America can no longer afford to be soft on crime through its laws, police budgets, and elections of leaders and prosecutors, ...

A Chuck E. Cheese's mascot has been arrested in Florida after a customer ratted him out as an alleged thief, police said.

Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old from the city of Columbia, died on July 18 after developing an infection associated with Naegleria fowleri in Lake Murray, according to a statement released by the family’s ...

A McHenry County man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after a driver was shot and seriously injured on ...

Chicago Police alert local businesses in 7th District of recent burglaries, advising increased security measures.

As residents of Chicago's Northwest Side recovered from the sweltering heat, a round of storms Thursday caused a ground stop at O'Hare and Midway airports.

Chicago police put out another community alert Thursday morning, after more antisemitic messages were found in the Hyde Park neighborhood.

Here’s a look at the Chicago Transit Authority, both its history and its present-day status as the second largest public transportation system in the United States. The largest mass transit system in ...

The new database launched after WTTW News reported the city spent $510.9 million on employee overtime in 2024 — 1.5% less ...

The victims were walking with two other males and a female in the 7200 block of South Avers Avenue when at least one within the group opened fire at the teens, police said.

RCP co-founder Tom Bevan spoke with Emily Jashinsky on "Afterparty" about former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's presidential ...

A 2-year-old girl who was abducted at gunpoint early Wednesday during a home invasion on the city's South Side has been ...