Christmas tree goes up in flames, volunteers robbed while decorating homes in Chicago

CHICAGO - Four people were hospitalized after a car sped through a red light and crashed into another vehicle early Thursday in the Irving Park neighborhood. An Infiniti sedan traveling westbound around 2:45 a.m. in the 3400 block of West Addison Street when it ran a red light at a high rate of speed and struck a Mazda sedan, police said.

CHICAGO - Two people were shot while leaving a convenience store Monday night in the Logan Square neighborhood. A 51-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman were exiting a convenience store around 10:35 p.m. in the 3900 block of West Diversey Avenue when someone inside a black SUV traveling eastbound started shooting, police said.

CHICAGO - An unarmed 13-year-old boy was shot and critically wounded by Chicago police Wednesday after officers stopped a car wanted for a carjacking in Oak Park a day earlier, according to police sources. Members of CPD's Vehicle Hijacking Task Force Team were trying to stop the vehicle around 10:14...

A person was critically wounded by Chicago police officers in a shooting Wednesday night in Austin on the West Side.

Unaccompanied minors will no longer be allowed in Millennium Park after 6 p.m., beginning Thursday night when a curfew is set to go into effect. The ban came just one day after a 16-year-old was killed in front of ‘The Bean.’

CHICAGO - Mass Transit Detectives are searching for a suspect connected to a robbery that occurred on a CTA Blue Line platform Sunday. The robbery occurred at the platform located at Clark and Lake. At about 5:50 a.m., the suspect approached a passenger on the CTA Blue Line platform and...

Two people were wounded by gunfire down the street from an elementary school in Little Village where classes had just gotten out Tuesday afternoon.

Chicago - At this time last week we were at the tail end of the Chicago area's first heat wave of 2022. Midway broke four record highs last week while O'Hare tied one and beat another. Highs soared to 90 degrees or above and combined with unusually high levels of humidity for May to give us heat index values near 100 degrees.

WAUKEGAN, Ill. - A North Chicago man was killed Monday when he collided with an ambulance while riding his motorcycle in suburban Waukegan. Shortly before 3 p.m., a Waukegan ambulance was transporting a patient to Vista Medical Center when it collided with a motorcycle at the intersection of Lake Street and South Genesee Street.

CHICAGO - The city will resume water meter installations. Mayor Lori Lightfoot suspended the program in 2019 after a study found lead levels rose 22 percent in homes after a water meter was installed. A state law takes effect next year, which requires lead service lines be replaced with non-lead...

LAKE STATION, Ind. - A driver was killed in a fiery crash on Interstate 80 Wednesday night near Lake Station, Indiana. A Chevrolet was not moving in the middle of I-80 around 11 p.m. near the Ripley Street exit when it was struck by a semi tractor-trailer, Indiana State Police said.

CHICAGO - The mother of a young man shot in Lincoln Park says she's awed by his fighting spirit, as well as his bravery in helping catch the alleged gunman. Just over a week after he was was shot three times during a robbery near the DePaul University campus, prosecutors say Dakotah Earley helped identify his attacker.

There is a new resident at Navy Pier: a 16-foot Flyboy sculpture created by Chicago’s own Hebru Brantley.

A man is facing charges in connection with the robbery and shooting of 23-year-old Dakotah Earley in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Chicago police announced Tuesday.

HANOVER PARK, Ill. - A man was found dead in a Hanover Park home on Monday, prompting police to launch a homicide investigation. Police responded to a report of people arguing around 10 p.m. in the 7900 block of Northway Drive and found the body of a 58-year-old man inside the residence.

CHICAGO - Chicago Ald. Maria Hadden (49th) said on Facebook on Saturday that three people have died in an apartment building without air conditioning in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Hadden said that she had started getting complaints from residents at the James Sneider apartments, 7450 N Rogers, on Thursday. By...

CHICAGO - A violent weekend is reviving questions about the role of social media in crime. Before a teenager was shot and killed near Millennium Park, Chicago police say social media posts drew large groups of teens downtown. "I'm concerned, frankly, this particular one was from a ghost account, phony...

CHICAGO - Police released photos of a vehicle that struck and critically injured a man last week in Old Irving Park on the Northwest Side. The driver struck a 48-year-old motorist in the 4000 block of North Pulaski around 2:45 p.m. May 14 and continued without stopping, Chicago police said.

GENEVA, Ill. - A person was struck and killed by a Metra UP-W train Tuesday morning near west suburban Geneva. The accident happened around 6:30 a.m. as the train #18 was heading toward Chicago, officials said. Inbound and outbound trains were stopped for hours near Geneva as police investigated. This...

CHICAGO - In planning for a peaceful summer, violence prevention groups have joined together to try to keep Chicago safe. "Welcome to Violence Prevent 2022, we are excited to have you all here today!" one speaker said. About 200 community leaders, social workers, academics and violence prevention experts gathered Wednesday...