A woman, 61, is critically injured after a brutal assault on a CTA Red Line train; parolee Mijawon Johnson is charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery.

Two convenience stores on Chicago's Northwest Side were robbed at gunpoint last night, with suspects taking cash and cigarettes. No injuries were reported; police are investigating.

Ex-Sinaloa cartel member Alfredo Vasquez-Hernandez seeks to reduce his 22-year sentence, citing health issues and the First Step Act, while Jesus Raul Beltran Leon aims to avoid life imprisonment despite a federal push for a stiff sentence.

TSA agents confiscated 122 guns at Chicago's airports in 2023, marking a slight drop from 2022, but setting a record at Midway with 50 firearms seized. Penalties for violations include fines and loss of PreCheck privileges.

Heather Mack, who served seven years in Bali for her mother's murder, faces a possible additional 28-year US sentence recommended by prosecutors for conspiracy and obstruction of justice.

A federal jury deliberates the case of six alleged Chicago gang members charged with the 2020 murder of rapper FBG Duck after a nearly three-month trial.

Two 17-year-old males have been charged by the Chicago Police Department with aggravated vehicular hijacking, officials said...

Tristian Miller is the fifth defendant arraigned for an alleged multi-state ATM theft conspiracy spanning Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa, involving eight ATM heists in early 2022.

Deshawn Lucas was arrested in Chicago for attempted murder after a shootout with police following a burglary. Two guns were recovered, and he faces multiple charges.

In a tragic turn of events in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, two boys, aged 8 and 6, have succumbed to injuries sustained after plunging through the ...

A couple was found shot to death in their Downers Grove home in a suspected domestic incident; police are investigating with no ongoing threat to the public.

The Chicago Police Department is searching for 16-year-old Ethan Villanueva, who is missing and at high risk due to his A.D.H.D. He was last seen at his home on North Lockwood Avenue.

An off-duty Chicago officer was involved in a shootout with a suspect; no injuries occurred and the officer is on routine leave during the investigation.