Salt truck plunges into Lake Michigan near Chicago Avenue
About 7:15 a.m., officers and fire officials responded to calls of a vehicle in the water in the 900 block of North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago police said.
Rapper Juice WRLD treated for opioids during police search of plane, autopsy results pending
“The Cook County medical examiner’s office has determined that additional studies are required to establish the cause and manner of death for 21-year-old Jarad A. Higgins,” a Cook County spokeswoman said.
Chicago Bears’ Khalil Mack pays off 300 holiday layaway accounts at hometown Walmart
Chicago Bears linebacker Khalil Mack is delivering Christmas cheer to residents of his Florida hometown by paying off all the holiday layaway accounts at a local Walmart.
TMZ: Police seize 70 lbs of marijuana from Juice WRLD's private jet
Authorities have not released details about his cause of death.
TMZ: Rapper Juice Wrld dead after seizure in Chicago airport
Rapper Juice Wrld has died after suffering a seizure in a Chicago airport, TMZ has reported. He was 21 years ago.
14-year-old girl tried to rob woman who shot her in the chest: police
The two met up to “conduct a sale” about 5:45 p.m. Friday in the 2300 block of South Drake, police said.
Woman kidnapped in Chicago, sexually assaulted by multiple people in basement for 6 days
Police are searching for a man who kidnapped a woman in Englewood and held her captive in a basement for six days, where she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by several people.
Chicago cop who body slammed man to ground relieved of police powers: CPD
A man was hospitalized after being slammed to the ground by police Thursday in Chatham when he allegedly spit on an officer while being detained for drinking alcohol in public.
Video shows woman raped in River North while security guards stand by, watch
A woman was recently sexually assaulted in an alley in River North while two security guards for a popular bar stand nearby and do nothing to stop it.
Man charged in murder, sex assault of UIC student remembered as ‘the light’ of her family
Donald D. Thurman, 26, is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated sexual assault in connection with the strangulation death of 19-year-old Ruth George, according to University of Illinois at Chicago officials.
Missing woman found dead after going with stranger to buy marijuana: police
Police say a missing woman in northwest Indiana was fatally shot during a robbery and “callously dumped” at an abandoned elementary school in Gary.
Naperville Central student faces felony hate crime charges over racist Craigslist post
The boy is charged with two felony counts of hate crime for taking a photo of the victim at school on Nov. 14 and using the photo in an ad posted to Craigslist, according to the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office.
Illinois woman convicted of murdering boyfriend's 8-year-old daughter
A woman in Illinois, accused of killing her boyfriend’s 8-year-old daughter by kicking her so hard in the stomach that it tore her intestine, was convicted of first-degree murder, according to reports.
Chicago police officer and teen wounded, suspect killed in shootout
A suspected bank robber shot a Chicago police officer in the head, badly wounding him, before another officer killed the suspect in a shootout in which a teenage bystander was wounded.
Chicago goes 1 day without a shooting
There were no gunshot victims from 10:02 p.m. Sunday until 12:43 a.m. Tuesday, according to Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago police records.
Man runs race in full SWAT gear, saves a life, then proposes -- all in a matter of moments
The finish line of Sunday's Allstate Hot Chocolate 15K Run was life-changing for Chicago Police Sgt.
Police find ‘inconsistencies’ in story of uncle killed while trying to save niece from sexual assault
Police say they have found “inconsistencies” in a reported sexual assault that resulted in the fatal shooting of a 66-year-old man Thursday in Burnside on the South Side.
Suburban Chicago Buffalo Wild Wings employees fired after racist incident
Employees at a suburban Chicago Buffalo Wild Wings location have been fired after a racist incident.
Buffalo Wild Wings customers asked to move because man 'didn't want to sit next to black people': report
Buffalo Wild Wings management said Saturday it's investigating after an allegedly racist incident at a restaurant in suburban Naperville.
Boy, 15, charged with attempted murder in shooting of trick-or-treating 7-year-old
A 15-year-old boy is facing attempted murder charges in the shooting that critically wounded a 7-year-old girl who was trick-or-treating Thursday in Little Village.