Legal weed sales in Illinois total nearly $11-million in just 5 days

Dispensaries across the state have rendered 271,169 transactions since cannabis was legalized on January 1, 2020 – totaling exactly $10,830,667.91 in sales.

Chicago-area U.S. soldier killed in attack at Kenya military base

Two other Americans, both contractors with the U.S. Department of Defense, were also killed Sunday by al-Shabab extremists at Manda Bay Airfield.

Illinois rakes in $3.2 million on first day of legal recreational marijuana sales

Illinois rang in the new year by officially legalizing the sale of recreational marijuana, raking in nearly $3.2 million in sales on its first day, state officials announced Thursday.

2 babies dead after woman leaves 1 in bathtub, jumps from South Shore apartment with other: police

Two toddlers died early Thursday after a woman allegedly stabbed her grandfather, tossed one child out a window and then jumped from an 11th-floor South Shore apartment — leaving the other child scalded in a bathtub, Chicago police said.

Greg Zanis retiring from making crosses for victims of tragedy

Greg Zanis has memorialized Chicago shooting victims. He's also crisscrossed the country by pick-up delivering over 27,000 crosses to victims of mass shootings, tornadoes and wildfires.

13 people shot at house party in Chicago; 4 critical

Chicago police say 13 people were shot at a house party on the city's South Side and four are critically injured

Baby stolen from Chicago hospital in 1964 is found living in Michigan, report says

A baby named Paul Fronczak who famously was kidnapped one day after he was born at a Chicago hospital in 1964 reportedly has been found living in rural Michigan under another identity.

Salt truck plunges into Lake Michigan near Chicago Avenue

About 7:15 a.m., officers and fire officials responded to calls of a vehicle in the water in the 900 block of North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago police said.

Phoenix girl, 17, found in Chicago after going missing for 2nd time

A 17-year-old girl from Phoenix, Arizona, has been found safe after going missing in Chicago for the second time this month.

Woman kidnapped in Chicago, sexually assaulted by multiple people in basement for 6 days

Police are searching for a man who kidnapped a woman in Englewood and held her captive in a basement for six days, where she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by several people.

Chicago cop who body slammed man to ground relieved of police powers: CPD

A man was hospitalized after being slammed to the ground by police Thursday in Chatham when he allegedly spit on an officer while being detained for drinking alcohol in public.

Video shows school bus driver drinking beer during pickups

A school bus driver in Illinois was arrested and charged after surveillance footage filmed her purchasing and then drinking beer while transporting elementary school children on Friday morning, November 15.

Video shows woman raped in River North while security guards stand by, watch

A woman was recently sexually assaulted in an alley in River North while two security guards for a popular bar stand nearby and do nothing to stop it.