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CHICAGO — Prosecutors have charged an employee with murdering two men inside a South Side fast food restaurant on Monday night, according to Chicago police. Surveillance video provided to CWBChicago appears to show that neither victim was threatening the shooter at the moment when they were killed. Mehdi Medellel,...

CHICAGO — A 21-year-old man has been charged after causing a SWAT incident at Trump Tower in River North. Brandon Peck, of Ohio, faces two felony counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon/no Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card, and one citation. At a detention hearing Wednesday, prosecutors said police found two loaded firearms in Peck’s […]

The homicide took place on Aug. 30 at approximately 9:30 p.m. in the 11800 block of South Indiana Avenue. The Worst Way to Withdraw From Retirement AccountsSmartAsset|. Suspect 1: Wore a black hooded sweatshirt, gray sweatpants, and black shoes. Suspect 2: Wore a light-colored hooded sweatshirt and light-colored jeans. Suspect...

CHICAGO — A man was found guilty Tuesday for the murder of an off-duty Chicago police officer in 2019. Officer John Rivera, 23, was shot and killed after leaving a River North establishment around 3:30 a.m. in March 2019. Rivera was with friends and they returned to Rivera’s parked car in the 700 block of […]

CHICAGO — Two migrants from Venezuela, arrested a total of ten times this year, are now accused of burglarizing a restaurant storage shed at Oak Street Beach. Jhoni Montes Alexander, 31, and Oscar Garcia Adrian, 25, were arrested as they walked along the lakefront path with a power washer, toolbox, and bolt cutters, according to a Chicago police report.

CHICAGO — After Chicago police received a ShotSpotter alert last month at an address where a man was on house arrest for a pending felony gun charge, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office decided to pay the man a visit. According to court records, they conducted a “compliance check”...

CHICAGO - A woman was shot while standing outside on Chicago's Far South Side Tuesday night. The incident occurred around 10:09 p.m. in the 11600 block of South Racine. Police reported that a 31-year-old woman was standing on the sidewalk when shots were fired nearby, striking her twice in the right leg and once in the left.

CHICAGO - A Chicago woman was arrested this week after allegedly hitting and killing a pedestrian while driving under the influence on the Dan Ryan Expressway. Ronne L. Watson, 47, faces charges of aggravated DUI resulting in death, according to police. The incident occurred early Sunday at around 1:34 a.m....

CHICAGO - Illinois State Police arrested a man accused of leaving the scene of a fatal crash on the Stevenson Expressway last month. The crash happened on Sept. 8 on Interstate 55 southbound under Interstate 94. Around 5:05 a.m., troopers were called to the area for reports of a pedestrian struck by a car. The victim, who was not identified, was found dead at the scene.

CHICAGO - Hurricane Milton made landfall tonight in Florida as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key. Devastating impacts are expected, especially along the coast where life-threatening storm surge is moving in. Conditions will continue to deteriorate this evening and tonight in Florida. As for Chicagoland, our quiet weather pattern...

The Chicago Department of Public Health is warning the attendees of a large outdoor concert in the city that they may have been exposed to bats with rabies. Here's what to know.

CHICAGO — A Cicero man has been jailed as a safety risk after prosecutors accused him of robbing and threatening to kill a woman with a broken bottle aboard a Blue Line train. Geronimo Espinoso, 32, grabbed a 29-year-old woman’s purse on a train near the Cicero station around...

On October 9, 2024, the world of drill music in Chicago was again thrown into turmoil when Lasheena Weekly, the mother of slain rapper FBG Duck, filed a staggering 230-page lawsuit against Lil Durk, the estate of King Von, and various record labels, including Alamo Records and Sony Music. The lawsuit alleges that Lil Durk and King Von engaged in a conspiracy to orchestrate the murder of FBG Duck, who was fatally shot in August 2020. This legal action highlights not only the violent realities associated with the genre but also raises questions about the accountability of artists and their affiliations.

A grocery store owner in Cook County is happy because one of his tickets won the Lucky Day Lotto and is now worth $650,000. The store owner, Mayurkumar Patel, said that a regular customer told him about the story. The Berwyn Minimart is inside the Clark gas station at 1546 Lombard Avenue.

Ashanti Randolph has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder and aggravated assault after allegedly shooting and killing a 34-year-old man in the West Loop neighborhood of Chicago.

Chicago police are searching for a missing 16-year-old boy from Aurora who is in need of medical help.

The City of Chicago recently passed an ordinance that will require landlords who lease multi-family units inside a specified six-square mile radius in Chicago, to tender a Right of First Refusal to their tenants before selling the building to a third party. The aim of the ordinance is to chill gentrification and it will impact parts of Humboldt Park, Logan Square and other neighborhoods. This ordinance goes into effect on October 9, 2024. This ordinance will also make demolishing properties in the impacted areas far more expensive by its substantial increase in demolition “surcharges.”

CHICAGO - A man was shot during a domestic dispute on Chicago's Near West Side Wednesday morning. The incident occurred around 6:18 a.m. in the 2000 block of West Adams Street. According to police, a 39-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man were involved in an argument that escalated into a...

CHICAGO - The Chicagoland area is seeing an outbreak of Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD), a virus that most of the time kills deer and other hoofed animals. The outbreak is being fueled by ongoing drought conditions and warmer-than-usual temperatures, which have created the ideal environment for midges—the insects responsible for spreading the disease.

LITTLE VILLAGE — A 33-year-old man has been charged with murder in the slaying of a teen this August in Little Village. Jesus Pena Jr., 33, was arrested this week and has been charged with first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated discharge of a gun, police said. Police said Pena shot and killed a 17-year-old, identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office as Juan Sebastian Salgado.