La Porte County officials confirmed a mosquito pool tested positive for West Nile virus. Health experts recommend removing standing water and using repellent at dawn and dusk.

Chicago's 8th District says officers detained a man and seized a .40-caliber handgun at Archer and Cicero; police say he lacked a FOID or CCL.

Chicago police issued an alert after a string of early-morning robberies across the South Side that began June 23. Detectives say armed crews took cash and, in some cases, registers before fleeing in vehicles.

A 48-year-old man was shot during an attempted carjacking early Saturday in North Lawndale and remains in serious condition as detectives investigate.

Two men were shot inside a home on Aurora's East Side Thursday night; a 19-year-old remains in serious but stable condition.

A Beecher woman was arrested Friday after security found a loaded handgun and two extra magazines in her purse at the Kankakee County Courthouse.

An industrial laundry in the Fillmore Center has grown into a 160+ employee operation, prioritizing West Side hires and planning expansion after new hospital contracts. Community partners say the jobs are changing lives.

Hot, humid Saturday with storms possible and dangerous Lake Michigan conditions tonight.

Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward after a string of pre‑dawn burglaries hit more than a dozen Southwest Side businesses.

The Illinois State Police’s new podcast revisits an unidentified woman pulled from the Skokie River in 2003 and spotlights DNA genealogy as investigators seek tips.

A fatal collision between a motorcycle and a pickup closed lanes on I-294 near 31st Street Friday, killing one person and triggering an extended ramp closure.

A sedan plowed into a Burbank house early Friday, lodging inside the front room and displacing a family. Police are searching for the driver.

A Kane County judge convicted Zahmeir Andrews of first‑degree murder in the 2023 North Glen Circle shooting that killed 19‑year‑old Edwin Varela.