Andersonville favorite Fat Chris’s Pizza And Such will close May 22 after nine years, owners cite rising food and operating costs.

Carvana will add inspection and reconditioning work at ADESA Chicago in Hoffman Estates, creating about 100 jobs and expanding same-day delivery options for local buyers.

A suburban Chicago man says a caller using an AI-generated U.S. Marshals badge convinced him to move $69,000. Federal agencies warn impostor scams are growing more convincing with AI.

The License Committee advanced a ban on sweepstakes gambling machines, setting escalating fines and license suspensions and sending the measure to City Council on May 20.

Illinois lawmakers are weighing rival AI bills: one would limit liability for frontier labs if they publish safety plans, the other would force audits, reporting and child-protection rules.

A man held in Chicago is accused of orchestrating a stock-backed loan scheme that prosecutors say cost Ricardo Salinas Pliego more than $450M. The suspect once owned a Lake Forest house and has past fraud convictions.

A Chicago physician faces felony counts after investigators say he administered IV NAD treatments from a Warsaw home; syringes and vials were found in his car.

A 47-year-old man was shot and later died on the 1400 block of West 71st Street in West Englewood. Police say the shots came from an SUV and no arrests have been announced.

Goodwill signed a lease at 3120 N. Pulaski Rd for a second Avondale store that will create about 50 jobs and expand its Chicago footprint.

A 24-year-old man was stabbed during an argument in Grant Park Monday night; police say four suspects fled and Area Three detectives are investigating.

A 22-year-old woman was shot early Tuesday on the Northwest Side and remains in critical condition; Area Five detectives are investigating.

Strong storms moved through Chicago and northwest Indiana Monday night, triggering warnings, an O'Hare ground stop and a weather delay at Wrigley.

The Supreme Court did not block Chicago’s lawsuit accusing an Indiana gun shop of supplying weapons later found at crime scenes, keeping the case alive at the Daley Center.