Cook County sheriff's police say a 31‑year‑old rode the Green Line with an 18‑inch machete; prosecutors approved a felony weapons charge.

A sedan plowed into a Burbank house early Friday, lodging inside the front room and displacing a family. Police are searching for the driver.

Officers searched a home in the 24100 block of Main Street after a 16‑year‑old was shot Thursday night. Detectives identified an 18‑year‑old suspect and the investigation is ongoing.

A Chicago college student says a man pinned her against a pole in the Gold Coast before a Maple & Ash valet and staff pulled her inside. Police later arrested a man on trespassing charges.

A Kane County judge convicted Zahmeir Andrews of first‑degree murder in the 2023 North Glen Circle shooting that killed 19‑year‑old Edwin Varela.

At least five people were wounded Thursday night near 51st and Calumet on Chicago’s South Side. Two are in critical condition and police say the investigation is ongoing.

Relatives say a throat-cancer survivor died after a Fourth of July booking at the Porter County Jail and are demanding records and a public accounting.

Coca‑Cola says fairlife was targeted by ransomware and has paused U.S. production while investigators assess the impact; company says product safety is intact.

Multi-agency crews searched Lake Michigan after a vessel sent a mayday call near Indiana Dunes; authorities asked anyone with information to contact DNR dispatch.

A 27-year-old woman was arrested after a man was shot during an argument in a North Lawndale home; the victim was taken to Mount Sinai in serious condition.

A 13-year-old in Jefferson Park was approached on a front porch by a man posing as a delivery driver; police describe a suspect and are asking for tips.

Sheriff’s police say a smoke‑shop worker was arrested after a July 8 search at a South Damen gas‑station storefront recovered large amounts of cannabis, psilocybin and a loaded firearm.

A 34-year-old man was shot early Thursday in Roseland and taken to the University of Chicago Hospital; some CTA buses were briefly rerouted on Forest Avenue.