A 16-year-old was shot in the knee in Chicago Lawn Wednesday night and is in good condition at Comer Children's Hospital.

Three men face felony burglary charges after sheriff’s police say they broke into freight railcars on the Southwest Side. Norfolk Southern drone footage and recovered bolt cutters led to arrests.

Chicago police released images after a man allegedly robbed an elderly commuter at the Wicker Park Blue Line station early Saturday. Mass Transit detectives are asking the public to call with tips.

A 16-year-old was arrested in Austin and charged with first-degree murder in the May 3, 2025 West Quincy Street shooting that killed a 24-year-old man.

Two separate shootings in Aurora on Monday night left a home struck by gunfire and two juveniles hospitalized after a car-to-car shootout; detectives are searching for a dark SUV.

City sanitation workers found a woman shot to death on a dirt road in the 600 block of East 134th Place on Chicago’s Far South Side. Area Two detectives are investigating and no arrests have been announced.

Surveillance footage shows thieves smashing windows at an apartment parking lot near 31st Street and King Drive in Bronzeville, leaving at least 10 vehicles damaged.

A body was pulled from the Fox River near North Center Street in South Elgin; police have opened an investigation and have not released the person’s identity.

Detectives say two people were robbed after a Facebook Marketplace meetup in unincorporated Maine Township; one suspect reportedly displayed a firearm.

A 10-year-old from Pembroke Township died after a pickup plunged into a partially frozen creek on IL-17; another child remains critical and the driver was arrested for suspected DUI.

A Chicago man has been charged with first-degree murder in a fatal South Side stabbing last August. Police say he was arrested in South Bend after turning himself in.

A two-vehicle crash on IL Route 71 early Saturday left two people dead and closed the road for hours while state police investigated.

A man was shot and killed Tuesday night in Bronzeville; Area One detectives are investigating. The shooting occurred in the 700-block of East 37th Street.