Roseland rapper Fly Skinz headlines one of The Promontory’s final shows next Saturday as the Hyde Park venue prepares to close at year’s end.

Chicago Police alert the public about armed robberies on the CTA Red Line, with incidents reported in various neighborhoods including Greater Grand Crossing, Roseland, and Englewood.

Chicago Mayor Johnson is at odds with aldermen over an alternative budget proposal focused on debt collections, which is poised for a City Council vote.

A federal grand jury indicted Fabias Shipman for possessing ammunition tied to a South Shore alley shooting that left one man dead and a teen wounded.

Cook County is piloting a court‑monitored program that keeps some Lawndale and Little Village teens in school, therapy and mentoring instead of pretrial detention.

Cook County deputies recovered about 24,000 pounds of stolen Wawa coffee stored in a Melrose Park warehouse; officials value the haul at over $100,000.

A Papillion truck driver found a 3‑ to 4‑year‑old alone in a median, wrapped him in a blanket and kept him safe until police located the family.

Chicago man, Lawrence Reed, is indicted on federal terrorism and arson charges for two separate incidents involving a train passenger and Chicago City Hall.

The FDA warned retailers like Target and Walmart for selling recalled ByHeart infant formula linked to a botulism outbreak affecting 51 infants. Despite the recall, these products were found on shelves, leading to FDA action and retailer responses.

The state has escalated a probe into Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy after finding repeated special-education violations and estimating tens of thousands of missed instruction minutes.

A Cook County wrongful-death suit amended this week alleges a former Chicago therapist sexually abused a patient starting when she was 14 and that the abuse contributed to her 2024 suicide.

Jeremy Herred Jr., paralyzed after the Douglass Park pool shooting, spoke at Leighton as the accused former lifeguard returned to court and a detention hearing was rescheduled.

President Trump signed an order moving marijuana to Schedule III to ease research and tax barriers. Chicago businesses and researchers are watching agency rulemaking to see what actually changes.