Chicago-area black population drops as residents leave for South, suburbs
Cook County in 2015 recorded the largest black population of any county in the U.S., a title it has held for several years, but its lead grows shakier as more...
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At least 6 tornadoes confirmed in Illinois: ‘Our house was shaking’
Members of the Maierhofer family of Seneca hunkered down in their basement with several of their neighbors as tornado-producing storms roared through north-central Illinois on Wednesday night, causing extensive damage...
16 wounded in city shootings
At least 16 people have been wounded in shootings since midday Wednesday, all on the South and West sides, police said. Among the victims are a 65-year-old woman shot at...
‘Escape rooms’ opening up across Chicago will lock you up for fun
Behind the door of a room in Wicker Park's historic Flat Iron building are five friends who are trapped, desperate for means of escape. They jiggle combination locks, testing one...
Cop pulls people, dogs from burning Avondale buildings
A fire that engulfed two Avondale houses and scorched a third around noon on Tuesday also claimed the life of a dog that was trapped in a cage inside one...
5 dead, 8 wounded, including 3-year-old boy, in city shootings
A 21-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday afternoon by what's believed to be an assault rifle in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, according to police. Four men also were...
Man killed on Blue Line CTA tracks
A man in his 50s died after he was apparently electrocuted and then struck by an inbound CTA Blue Line train near the Kedzie-Homan stop Sunday evening. He was pronounced...
$100K bail for Little Village motorist accused of reckless homicide
A judge Sunday afternoon set bail at $100,000 for a Little Village man who is accused of reckless homicide after a crash Thursday that left a 62-year-old West Garfield Park...
Man kicked in head by police officer faces charges
A man seen in a Facebook video choking a Chicago police officer and then apparently being kicked or stomped in the head by a second officer was charged Thursday with...
Eugene Moore, former Cook County recorder of deeds, dies at 73
Eugene Moore, 73, the former Cook County recorder of deeds and a longtime Proviso Township politician, died Tuesday. The cause was prostate cancer, which had recently metastasized to his bones,...