Steven Wade held his ex-girlfriend and her son hostage, shot at Chicago police, then bragged he'd already killed once that day.

A red sedan ended up off the road near Northwest Highway and Park Lane. Delays hit the UP-NW line.

Steel beams rained onto the Edens Expressway after a semi struck the Lake Avenue overpass Thursday, shutting down the bridge for inspection.

Alonzo Woodley faces seven felony counts, including conspiracy to commit murder, in the February shooting death of Demarius Porter, 21.

Cook County used the chairs 874 times in five years — and one Madison County detainee was strapped in for five days, with brief mandated breaks to stretch or use the restroom.

Paul Bocska fled the country before his 2025 trial. Now extradited, he's fighting his conviction on 16 felony counts.

Mike Milstein says his off-duty ‘No Kings’ Facebook posts hurt no one — but cost him two weeks' pay.

The unidentified man was discovered in a brand-new patrol vehicle parked right beside CPD's 5th District headquarters.

A man and woman were shot before dawn near a Western Avenue gas station that's seen drive-by gunfire before.

One suspect allegedly pointed a rifle at the crowd before hiding it in a Hyundai's trunk at a nearby Shell station.

Brandon Sims, 31, faces murder charges after allegedly gunning down two men on North Washtenaw Avenue in July.

Samuel Colton, 28, says the gun caught on camera was just an Airsoft toy, while he faces a felony charge.

Chicago police want two people tied to cash-register thefts at North Park restaurants, part of a wider break-in wave.