CDC reports 1st case of person-to-person spread of coronavirus in Illinois

The latest case - the sixth in the country - is the husband of a Chicago woman who got sick from the virus after she returned from the epicenter of an outbreak in China.

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.

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.

Missing woman found dead after going with stranger to buy marijuana: police

Police say a missing woman in northwest Indiana was fatally shot during a robbery and “callously dumped” at an abandoned elementary school in Gary.

Girl, 7, shot while trick-or-treating in Little Village: police

A 7-year-old was shot in the chest as she trick-or-treated in a bumblebee costume Thursday evening in Little Village.

Special needs school bus aide charged with striking child, knocking out 2 teeth

A former Burlington Central School District bus aide has been charged with striking a young child and knocking out two teeth in the northwest suburbs.

John Wayne Gacy property where 33 were murdered up for sale

John Wayne Gacy, the notorious serial killer also known as "Pogo the Clown", lived in his suburban Chicago home in Norwood Park from 1971 until December 1978 when he was arrested, and all of his known murders were committed there. 

See ya later, alligator! Elusive reptile captured from Chicago lagoon

The alligator had a good run as day after day the people hunting for him in a Chicago lagoon came up empty, but in the end he was no match for an expert the city shipped in from Florida.