Authorities seek public help to find Bianca Johnson, a missing 37-year-old woman with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, last seen in Riverdale on January 28, 2026.

Luis Mendez, 50, remains missing since September 2024; last seen in Chicago. He has brown eyes, black/grey hair, tattoos, and is considered endangered. Police seek info on his whereabouts.

District 123 in Oak Lawn closed all schools after a serious threat targeting Kolmar School; police are investigating. No additional details disclosed.

The FBI says roughly 50 alleged Latin Kings were arrested in a three-month, multi-state sweep that seized guns, drugs and nearly $200,000 in illicit cash. Federal officials called the action Operation Broken Crown.

Nedas Revuckas is charged with the murder of a pregnant woman, Eliza Morales, after an altercation over a vehicle sale. His pre-trial release was denied.

A Yorkville planning panel voted down rezoning for a proposed data‑center campus, sending the contentious plan to City Council where a supermajority will be required.

Surveillance video shows masked suspects smashing machines at the Patriot Pub in Crestwood; the owner says it was the second burglary there this month. Police are investigating.

A Cook County judge found $243 million in transportation‑tax revenue was used improperly, forcing the county to set money aside and raising the prospect of more appeals. The ruling touches reserves and planned projects across the county budget.

Chicago police say a man who handed officers a gun near 45th and Honore told them he had found it; investigators later learned he is a convicted felon. He was taken into custody and brought to the 9th District.

A 23-year-old woman has been charged after a Jan. 5 CTA train stabbing that injured two riders. Police arrested her in Roseland and she’s due in court Friday.

A Bronzeville man was arrested this week and charged with first-degree murder in a 2023 South Side shooting. The suspect is due in court Friday.

Chicago PD expanded its Unity of Command pilot to five more districts, assigning officers to steady supervisors and capping sergeants' teams to roughly 10.

Defense lawyers argued a judge should let the public see Broadview ICE footage, saying recent federal-agent killings in Minneapolis show why. A judge ordered DHS to preserve days of tape.