A 15-year-old boy was shot early Thursday in Bronzeville and is in critical condition at Comer Children's Hospital. Area Two detectives are investigating.

A 17‑year‑old has been booked on a first‑degree murder charge in the 2025 Back of the Yards shooting that killed a 20‑year‑old. The suspect was arrested this week in Hickory Hills, police say.

A 37-year-old woman was shot while inside a vehicle in Hermosa; police say three people on foot opened fire. She was taken to Mount Sinai and is in good condition.

A Kane County jury convicted Prince Cunningham in the 2003 disappearance and killing of Aurora mother Tyesha Bell; sentencing is set for July 31.

A 79-year-old Aurora man died after a five-vehicle, chain-reaction crash on Ridge Road in Seward Township; investigators from Kendall County and Will County are probing the crash.

Retailers and growers say HB 5784's THC limits would strip shelves and could shutter small shops within weeks.

DRA Advisors paid about $95 million for the 340‑unit Enclave at 127th in Plainfield, taking on a Prudential loan and underscoring renewed institutional appetite for suburban apartments.

Crestwood retooled the confusing Cicero and Cal‑Sag right turn this spring: new signals, clearer stop lines and fresh cameras replaced the approach critics once called a "trap."

Chicago police denied the African/Caribbean Festival of Life a Union Park permit weeks before July 4; organizers shifted the celebration to September and warn they may leave the city.

A suspect in a Chicago-area cold case from 2003 appeared in court this week as prosecutors move the decades-old death toward trial.

Mayor Daniel Biss told the City Council he plans to resign in time to trigger an April 2027 special election, leaving the council to appoint an acting mayor for the interim.

An internal Winfield police review found roughly $30,000 missing from cash seized in a 2023 raid, prompting an Indiana State Police investigation.

Twisted Eggroll is turning a long‑vacant 75th Street storefront into a takeout hub and commercial kitchen, backed by city and state grants. The shop will also rent kitchen space to other cooks.