Abraham Lincoln statue vandalized on Chicago's North Side

President Abraham Lincoln, known famously for helping end legal slavery in the United States, has faced criticism in recent years.

Professional Ukrainian soccer coach now with amateur team in Chicago after fleeing war

In February, Andriy Berezovchuk was coaching a professional team in Ukraine, just two miles from the Russian border. Then, the war began. Now, he's coaching an amateur soccer team in Chicago.

Loyola University 'mishandled and underreported' sex misconduct complaints involving students, lawsuit says

In a lawsuit filed in Cook County circuit court, three women say the university “systemically mishandled and underreported student complaints of sexual misconduct” and “maintained a de facto policy” to “suppress reports of sexual violence and sexual harassment."

1 in custody after SWAT situation at Edgewater apartment complex

One person was arrested after a barricade situation at an Edgewater apartment that began Tuesday night and carried into Wednesday morning on Chicago's North Side.

Man accused of damaging Chicago abortion clinics charged in federal court

A man who has already admitted damaging two Chicago clinics that provide abortion services — and who has been suspected of additional attacks — now faces federal prosecution, court records show.

1 in custody after man wounded in Edgewater shooting

One person is in custody after a man was wounded in a shooting Friday morning in the Edgewater neighborhood.

Chicago crime: 8 armed robberies reported in 4 hours across the city

In the span of four hours, the offenders arrived in a black Honda sedan, displayed handguns and robbed at least eight victims of their belongings, police said.

17-year-old boy shot in parking lot in Edgewater

The teen was in the parking lot when a group of unknown offenders approached him, police said. One of the offenders produced a firearm and fired shots at the victim.

16-year-old charged in North Side carjacking

A teenage boy was charged in connection with a carjacking Tuesday afternoon in the Edgewater Glen neighborhood.

Workers at two Starbucks stores in Chicago vote to unionize

Workers at two Starbucks locations in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood voted Wednesday to join a union, the first in the city to do so in a national campaign targeting the coffee chain, labor organizers said.

Chicago police investigating 2 bodies found in Edgewater apartment building
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A woman expecting to graduate from the University of Illinois Chicago next week was found murdered in Edgewater Beach on Monday, a day before police found a man dead in the same apartment building.