A Chicago man was sentenced to 10 years after pleading guilty to selling fentanyl-laced drugs across Cook and DuPage counties.

A former Big Ten Network engineering director was sentenced to 28 months and ordered to repay just over $4 million after prosecutors say he bought Apple devices with company funds and resold them.

A stolen SUV from northern Illinois crashed into a gas line near Genoa City after a high‑speed pursuit; the driver was captured after hiding in brush and faces charges in both counties.

A teenage dirt bike rider died after colliding with an SUV on North Main Street in Wauconda; officials say the crash is under investigation.

A West Chicago man was found unconscious in an underpass and later arrested on aggravated battery charges after a July 19 attack that left the victim with broken bones.

A 15-year-old was shot and killed early Wednesday in the 4600 block of West Jackson Boulevard. Area Four detectives are investigating the death.

A Chicago police officer who served on Ald. Pat Dowell’s security detail was arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic battery after an alleged attack watched over FaceTime. He has been removed from the detail and is due back in court Aug. 11.

A NORC ChicagoSpeaks poll finds 44% of Chicagoans believe violent crime is up, even as city data show shootings and homicides largely unchanged through mid‑2026.

Surveillance video shows a masked thief dash into Boba Heaven and steal a cash register, part of a string of at least 14 Southwest Side burglaries.

Kane County prosecutors say six men ran apartment brothels across Aurora, West Dundee, South Elgin and Rockford; all face felony charges and are in custody.

A traffic stop on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile turned up a loaded firearm and suspected heroin, and two men now face felony charges, officials say.

A 24‑year‑old faces attempted murder charges after state police say he fired at another motorist on the Stevenson‑to‑Dan Ryan ramp; no one was hurt.

A Chicago man was sentenced to 15 years after prosecutors say he fired a converted automatic gun during a 2022 Stevenson Expressway road‑rage shootout that left a woman critically hurt.