal cruelty charges: police
Authorities were able to save 74 other cats from her home, police said.
Double homicide conviction upheld for Naperville woman who killed 2 children, 2 dogs
A 48-year-old Naperville woman charged in a 2012 double homicide Elzbieta Plackowska, 48, had her conviction affirmed Monday in Illinois Appellate Courts in Du Page County.
'Not a hoax': 2 COVID-19 patients who received double-lung transplants describe harrowing experiences
One of the patients, a healthy 28-year-old woman, said she had not even left home amid the pandemic prior to contracting the virus.
Chicago man killed while breaking up fight was 'protector,' grandmother says
The brother was coming to his sister’s aid during an argument between she and her boyfriend when the boyfriend fired shots at the 21-year-old brother, Chicago police said.
Dunkin Donuts employee charged with spitting in state trooper's coffee at shop in Chicago
Vincent Sessler, 25, is charged with disorderly conduct and battery to a peace officer after he allegedly spit in an officer's coffee at the Dunkin Donuts where he was working. The director of the Illinois State Police says that troopers "deserve better than this insulting and dangerous treatment."
9-year-old boy dies after being shot on Chicago's Near North Side: police
A 9-year-old boy was shot and killed Friday evening near the former Cabrini Green housing projects on the Near North Side.
Man charged with shooting 3 cops at NW Side police station
A man is accused of shooting at Chicago police officers, wounding three, while in transport to a station Thursday on the Northwest Side.
Chicago removes last remaining Christopher Columbus statue
The city’s last remaining statue of Christopher Columbus on the South Side has been removed, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting
Chicago police officer found shot dead in apparent suicide at West Side facility
A high-ranking member of the Chicago Police Department who was promoted earlier this month was found dead Tuesday morning after he apparently shot himself at the Homan Square police facility on the city’s West Side, authorities said.