Gov. JB Pritzker's new law follows a 140% surge in Illinois domestic violence deaths since 2022, with guns tied to 94 fatalities last year.

A.J. Gow says he sent his co-worker down for water and a fan as he waited, trapped 130 feet up, for rescuers to reach him.

A stolen 10mm Glock 29 rigged for automatic fire was hidden under the driver's seat, DuPage County prosecutors say.

A midday shooting in the 4000 block of West Hirsch Street left one man critical, marking the block's second gun attack in four days.

A 26-year-old man died and a 56-year-old was critically wounded after gunmen confronted them inside a Ford van near Pershing Road.

A gray sedan struck the motorcycle near Grant Park; the sedan driver was taken into custody as charges remain pending.

Two unknown gunmen fled south in a black car after the West Garfield Park shooting near noon Wednesday.

Witnesses told Gurnee police the attack unfolded in front of hundreds of parkgoers near the Superman ride.

A deadly crash near Kinsman closed Gardner and Johnny Run roads, an intersection with a history of rollover wrecks.

An 18-year-old fled a traffic stop the wrong way down West 11th Street before hitting a South Shore rail guardrail, police say.

Natiera Manor allegedly retrieved a knife from home and returned to stab a woman who intervened in a parking lot fight, leaving her hospitalized in the ICU.

A 39-year-old rider was hospitalized after a late-night stabbing at the South Loop Green Line stop, the third violent attack there in recent years.

Ogden Avenue shut down between Wenonah and Wisconsin as investigators worked the fatal scene. Police say the semi's role in the crash remains unclear.