With carjackings on the rise, a survivor and the Cook County sheriff call on...
“Everywhere carjackings are up,” Sheriff Tom Dart said. “People are rightfully outraged. They’re scared.”
View ArticleSkokie doctor charged with using veterinary catheters on human patients...
A Skokie doctor is facing federal charges for allegedly using veterinary catheters to perform medical fertility procedures on his patients, according to federal authorities.
View ArticleChicago Streets and Sanitation official among those charged in bank fraud...
Federal prosecutors have indicted four more people tied to the failed Chicago bank.
View ArticleProsecutors: Grandfather, 71, fatally shot during 22-bullet barrage in...
A 23-year-old man “calmly” approached a 71-year-old man who was on a walk to grab a newspaper and shot at him at least 20 times, including as he lay helpless on the ground in Chinatown, prosecutors...
View ArticleNo injuries during earlier SWAT situation at O’Hare International Airport:...
SWAT situation ongoing at O’Hare International Airport: fire department
View ArticleCraft cannabis applicants fighting court injunction against new licenses in...
Cannabis licenses had already been delayed more than a year by the state after complaints that the application scoring process had been badly mishandled.
View ArticleColumn: Jussie Smollett is guilty. Good. Let Chicagoans never speak of him...
Jussie Smollett is guilty of faking a hate crime against himself. Good. Let Chicagoans never speak of him again.
View ArticleJussie Smollett’s conviction for orchestrating and reporting a phony hate...
A Cook County jury convicted actor Jussie Smollett of faking and reporting a hate crime on himself, marking a dramatic end to a case that captivated the nation.
View ArticleChicago cop ‘relieved of police powers’ after woman, 29, found fatally shot...
A 29-year-old woman, Andris Wofford, was fatally shot on Thursday morning with a gunshot wound to the chin on North Nashville Avenue, authorities said.
View ArticleDaywatch: Jussie Smollett’s conviction punctuates actor’s sudden downfall |...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticlePotential for tornadoes, other severe weather in Chicago-area forecast,...
The potential for tornadoes and severe weather threats are for 9 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday. The National Weather Service recommends people ensure they have set up multiple ways to get weather...
View ArticleAttorney general rules COPA wrongly withheld records related to domestic...
The Illinois attorney general's office ruled that an agency that oversees police accountability in Chicago wrongly withheld records about a police misconduct allegation.
View ArticleColumn: Washington Park kids again see Christmas tree torched. Let’s show...
For the third year in a row, the Washington Park neighborhood Christmas tree has been destroyed, this time by arson. The children there deserve to know good wins out. A toy drive can help with that.
View ArticleMelvin Potash, ran family’s chain of North Side grocery stores, dies
Melvin Potash, who founded and for six-decades co-owned his family’s chain of Near North Side grocery stores, has died at 92.
View ArticleColumn: For a longtime crime reporter, Jussie Smollett case smelled fishy...
I’m loath to speak on active crime stories, but holes began appearing in the Smollett story within the first two hours of working on it.
View ArticleHouse Ethics Committee extends investigation of complaint against U.S. Rep....
The House Committee on Ethics said Friday it has extended its investigation into an allegation that Democratic U.S. Rep. Marie Newman used the promise of a job to keep a potential 2020 primary opponent...
View ArticleMore Lori Lightfoot texts: On Anjanette Young raid, Latino hiring, wrangling...
"Ridiculous" was Lightfoot's response to news of a protest against her, blaming it on CTU.
View ArticleWoman’s body pulled from Lake Michigan in Edgewater Beach neighborhood,...
A woman was discovered unresponsive in the water in the 5400 block of North Lake Shore Drive on Friday. She was pronounced dead on the scene.
View ArticleAs Cook County Democratic slating nears, secretary of state candidate Alexi...
Giannoulias' opponents aren’t ready to let him forget that he praised Republican Tom Cross in a 2014 race for state treasurer, a post Giannoulias held.
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