A 39-year-old woman was critically wounded early Tuesday on Aurora’s near East Side; police say detectives are investigating and seeking witnesses.

A judge handed a 20-year sentence to Adam Stone after finding him guilty of a 2022 Naperville home invasion while on probation.

Federal immigration agents arrested a 40-year-old Bolingbrook man after they say he drove across a yard and rammed an enforcement vehicle during a Hywood Lane operation. Police filed a damage report.

A 23‑year‑old Palatine man faces felony home invasion charges after deputies say he forced his way into a neighbor's apartment with a machete; no one was hurt.

Mace was sprayed inside Paul Revere Elementary on Tuesday; nine people were taken to hospitals and most suffered only minor symptoms. Officials did not immediately identify a suspect.

A Bellwood man was arrested Monday and charged with attempted first‑degree murder after a woman was shot in Humboldt Park and taken to Mount Sinai in fair condition.

Boone, a Cook County Labrador trained to smell electronics, is helping investigators find micro‑SD cards and hidden cameras that can be crucial evidence in child‑exploitation probes.

Records show the Wisconsin driver in a 2024 I‑294 crash had multiple DUI convictions and a Habitual Traffic Offender designation, yet prosecutors did not file criminal charges.

Two teenagers were listed in critical condition after a stolen sedan struck a viaduct on Chicago’s South Side early Wednesday. Police say charges are pending.

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.