A Chicago anti-violence volunteer says he was arrested while trying to surrender a loaded gun. Arne Duncan calls the prosecution a “complete travesty.”

A fatal shooting on South Bend’s northwest side has launched an active homicide investigation. Police are asking for anonymous tips as the victim’s identity remains withheld.

An Illinois State Police trooper is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a Tinley Park bartender after a night out. He is being held while the case moves forward.

A Franklin Park man was sentenced to 14 years after prosecutors linked him to six armed bank robberies across four Chicago suburbs.

Two Jeeps, a smashed storefront and a stolen ATM marked another pre-dawn Chicago burglary. Detectives are investigating the Roseland theft.

A pedestrian was killed overnight in a hit-and-run on Illinois Route 394 in Chicago’s south suburbs. The driver fled, and early details remain limited.

A man died after arriving at a South Side hospital with a chest gunshot wound. Police still do not know where he was shot.

Three people died and five were hospitalized after a four-vehicle head-on crash shut Illinois 71 near Millbrook overnight.

A 41-year-old person was shot through a Belmont Cragin home’s window Friday evening. Police say the victim knows the shooter.

A Milwaukee jury convicted Areon Davis in a 2024 south side homicide. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison plus extended supervision.

A Jordanian athlete who vanished from Rice says a sleepless walk and a friend’s Chicago invitation put him on a bus—and into a Houston missing-person search.

A 7-year-old boy was found safe after a car was stolen on Chicago’s West Side. Initial details remain limited.

A woman was shot during an attempted carjacking in Lawndale, with few details released so far.