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A semi and trailer were left mangled near the Chicago Skyway overpass after the top sheared clean off. Somehow, nobody was hurt.
District 130 parents and teachers say classrooms and bathrooms have gone uncleaned since the layoffs. A union has filed complaints with the state.
An account describes pills hidden in a sewn pocket at Cook County Jail that reportedly tested positive for fentanyl.
A 46-year-old man was walking to his car in Stoney Island Park when a shooter opened fire and fled. He's now in critical condition.
Ten residents spoke out before the vote, and Bartlett's leaders say it's about corporate safeguards, not police conduct.
Robert Wald, 61, remains in Cook County Jail after a Kik tip led investigators to his account. He's due in court September 25.
The Friday night shooting outside Euclid Liquors marks the second fatal shooting at the same East Chicago store since 2023.
Deputies say Tremell Richardson tossed backpacks with a loaded gun, five drugs and his own ID during a West Ridge eviction.
Chicago police say a man grabbed a woman without consent at the busy State/Lake stop while the elevated station undergoes a $444 million rebuild.
A concealed carry holder opened fire at a Harlem Avenue Shell station, the same spot tied to a 2022 armed carjacking.
Michael Willis, 46, once led youth ministry at a Geneva-area Lutheran church. A fellow pastor's tip to a national hotline triggered the case.
No one was hurt after a student with disabilities got hold of an aide's gun on a Minnie MiƱoso Academy bus. Students were released in waves as the school went into soft lockdown.
More than 2,800 nurses and health care workers took part in strikes or pickets across four states as Olympia Fields nurses protested two staff terminations and looming obstetrics cuts.
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