WGN apologized after airing a doctored image of 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan as Mitch McConnell during a crash update.

A Chicago man wanted in Ohio on charges involving minors was arrested in Rosemont after surveillance by Cook County investigators and federal marshals.

A Humboldt Park architecture tour guide suffered 34 broken bones after a driver hit him on his birthday. Friends have raised more than $38,000 as his family prepares for months of recovery.

A JPMorgan fund and Sterling Bay secured $213 million to refinance a Fulton Market office tower, underscoring Chicago’s split office market.

A black SUV smashed into a South Side gas station before dawn, but the suspects left empty-handed.

Chicago’s immigration court issued 6,012 in-absentia removal orders in June as mega hearings crowded dockets and advocates warned of missed notices.

A Crystal Lake daycare operator was convicted after a jury heard evidence about a baby’s fractured rib, prior healing injuries and disturbing daycare video.

Two people were found fatally shot inside a Harvey home, where two wounded dogs were also discovered. Police said no suspects were in custody Thursday.

A vehicle appears to have smashed into a Loop sandwich shop early Friday, prompting a police investigation at Clark and Van Buren.

Chicago gets afternoon rain Friday, a stormy Saturday and dangerous Lake Michigan beach conditions through Monday morning.

Nine men were arrested, fined $1,000 each and had their vehicles towed after a Cook County sting in Leyden Township.

A missing Edgewater man was found hospitalized after friends say he was struck in an apparent hit-and-run. Chicago police are still looking for the driver.

Chicago-area naturalizations have fallen more than 80% in 2026, federal data shows, leaving permanent residents stuck in a growing citizenship backlog.