Deral Willis, out on parole since May, allegedly ditched a Pikachu backpack hiding a switch-equipped pistol during a police chase.

A stolen Knight Transportation trailer full of Nike sneakers meant for Dallas ended up in a Des Plaines cargo yard instead.

John Schlosser, 49, allegedly asked to pet a woman's dog before exposing himself outside an Oak Lawn school.

Eileen O’Neill Burke scrapped the public list of untrustworthy officers, and some defense lawyers say disclosures now arrive the morning of trial.

The 17-year-old was last seen in Mishawaka and South Bend, with family fearing for his welfare across the Michigan border.

Stephen Miller, 41, ran a Northwestern engineering facility since 2015. Police dogs Grip and Enzo helped find hidden devices at his home.

Darryl Short, 45, faces a detention hearing Thursday after allegedly leaving a woman to die on West 79th Street.

Four or five suspects rammed a gray Jeep into a West Ogden Avenue gas station before dawn and made off with the ATM.

Mashaun Burton, 29, faces a detention hearing after allegedly fleeing in a white sedan following the fatal fight.

A Piatt County resident is Illinois' first confirmed human West Nile patient this year, as three more probable cases surface up north.

A rear-end crash near Martin Luther King Drive shut down US-41 in both directions during the morning commute.

Alan Salazar was released pending trial after deputies say he admitted using Grok to generate the images inside his DeKalb dorm.

A 57-year-old Portage man had a blood alcohol level of 0.355% when he drove against a Fourth of July parade in Lake Station, Indiana.