Woman rescued from elevator in downtown Chicago
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A woman was stuck in an elevator shaft in a building located in Chicago's Loop Thursday night.

Man carjacked at gunpoint in Chicago's Loop

A 23-year-old man was carjacked at gunpoint in Chicago's Loop neighborhood Wednesday night, police said. 

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.