Chicago pizza chain fined $188K for shortchanging employees' overtime wages

An Illinois-based pizzeria chain owes its employees over $180,000 in back wages and damages after federal investigators determined the owner had violated labor laws for the second time in six years.

'I have the biggest d*** in Chicago': Lightfoot berated park district lawyer over Columbus statue, suit claims

A lawsuit was filed against the City of Chicago and Mayor Lori Lightfoot Wednesday, claiming she used obscene language and defamed a former Chicago Park District lawyer who was involved in the Christopher Columbus statue controversy in 2021.

Missing 17-year-old boy found safe: police

Timoleon Kapadoukakis, 17, is described as 6'1" tall and 130 pounds, Chicago police said. He has brown hair and brown eyes with a light complexion.

Chicago's 'Bean' sculpture tagged with graffiti, man arrested

Charges are pending against an 18-year-old man for vandalizing Chicago’s famous ‘Bean’ sculpture Friday night.

Man struck by CTA train after falling on tracks

A man was struck by a CTA train after falling onto the tracks late Friday night in the Loop.

Man charged with attacking 5 women minutes apart in the Loop

A 28-year-old man is facing multiple aggravated battery charges after police say he attempted to rob multiple women separately, in the matter of minutes Tuesday.