Crescent Heights secured a $332M refinancing for NEMA Chicago, shifting the 76‑story tower onto fixed‑rate debt and stabilizing its flagship South Loop asset.

A 31-year-old Elburn man faces Class X and Class 2 felony counts after prosecutors say he shared a video showing sexual abuse of a child.

Sip & Savor’s Edgewater shop on Bryn Mawr has closed, owner Trez Pugh III wrote. It’s the chain’s third location to shutter since December.

Jaylen Hood, 19, was shot inside a South Chicago home and died at University of Chicago Medical Center. Area 2 detectives are investigating; no arrests have been announced.

Ports of Indiana is building a container terminal at Burns Harbor that would be the Chicago area’s first direct sea‑cargo route, promising shorter transit times and a local jobs boost.

A man was charged after allegedly jumping a fence and entering Gov. JB Pritzker’s Gold Coast backyard on July 4. Cook County filings name Dwayne Cortez Milton and list a July 27 court date.

A 41-year-old man was found dead inside a Roseland home early Sunday; police recovered a weapon and an autopsy is pending.

A six‑story, 95‑unit building is proposed at 4730 N Clark, promising 7,600 sq ft of retail, 19 affordable homes and a rooftop deck next to Chase Park.

A 14-year-old boy was shot early Sunday in South Austin and taken to Stroger Hospital in fair condition. Police say Harrison Area detectives are investigating.

A Johnson County judge on Friday handed a North Aurora man a combined sentence of up to 75 years after he was convicted of abusing three children in Iowa City. The ruling comes after a jury found him guilty on six counts tied to incidents from 2013–2020.

A woman's decomposing body was found Saturday in a trash can behind the 700 block of W. 54th St. in Back of the Yards. Wentworth detectives are investigating and autopsy results are pending.

Chicago police released video after a South Side shooting injured a 6-year-old; detectives are asking neighbors for tips and any doorbell or dash-cam footage.

A Cook County judge sentenced Jimmy Chamberlain to 63 years for the 2023 killing of a Wicker Park bouncer outside Lyon’s Den. The verdict follows a 2025 conviction.