Police and forest preserve officers launched a search near Lake Minear after an Evanston man went missing.

A Chicago woman pleaded guilty in the sexual assault of a Streator teenager and could receive up to 30 years in prison.

Two men were shot in West Garfield Park Friday afternoon, and one remains in critical condition after four attackers opened fire from a white sedan.

A 27-year-old man was killed and a 56-year-old woman wounded in a North Lawndale drive-by shooting Friday afternoon.

A Chicago man wanted in Ohio on charges involving minors was arrested in Rosemont after surveillance by Cook County investigators and federal marshals.

A wrong-way driver triggered a five-vehicle crash on Chicago’s Dan Ryan, killing one person and critically injuring two others.

A Humboldt Park architecture tour guide suffered 34 broken bones after a driver hit him on his birthday. Friends have raised more than $38,000 as his family prepares for months of recovery.

A Kankakee man accused in a June 21 killing was captured in Arkansas after a search involving federal and state law enforcement.

Surveillance video shows thieves breaking into a Chicago Lawn smoke shop. The footage offers few clues about what was taken or who was responsible.

A black SUV smashed into a South Side gas station before dawn, but the suspects left empty-handed.

A Des Plaines school district says an outside fraud scheme drained $3.2 million. Most of the money may still come back.

Malik Wrightsell’s lawyer disputes the official account of a South Side police shooting and says a wounded officer was not shot by her client.

A stranded boat at North Avenue Beach survived a tow boat, excavator and a trench dug through the sand. Now its owner is planning one last removal attempt.