The rate of drug overdose deaths has seen steep declines over the past two years, but a new data tool developed by Northwestern University suggests progress may be stalling.

1978: John Wayne Gacy was arrested in the suspected murders of 33 young men and boys. Police were told Gacy had already ...

A wrongful death lawsuit was announced in the shooting of Chicago Police Officer Krystal Rivera earlier this year. There is ...

A Bulgarian business owner who lived in Chicago for decades and was arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has ...

The man who died in an Ottawa, Illinois, skydiving accident on July 7 was identified by the LaSalle County coroner as 48-year-old Dr. Noel Liu of East Peoria. Coroner Richard Ploch was called to ...

A Chicago man was gunned down in a parking lot outside his car on Wednesday as loved ones watched in horror from a Facebook Live stream. Kevin Watson was visiting his cousin’s jobsite in the South ...

Outrage erupts over the death of a Chicago business owner in ICE custody, raising questions about detention conditions and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago police sergeant is the second member of the department to die after contracting COVID-19. Detective Sgt. Clifford Martin, also known as Cliff, worked in the Area Central ...