Body pulled from Lake Michigan a mile out from Lincoln Park
A man’s body was pulled from Lake Michigan Thursday morning east of Lincoln Park on the North Side, according to police.
Teen sexually assaulted 13-year-old girl during field trip in Aurora: lawsuit
The suit, filed Tuesday in Kane County circuit court, alleges that Northern Illinois Academy was negligent and failed to supervise or separate the two students leading up to the sex assault in a bathroom of the Aurora Public Library.
95 percent of baby foods tested contained toxic metals, report finds
Rice-based products, sweet potatoes and fruit juices were found to have the highest risk for neurotoxic harm, the report states.
Family's basement fills with 5 inches of animal blood
Blood may be thicker than water, but it'll still flood your basement.
Chicago teachers go on strike: Here's what they want
The Chicago Teachers Union is on strike on Thursday in the nation's third-largest school district.
Man, 77, missing from Beverly
Bobbie Blake was last seen about 8 a.m. at a bus stop in the 10500 block of South Western Avenue, Chicago police said.
Powerful Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings has died
Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper's son who rose to become the powerful chairman of a U.S. House committee that investigated President Donald Trump, died early Thursday of complications from longstanding health issues, his office said. He was 68.
Armed robberies reported at Gresham businesses: police
Two men have held up at least three Gresham businesses in October, according to Chicago police.
Family of pregnant woman hit by truck in River North files wrongful death suit
The family of a pregnant woman who was fatally struck by a truck last month in River North has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver and his employer.
5 shot Wednesday in Chicago
Five people were wounded Wednesday in shootings across Chicago, including a 17-year-old girl who was shot in Gresham on the South Side.
Boy, 15, missing from Arlington Heights may be in danger
Victor Ponce, 15, was last seen about 11:30 p.m. at an apartment in the 500 block of Circle Hill Drive, state police said.
Chicago teachers strike in nation's 3rd largest district
Chicago teachers went on strike Thursday, marching on picket lines after failing to reach a contract deal with the nation's third-largest school district in a dispute that canceled classes for more than 300,000 students.
Girl, 13, missing from Austin
Sanniyah Jones was last seen Tuesday in the area of Central Avenue and Washington Boulevard, police said.
Embattled former alderman uses loophole to double pension
He's at the center of a growing federal corruption investigation, but former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis has just started collecting a pension of nearly $100,000.
Inspector general slams detectives' probe of officer's death
Chicago's inspector general says police department detectives conducted an "incompetent and incomplete" investigation into the suspicious death of an officer.
Board votes to close Rich East High School in Park Forest
After years of declining enrollment, south suburban School District 227 has voted to close Rich East High School.
CBP: 32 people found inside refrigerated semi-truck at Nogales border
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol found dozens of people locked in a trailer trying to cross the border at Nogales, and it was a K-9 that first tipped off agents.
Corrections officer charged with stealing $20K in unworked overtime
A Lake County corrections officer is accused of stealing thousands of dollars through falsified timecards.
Boxer Patrick Day dies 4 days after fight in Chicago
Boxer Patrick Day died Wednesday, four days after sustaining head injuries in a fight with Charles Conwell.
Identical twin nurses help deliver identical twin babies at same hospital where they were born
In what could only happen once in a blue moon, a pair of identical twin nurses in Georgia assisted in the birth of identical twin babies.