A Chicago record store in its Bridgeport neighborhood was hit with death threats due to its selling of "Black music." ...

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

The man was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his back around 6:20 a.m. in the 1600 block of East 95th Street, Chicago police said.

1978: John Wayne Gacy was arrested in the suspected murders of 33 young men and boys. Police were told Gacy had already admitted to his lawyer that he committed “maybe 30” murders.

Twenty-five years ago on Chicago Fire Department Lieutenant Scott Gillen was killed in a crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway.

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.

A Batavia man was arrested after he called 911 and said he had killed his wife, whom police found fatally wounded.

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

Each year, CBS News Chicago remembers some of the many people who made the city tick through a variety of talents and achievements. Here are 62 people whose memories Chicago is honoring in 2025.

Chad D. Schenk, 41, was found about 2:40 p.m. Wednesday in a home in the 700 block of South Carpenter Street, police said.

James Ransone's wife Jamie McPhee shared how she and the late "Wire" actor’s kids Jack, 6, and Violet 4, are doing following ...

The shooting has sent ripples of worry and anxiety across many of the roughly 2,300 Afghans who have resettled in Illinois ...