A fresh ridership-to-crime comparison flags Cicero as the CTA's highest-crime stop, while CTA-related assaults rose even as citywide aggravated assaults and batteries fell 15% from 2024 to 2025.

Hawkins Point's incinerator will stop burning hazardous waste within months under a new state consent decree.

Michael Gargiulo, already on death row in California, faces trial in Cook County for Tricia Pacaccio's 1993 killing.

A resident counted 42 rats near the pile. The alderman says fines only made the feeding worse.

Juan Rodriguez allegedly opened fire from a green truck, leaving a 45-year-old man in critical condition.

A 63-year-old man was arrested at the scene after allegedly shooting the woman in the neck and chest, police say.

Chicago police rushed to the Aragon Ballroom Wednesday night after a bomb threat. The FBI says it was aware of the scare.

Tito stopped breathing after an overnight Englewood fire, but a snout-sized oxygen mask brought him back on his own two feet.

Tony Johnson was found hiding in a West Market Street hotel room after a man was stabbed in the abdomen, police say.

Two Hong Kong shipments bound for California hid 200 counterfeit Cartier watches, federal officers say.

Officers will scale Willis Tower on November 8 to honor slain Officer John Bartholomew and his recovering partner, Nelson Crespo.

Ashley Ogedegbe alleged a receptionist warned her Black women don't last at the firm. The case just ended in a joint dismissal.

A midday shooting prompted a brief lockdown at Oakbrook Center before police confirmed everyone involved was accounted for.