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Finnegan Murray faces six felony counts after a joint sheriff's and U.S. Marshals operation in Kendall County.
A 26-year-old man and 25-year-old woman were slashed after a stranger confronted them on South Spaulding Avenue; the attacker is still on the loose.
Keith Griffin avoided real prison time in the Lion Air scandal, a stark contrast to Tom Girardi's seven-year sentence.
Ashanti Gates had her 4-year-old son in the car and drove with headlights off before killing Erik Cox and Shaelyn Sherwood, families say.
Neighbors near South Chicago Chapel say they smelled a dead-animal odor for two months before Thursday's grim discovery.
MB Spa Nails on Shermer Road escaped structural damage, but three employees were treated for stress after Thursday's crash.
The victim, a Hispanic man in his 50s or 60s with a scroll tattoo on his chest, remains unidentified. Police are asking for help naming him.
A 14-year-old was arrested with a stolen motorcycle as drivers spun donuts at 47th and Cicero. Neighbors say obscured plates keep letting takeovers slip away.
Air Wisconsin's hangar now services planes tied to nearly half of June's national ICE flights, even though its lease bars passenger flights from Milwaukee.
Sheriff Dawanna Witt says federal agents warned she could be arrested personally over jail policy. She's not backing down.
The Wonder Lake man surrendered in 2025, six years after his co-defendant's arrest in a Waukegan hotel sting.
Police say Stephan Morgan, 33, was handing out flowers to former coworkers at a Stevensville bar before the confrontation escalated.
A Nissan driver died at the Route 23 and Melms Road crossroads in Genoa Township, a site with a history of multi-injury crashes.
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