Man claims police 'desecrated' 2-year-old daughter's ashes after mistaking for drugs during traffic stop
Bodycam footage shows the incident at the center of an Illinois man’s lawsuit claiming police officers mistook his 2-year-old daughter’s ashes for drugs during a traffic stop.
Lightfoot slams 'overwhelming whiteness' of Chicago press, defends only speaking to reporters of color
Upon the two-year anniversary of her election, Lightfoot has drawn outrage after White journalists were told by her press office that they couldn't interview her one-on-one because of their skin color.
2 Chicago police officers shot, recovering and in good condition: 'These are brave people'
"This offender had no regard for their position as police officers," Supt. Brown said. "No regard. And began trying to kill them. Let's be clear. This offender turned and immediately tried to kill these officers, by firing a gun and hitting both of them."
Cat fleeing fire survives 5-story jump, walks off
A Chicago cat may now have eight lives after jumping out of a fifth-floor window Thursday afternoon to escape an apartment fire.
Video: Cat jumps from burning building and survives
The video shows a black cat vaulting from a fifth-floor window and actually clearing a wall in front of the building.
Report: Lollapalooza returning to Chicago this summer
Lollapalooza will return to Chicago’s Grant Park this summer after being canceled last year due to the pandemic, according to a report.
Chicago's newest defense against rats: Unleash the cats
One thousand cats are now policing the streets of Chicago, deputized by a local shelter to fight the city's rat problem.
Famed German architect Helmut Jahn killed in Illinois bike accident
Helmut Jahn, a prominent German architect who designed an Illinois state government building and worked on the design of the FBI headquarters in Washington, was killed when two vehicles struck the bicycle he was riding outside Chicago.
Suburban family loses three, from three generations, to COVID
A grandmother, her daughter and her grandson all died within a week of one another and are sharing their story while asking the public to take COVID seriously.
Man attacks Chicago couple in 'horror movie'-like barrage
A man attacked a couple in Fernwood over the weekend, allegedly biting off parts of their ears.
Anthony Alvarez Video: Footage of Chicago police fatally shooting 22-year-old released
Videos of Chicago police fatally shooting 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez last month in Portage Park were released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Wednesday.
Suspect charged in murder of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams at a McDonalds drive thru in Chicago
Chicago police have charged 18-year-old Marion Lewis with murder in the shooting death of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams.
Suspect in murder of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams shot by Chicago police after chase on I-290
The suspect in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl in Chicago last weekend was shot by police on Thursday following a chase on the Eisenhower Expressway.
Seven-year-old girl shot dead at McDonalds drive-thru in Chicago
Jaslyn Adams, 7, died in a McDonalds drive-thru in Chicago on a Sunday afternoon. Her father was hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds. The killer is still on the loose.
Adam Toledo case: AOC says prosecutor ‘lied about police killing a child’
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took to Twitter late Thursday to call out the prosecutor in the Adam Toledo shooting-death case in Chicago.
Chicago police officer identified in fatal shooting of Adam Toledo
The Chicago police officer who fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo on March 29 has been identified as Eric Stillman.
'The videos speak for themselves': Family attorney says Adam Toledo didn't have a gun in his hand when shot
An attorney for the Toledo family spoke out following the release of video footage and materials connected to the fatal Chicago police shooting of Adam Toledo.
Adam Toledo Video: Chicago police release police shooting video of 13-year-old
Chicago's police oversight agency on Thursday released bodycam and third-party video of police fatally shooting 13-year-old Adam Toledo last month in Little Village.
Video shows Black high school football player forced to sit near banana peels
A Black football player at a northwest Illinois high school is seen on video sitting down in a locker littered with banana peels after a teammate threatens to break his knees if he doesn’t comply.
Chicago trucker charged in kidnapping and ransom scheme, and there may be more victims
The suspects are Brian T. Summerson, 25, of South Carolina, who worked along I-95 from New Jersey to Miami, as well as along routes between Kansas City and Chicago, and Pierre L. Washington, 35, of Chicago, who owns a trucking company called God Got Me LLC.