A routine Interstate 55 stop in Pontiac uncovered four children and two dogs riding in an enclosed cargo hold bound for Michigan.

A 33-year-old walked into Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound, but officers found no shell casings or 911 calls backing her account.

A 28-year-old man was shot in the shoulder Friday night on Chicago's West Side, the latest in a string of late-August shootings there.

Gregory Carter was allegedly going 35+ mph over the limit when he crashed on South Vincennes Avenue, killing two young passengers.

The Friday afternoon crash on the 8400 block happened on a corridor already flagged for thousands of yearly wrecks.

Prosecutors say the officer had no choice after Cortez White opened fire on Ashley Stenson outside a downtown hotel.

All four patients are adults in suburban Cook County, where 44 cases and four deaths were recorded last year.

A 2025 Cook County DNA sample linked Jason Osborne to a 2019 Harris County warrant, ending his run in Evergreen Park.

Cosme Cruz allegedly hid from pursuers inside a rooftop vent at Liguez Brunch until firefighters pulled him free with a rope.

A fatal police-involved shooting near 4th Avenue and Broadway has drawn in state investigators, though no threat remains to the public.

A 28-year-old man told officers he believed the gunfire came from an apartment above him. He's now recovering at Mount Sinai Hospital.

A Parks employee found the body Friday morning after seasonal lifeguard cuts left Lee Street Beach unwatched. Police say no ID has been found yet.

Records identify Lt. Michael Piazza as the officer stripped of his rank for running unauthorized license plate searches tied to an affair.