A fight at a West Side home left a 25-year-old woman hospitalized and a 33-year-old man in custody on July 2. Police say the argument turned physical and charges are pending.

Thieves drove an SUV into a Loop Circle K around 4:19 a.m. and made off with the store’s ATM; police say no one was hurt. Surveillance clips circulated online show masked suspects loading a waiting vehicle.

A Chicago woman is accused of driving the wrong way on I‑88, pointing a handgun and trying to carjack motorists before an Amboy officer tackled her in rural Lee County.

Court filings say former Knox County jail administrator Louis Glossip siphoned more than $200,000 from commissary kiosks over six years. He has pleaded not guilty and hearings are pending.

A Chicago man admitted guilt to a Huntley ATM theft and a separate attempt to steal three vehicles from a Woodstock dealership; records show concurrent six-year terms.

A 56‑year‑old Chicago man was arrested in Evergreen Park after police say he shot a 28‑year‑old driver during a South Side road‑rage dispute; the victim is in good condition.

A stove explosion on North Lincoln Avenue left one person critically injured Wednesday night, and investigators are probing the cause.

Police responded to reports of a shooting at a gas station at 76th and Halsted in Auburn Gresham; early reports say multiple people were shot and detectives are investigating.

A Chicago man pleaded no contest to eight counts after Bellevue police seized cocaine, fentanyl and other drugs from an apartment; sentencing is set for Aug. 24.

A driver died Wednesday when a freight train struck and dragged a car near 3rd and Colorado Street in Hobart; police are investigating.

FBI Chicago Special Agent in Charge Doug DePodesta will leave his post next Monday, saying his tough choices had become "unpopular over time." The change arrives amid active federal operations in the region.

A Kane County judge convicted Jimmy Medina in the 2023 Carpentersville shooting that killed 17‑year‑old Anthony Aragon; sentencing is set for Aug. 26.

Undercover sheriff’s investigators ran a Garfield Ridge sting that led to 11 men being cited $1,000 each and nine vehicles towed. Officials say the sweep is part of an ongoing demand‑reduction effort.