Chicago police are investigating after a woman was found dead inside a Roseland home; officials have released few details as detectives work the scene.

A pre-dawn fire at Golf Meadows Estates on Woodward Avenue left multiple apartments uninhabitable and displaced residents; authorities say there were no injuries. Crews from neighboring districts responded and investigators are on scene.

A DuPage County judge gave Joshua Crye a nine-year prison term after a 2023 drunk-driving crash on Eola Road that killed teacher Nicole Dickerson. Prosecutors called the crash preventable.

A 7-year-old Hammond girl, identified as Kay'Lee Hawkins, was struck and killed on Wallace Road, the Lake County coroner said.

A Des Plaines man was charged after police say he fled a July crash that killed a motorcyclist. Authorities say witness accounts and forensic work identified the driver.

A Lombard teen was sentenced to 30 months of probation after prosecutors say he filmed services at a Glendale Heights Islamic center and faced terrorism and gun charges.

A Cook County judge vacated Antonio Porter's 2003 murder conviction in the 2002 killing of Laymond Harrison and ordered his release on electronic monitoring while prosecutors weigh a retrial.

Chicago neighborhoods face a surge in commercial burglaries, with businesses targeted by a group using sledgehammers for break-ins and stealing various items. Police issue a citywide alert and advise on security measures.

Cook County prosecutors dropped charges against a Calumet City teacher accused of giving nicotine gum to sixth graders, and families say they won’t let the matter rest.

Warlord owner Trevor Fleming faces felony charges after a former co-worker accused him of sharing private sexual images without her consent.

A Cook County jury convicted Melody Townsend of child endangerment and concealing a homicide in the 2017 death of her infant daughter, whose body was found in a burned Markham home.

Two men were arrested after a pre‑dawn compliance check in Chicago Heights that yielded multiple firearms and suspected narcotics, the sheriff’s office says.

Chicago Police issued an alert for a missing 11-year-old girl, Samantha Hernandez; last seen on January 26 wearing a black sweatshirt and pajama pants.