Group stabs clerk during robbery inside Loop convenience store
The suspects took an unknown amount of money and merchandise before fleeing eastbound on foot, according to police.
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The suspects took an unknown amount of money and merchandise before fleeing eastbound on foot, according to police.
Investigators say a man broke into a 70-year-old woman's home where he beat and robbed her before fleeing the scene.
Each of the robberies happened on April 10 within a half hour just blocks apart.
Police say a young man walked up to the victims on the sidewalk, demanded their stuff, then either hit or kicked each victim before he ran off.
Two women are charged with attacking and robbing a 16-year-old girl on a CTA Red Line in Chatham last week.
The FBI is investigating if the robberies are connected.
A Brinks armored truck was robbed Wednesday morning in south suburban Calumet City.
Mass Transit detectives are looking for three women responsible for robbing a passenger on a CTA Red Line train Friday evening.
The robberies happened in the afternoon and evening hours during the months of March and April.
The method is simliar each time: A group of one to three men wearing dark clothes and ski masks approaches a mail carrier, armed with guns, demanding the US postal keys, which is a kind of master key that unlocks some blocks of mailboxes.
Two teenage boys are facing multiple charges in connection with robberies and carjackings in Logan Square on Thursday.
Two teenage boys are facing multiple charges in connection to a series of robberies and carjackings in the Logan Square neighborhood.
Investigators said at 1:03 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, the men robbed the letter carrier at 748 S. Francisco Ave., near Polk Street, in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
A man was hit in the face and robbed of his belongings in West Town Wednesday morning.
Police a group of six to eight men would approach victims and demand their vehicles.
Police say multiple armed suspects approached victims on the sidewalk and demanded their property by threatening the use of force.
The suspected robber was later pronounced dead.
The suspected robber was later pronounced dead.
A man is charged after attacking and robbing a CTA employee on the Near West Side this month.
Five days after the most recent incident, many are still uncomfortable at the Cumberland Avenue Mariano's.
A teenage girl is charged after attacking and robbing another teen outside a CTA Blue Line stop earlier this month.
Park Ridge police are looking for a trio of robbers who seem to have a pattern. Twice, shoppers have been targeted leaving the Mariano's grocery store at Cumberland and Higgins.
The victims were able to give police a license plate number, adding there may have been a fourth person in the Jeep who didn't get out.
Police say around 5:15 p.m., the suspect approached a 26-year-old woman at the stop, located in the 1200 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, took her headphones, and fled the scene.
Mass transit detectives are looking to identify the person who robbed a woman at the CTA Division Blue Line stop Monday.
Former Waukegan police officer Dante Salinas has been found guilty of official misconduct in a bench trial related to punching a civilian.
Police said the 57-year-old woman was standing near a front window of the house when she was hit by gunfire.
The Chase for Business Make Your Move summit is in Chicago to help small business owners learn and grow their companies.
We've told you about Chicago's "Kite man," Temo Chavez. Now you can join him and his family to learn to build kites of your own.
Chicago Public Schools is working to see if it can keep its magnet school programs that were supposed to be funded with a federal grant after the Trump administration pulled the money.
President Trump's Justice Department has brought criminal charges against James Comey, indicting him on two counts, though a federal grand jury rejected one count.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed generals and admirals, as well as some of their staff, from around the world to come to Quantico, Virginia, next week.
Cook County Republican Party Chairman Aaron Del Mar will be Bailey's running mate.
City attorneys have said that taking the lawsuits to trial would have cost the city far more — up to $500 million — to resolve the avalanche of wrongful conviction cases tied to former Sgt. Ronald Watts.
Federal prosecutors are considering asking a grand jury to indict former FBI Director James Comey, sources say.
Marilyn Hagerty, the North Dakota newspaper columnist whose earnest review of her local Olive Garden became a social media sensation, has died.
Some municipalities have decided to keep the tax in place at the municipal level, on the grounds that they need the revenue.
Some local gas stations as of Tuesday afternoon were posting prices of $4 per gallon for regular unleaded, and more than $5 for premium.
Many drivers are as frustrated with the unexplained spike in their auto insurance as they are with congestion on the roads.
The Arlington Heights Village Board on Monday night approved a new 5% streaming tax.
The treatment involved a patient with uveal melanoma — a rare cancer of the eye — that had spread to the patient's liver.
The person who died was a suburban Cook County resident in their 60s.
The department said the patient was a 4-year-old child who was not vaccinated.
Colon cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men under 50 and the second leading cause in women of the same age, according to the American Cancer Society.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order last week to protect state residents' access to COVID and other vaccines in the fall respiratory virus season.
The Chase for Business Make Your Move summit is in Chicago to help small business owners learn and grow their companies.
On Saturday, Sept. 27, the Goodman will host an ice cream social with ice cream from Rainbow Cone, accompanied by stories from the owners of three of Chicago's most beloved businesses
The funding was made possible through the second round of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program.
Chicago-based sandwich maker Potbelly is being acquired by the gas station and convenience store chain RaceTrac for $566 million.
The other two American Science & Surplus stores, in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva and in Milwaukee, may stay open as employee-owned and operated businesses.
Rocki Irish Mayers was born on Sept. 13, according to Rihanna's caption on Instagram.
Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late-night show just less than a week after network broadcaster ABC pulled "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" over remarks he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
News of Carroll's death was shared on social media early Monday by multiple friends and collaborators.
"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" had been preempted on Wednesday following comments Kimmel made on the show in response to the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Clad in black leather, Stamos joined founding Beach Boys member Mike Love, 60-year group veteran Bruce Johnston, and the touring band that now plays with them.
We’ve told you about Chicago’s “Kite man,” Temo Chavez. Now you can join him and his family to learn to build kites of your own at the Garfield Park Conservatory.
Sunny and clear with highs in the low- to mid-80s Friday. Get the latest seven day forecast from our First Alert Weather team.
Vince Gerasole has an inside look at "Ashland Avenue" now playing at Goodman Theatre.
The Make Your Move Summit is in Chicago to help small business owners grow and prosper.
At least two protesters were detained on Friday morning. Federal agents deployed pepper balls, tear gas, and rubber bullets several times at 50 to 75 protesters standing outside the facility, despite the fencing.
This comes a week after a heated exchange outside the facility that led to multiple arrests.
A woman selling tamales was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the Southwest Side of Chicago.
On Sept. 26, 1957, renowned herpetologist and Field Museum curator emeritus Karl Patterson Schmidt died from a snakebite. He documented the process in meticulous, graphic detail.
A security guard is charged with aggravated battery in the shooting outside a South Loop Jewel-Osco that injured a 17-year-old girl.
Former Waukegan police officer Dante Salinas has been found guilty of official misconduct in a bench trial related to punching a civilian.
Chicago's violent crime is down double-digit percentage points so far in 2025 compared to 2024, according to a CBS News analysis of Chicago Police Department data.
Village of Lisle moves to find alternatives to high water bills for homeowners who get water from a private company
Ald. Vasquez said it's the first time he's seen such an act, but is open to speaking to whoever left the dead rat and note about immigrants, calling them both vermin.
What do barbecued monkey, ostrich eggs, and whale meat sausage have in common? They've all recently been seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection specialists at O'Hare Airport.
West Garfield Park residents are excited to learn that a new EV charging station is coming to their area at the end of the month.
Francisco Lindor homered to reach the 30-30 milestone for the second time, Brett Baty went deep and the New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 8-5 to remain in position for the final National League wild card.
The playoff-bound Yankees finished a three-game sweep to move a season-high 23 games above .500.
As the Bears get ready to hit the road for Sunday's game against the Raiders in Las Vegas, Ben Johnson's offense remains a running game by committee, but nobody seems to be complaining.
The Cubs took control with a five-run rally in the third off rookie Jonah Tong (2-3).
The Yankees regained a share of the AL East lead for the first time since July with an 8-1 win over the White Sox on Wednesday.
A Chicago man was arrested after police say he was involved in identity theft and financial fraud across Metro Detroit.
Two vehicles were involved in the burglary at the GameStop at 120 S. Mannheim Rd., which happened around 4:15 a.m., Hillside police said.
At least eight burglaries were reported since Sunday in the Brighton Park, Chicago Loop, Lake View East, Edgewater, and Logan Square neighborhoods.
One person was killed and two people are in critical condition after a shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Dallas, authorities said.
A Chicago man has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for robbing a United States Postal Service mail carrier at gunpoint.
