Derek Mayer is returning to head the U.S. Secret Service's Chicago Field Office after a year in private security. His experience will shape planning for major events.

Dave Malloy’s Octet transfers from Raven’s sold‑out 130‑seat run to the Goodman’s Owen Theatre July 15–Aug. 2 with the original cast and a Miranda film in the wings.

Police say Abdulrahman bin Damnan is wanted on a Level 3 rape charge and may have fled Bloomington after an alleged June 16 assault. A warrant orders him held without bond.

Dolton School District 149 paid roughly $181,000 to release Superintendent Maureen White from her contract and has named Dr. Mellodie Brown as her successor.

Essex residents say Constellation bought hundreds of acres nearby and the village is now weighing an annexation petition amid data‑center fears.

Two women were shot early Sunday in Garfield Ridge; both hospitalized in good condition and police are investigating.

A woman was wounded in Munster Saturday and a suspected shooter barricaded inside a home before negotiators with a regional SWAT team took the person into custody.

A 26-year-old man was critically wounded early Sunday in Chicago Lawn after a shooting on South Kedzie Avenue; Area One detectives are investigating.

Sunny and warm today with highs near 88°F; inland heat may spike midweek with heat indices near 100°F. City cooling centers are available.

Late-night gunfire on the 1600 block of North Washtenaw left one man dead and another hospitalized; detectives are investigating.

A 56-year-old man was shot in Auburn Gresham and was being taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center when the vehicle he was in was involved in a minor crash near Loomis. Police are investigating.

Rookie Tristan Peters hit for the cycle Friday and earned his first All-Star nod the next day after Chicago’s 14-1 win. It was a 48‑hour rise few expected.

DuPage County prosecutors say a 61‑year‑old Lombard man touched a young girl in Cypress Cove’s lazy river; he’s charged with aggravated battery and is due in court Aug. 3.