The Thursday evening crash adds to a grim string of 2026 collisions involving young Chicagoans on foot, bike and scooter.

Scannell Properties wants to run the Southeast Minneapolis facility 24/7 with trucks rolling in up to 12 times a day.

David E. Carpenter, 60, of Montgomery was pronounced dead at 8:05 p.m. after being trapped inside the overturned truck.

A 41-year-old man was shot in the neck as three people stood near a West Side corner Saturday. No arrests have been made.

Craig and Anne Reilly, both 59, died after officers stopped their moving vehicle atop the I-57 overpass, near East North Street and North Van Buren Avenue, and forced their way inside.

Jurors deliberated for hours before acquitting Tremon Hill, 25, in the Bronzeville shooting death of Dejanay Stanton.

The Elgin Police Department has announced its Halloween Extravaganza.

A man was standing near the sidewalk when gunfire erupted along West Cermak Road. Detectives are still investigating.

Robin, Brookfield Zoo's only Humboldt hatchling this year, is learning to swim and socialize with 24 older penguins.

Doug Anderson is stepping down after 27 years, but Highway Commissioner Jason Diaz wants him gone now, not in December.

Johnson skipped the first-day scramble and the ballot lottery, filing Friday afternoon instead of joining five rivals in line.

A federal trial set for March 2027 will settle whether Darger's landlords or his distant relatives own his famous outsider art.

Chicagoans have until November 12 to weigh in as CPD moves gun-pointing and foot-pursuit reviews down to the district level.