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CHICAGO - A man was shot while sitting in traffic in Washington Heights Monday evening. A 25-year-old man was in a vehicle and stopped in traffic in the 9700 block of South Halsted at about 4:12 p.m. Two offenders then exited a dark color SUV and began shooting at the...

A family is dealing with unimaginable grief after their loved one, a 23-year-old mother, died in a two-vehicle collision Saturday night in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. At approximately 10:40 p.m., Raven Holliday and two other women were riding in a black Nissan SUV when it collided with a white Kia at the intersection of West 73rd Street and South Racine Avenue.

(WBBM NEWSRADIO) —A 31-year-old Elgin man drowned over the weekend after trying to help one of his children in a southeast Wisconsin lake. A variety of police rescue agencies from northern Illinois and the Geneva Lake, Wisconsin area responded Sunday evening to a distress call near Big Foot Beach on Geneva Lake.

LYNWOOD — A 29-year-old Chicago man was killed and two others injured in a shooting early Sunday at The New Corner Bar & Grill at 20600 Torrence Ave., police said. The deceased, who was pronounced dead at Franciscan Health Dyer hospital, was identified Sunday by the Lake County coroner's office as Cornelius L. Washington Jr.

A west suburban man has been sentenced to probation and community service for the 2019 beating death of his mother. Thomas W. Summerwill, 23, agreed to a sentence of four years of probation and 200 hours of community service in exchange for a guilty plea in the March 2019 beating death of 53-year-old Mary B. Summerwill of Campton Hills, according to the Kane County State's Attorney's office.

Three winners were chosen Monday during the fourth $100,000 drawing of Illinois' COVID vaccine lottery. The winners, located in Schaumburg, Springfield and Macon County, will be notified by the Illinois Department of Public Health by phone or email starting Monday afternoon. Each will be awarded a $100,000 cash prize. "Illinoisans...

The Kane County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help with any information regarding a shooting incident early this morning (Monday, Aug. 2, 2021) in an Aurora Township home. According to a Kane County Sheriff’s Office news release, sheriff’s deputies and Aurora Police Department officers responded at around 1:20 a.m....

Jamar L. Robinson has been charged with first-degree murder in last week's shooting death of Jorge Sanchez in Carpentersville. The Kane County state's attorney's office announced felony charges on Monday for Robinson, 29, of Chicago, in relation to Thursday's shooting in the 0-99 block of Oxford Road in Carpentersville. Sanchez, 30, died from multiple gunshot wounds suffered at the Foxview Apartment Complex, according to the state's attorney's office.

GARY, Ind. — A 1-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man are in serious condition following a double shooting Monday afternoon in Gary. Just after around 1 p.m., officers were dispatched to a report of shots fired in the 800 block of West 25th Avenue. When they arrived, they were met by a female holding a 1-year-old boy who had been shot.

One man was shot six times. At least four guns, including one rifle, were fired. More than 90 shots were fired. But police cannot find a single person who’ll tell them what happened on the 500 block of West Oak early Saturday. Detectives have classified the shooting as “gang-related” because...

According to several reports and social media tributes, Chicago drill rapper Edai 600 was shot and killed over the weekend. Edai, whose real name is Cordai Ealy, was reportedly shot several times in his back on the early morning of August 1, according to a recording of a Chicago Police scanner. No arrests have been made in the shooting.

CHICAGO – Locals expressed their frustration to law enforcement and city council members Monday night following two incidents in which stray bullets pierced surrounding homes in Chicago’s South Loop. “I was at home sitting on my couch watching TV with a friend and we had heard glass shatter. It sounded...

(CNN) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed new legislation expanding background checks on all gun sales in the state starting in 2024, a step he touted as "commonsense" and with bipartisan support. The legislation -- which was signed in Aurora, Illinois, more than two years after five employees...