North Shore brothers plead guilty in Capitol insurrection cases

Two North Shore brothers who entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection each pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor charges connected with the breach.

Chicago prepares for COVID omicron variant, though no cases have been detected in Illinois yet

The highly contagious COVID omicron variant hasn’t been confirmed here locally, but authorities predict it's days away. Chicago is currently averaging over 600 COVID cases a day. The positivity rate is 4.1%

Man, 22, shot and killed in North Chicago: Police

A 22-year-old Kenosha man was found dead in a home in North Chicago Sunday morning, according to police. 

Six residents of senior living community in Fox Lake taken to hospitals with COVID symptoms

Authorities said that they received a call from the Cottages of Fox Lake about a sick patient at about 5:30 p.m. While on the way, they realized they were going to need six ambulances.

ICU beds become harder to find in Illinois as COVID infections spread

The state's “Region 7” area, which covers southern Cook County, plus Will, Grundy, and Kankakee counties, had just eight ICU beds available as of Dec. 2.

Zion shooting sends two men to hospital, one 'not expected to survive': Police

Zion police are investigating a shooting that sent two men to the hospital Wednesday. One man is not expected to survive, while the other is in critical condition, police said.

Man carjacked as he arrived at work in Lake County Saturday morning

The victim, 42, was getting out of his car at his workplace right off I-94 near Highway 176 in Green Oaks around 6:10 a.m. when two men walked up.

'Fire Nagy' chants heard at Nagy's son's football game

People have been yelling, "Fire Nagy" at Bears games and even at Nagy's son's football game this past weekend.

Kyle Rittenhouse tells all in first interview, says he wants to leave Antioch

Perhaps most surprising, Kyle Rittenhouse twice stated he not only supports the Black Lives Matter movement, but that he agrees with it — and any narrative outside of him acting in self-defense that night is false.