Cook County deputies arrested 38-year-old Joshua Gray after a Dec. 5 search turned up a loaded gun, ammunition and roughly 188 grams of suspected cannabis.

Two Chicago officers were injured after their squad car hit a median on Lower Wacker Drive to avoid another vehicle. They are in fair condition and recovering.

Oak Lawn police are searching for 14-year-old Skylar Deckert and 13-year-old Nyalah Lawson after they were last seen Saturday night near 87th and 52nd. Authorities say the pair may be traveling together.

Shots were fired at two Cook County sheriff’s deputies outside Mount Sinai Hospital early Wednesday; their car was hit but no one was hurt. Area Four detectives are investigating the suspect vehicle.

Chicago Police issued a community alert for an attempted child luring in Englewood, where a man in a Silver Chevy Malibu tried to entice a minor into his vehicle.

A former Riverwoods resident was arrested in Washington after a five-year probe linked her to a newborn whose remains were found in a Riverwoods woods in 2020. She faces felony counts including concealment of death and abuse of a corpse.

The Chicago Police have issued a missing person alert for 7-month-old Rakaj Abdullah, last seen in the Madison and Hermitage area, wearing green pajamas.

A Kane County judge handed Abel Quinones‑Herstad a 38‑year sentence after he pleaded guilty to the July 2022 killing of his mother in an Aurora apartment. Prosecutors say the victim was stabbed 26 times.

A man crawled through an unlocked window at Downers Grove North early Wednesday, demanded money from a maintenance worker and fled. Police released a surveillance image and are asking for tips.

Surveillance video shows a pickup truck strike and run over a 67-year-old woman in a Belmont and Pulaski crosswalk; the driver was cited and the woman was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic.

Krystal Rivera’s mother has filed a Cook County wrongful-death suit accusing her partner and the city after Rivera was fatally shot during a June foot chase.

Lawrence Reed has been indicted on new charges tied to a March CTA assault while facing a federal terrorism case from a November Blue Line attack. The indictments have renewed scrutiny of electronic monitoring and transit safety in Chicago.

A large police response in Streamwood kept neighbors indoors Wednesday as officers surrounded a home near Yellowstone Drive while trying to take a suspect into custody.