A man faces attempted murder charges after police say he shoved a woman onto the Blue Line tracks at the Cicero station; riders intervened and the victim was hospitalized in fair condition.

A Park Forest man was arrested May 11 after Illinois State Police tied him to a July 27 I‑57 crash that later killed 25‑year‑old Riley Vercher. He faces leaving‑the‑scene and failure‑to‑report charges.

A 17-year-old girl was wounded in a pre-dawn drive-by in Belmont Gardens and was taken to Community First Medical Center in good condition.

Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve's Crime Fictions argues Chicago police and court practices produced hundreds of wrongful murder convictions in Cook County.

Police say a string of North Side robberies involved thieves using stolen phones to run unauthorized charges, sometimes while victims were driven around. Detectives are asking for tips.

A 45-year-old woman was critically injured Monday after being struck in a hit-and-run on West Franklin Boulevard in East Garfield Park. Police are searching for a maroon vehicle and ask witnesses to come forward.

A 17-year-old from Oak Brook faces two counts of reckless homicide after prosecutors say he sped over 100 mph before a March 27 Downers Grove collision that killed two.

Federal threat‑assessment experts trained hundreds of Lake County educators and police this spring, stressing that behavior — not appearance — is the clearest warning sign of targeted violence.

Three men were shot Monday in an abandoned lot on the Far South Side; one remains in critical condition.

A woman was killed after allegedly lunging at Mundelein officers with two knives in the 1100 block of Ashbrook Drive. The Lake County Major Crime Task Force is leading the investigation.

A witness in Cook County court said the man accused of killing visiting grad student Anat Kimchi later pulled a knife on him when confronted at a Lower Wacker tent. The testimony came as prosecutors laid out the state’s case.

A 26-year-old Clarendon Hills woman is jailed after prosecutors say she led police on a 60-mph chase, struck a relative's car and bit an officer during her arrest.

Minnesota regulators sued the operator of Premium Home Service after an investigation linked thousands of fake contractor listings to tens of thousands of customers. The suits follow months of reporting and dozens of consumer complaints.