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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

He was instrumental in the early 1990s in guiding Illinois’ economy through a severe national economic downturn,” said RTA chair Kirk Dillard.

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

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.

A Chicago man has been charged with the murder of a 33-year-old in Archer Heights, according to Chicago Police.