Chicago Police Department

A wheel fell off a small aircraft shortly before the plane’s arrival at O’Hare International Airport Thursday evening and ended up in a nearby neighborhood, authorities said.

Judges have upheld the firings of two Chicago police officers who lost their jobs after they were accused of helping cover up the 2014 fatal shooting of Black teenager Laquan McDonald by a fellow officer.

At least one person died and four others were injured while dining outside at a restaurant Sunday afternoon on Chicago’s Far South Side, police and fire officials said. The shooting was reported before 2 p.m. Sunday outside Lumes Pancake House, which is located at 11601 S. Western Ave. in the Morgan Park neighborhood. The man who died was the intended…

Videotape shows more than a dozen officers “lounging” in U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush’s campaign office, one even making popcorn, as protests and looting erupted in Chicago earlier this month, he revealed Thursday.

Hours after Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired police superintendent Eddie Johnson for what she called “intolerable actions,” Charlie Beck, the interim superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, sent a letter to its members assuring them the department is “headed in the right direction.”  In her decision to fire Johnson, Lightfoot cited evidence she had reviewed from an ongoing investigation by...

A man accused of murdering a 19-year-old University of Illinois-Chicago student in a campus parking garage allegedly killed her because she ignored his catcalls.

A man is facing first degree murder charges in connection with the death of 19-year-old University of Illinois-Chicago student Ruth George, university police say.

A 66-year-old man accused of fatally shooting five of his neighbors on Chicago’s Northwest Side over the weekend left a note on his door with a haunting message written in Polish, prosecutors said in court Monday.

A 66-year-old man has been charged with murder after authorities say he fatally shot five of his neighbors Saturday evening at an apartment complex on Chicago’s Northwest Side, according to police. Krysztof Marek, of the 6700 block of West Irving Park Road, was charged with five felony counts of first degree murder, Chicago police said in a statement Monday morning.

The fifth victim, identified as 53-year-old Jolanta Topolska succumbed to her injuries Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

An Illinois judge appointed a special prosecutor Friday to look into why state prosecutors abruptly dropped charges against actor Jussie Smollett, accused of staging a racist, anti-gay attack against himself. Cook County Judge Michael Toomin named former federal prosecutor Dan Webb as the special prosecutor in a hearing Friday after his surprise ruling in June that one was warranted. Webb...

Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot said both President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump called to congratulate her on her victory, and that she “appreciated the outreach” as she prepares to take the helm of the country’s third-largest city.

A Chicago officer who was fatally shot while off-duty over the weekend died while shielding his girlfriend from gunfire, police said Monday.

Six people were shot during a funeral service in broad daylight on Chicago’s South Side Monday afternoon, authorities said.

Major changes could soon come to the Chicago Police Department as the city reaches an agreement on a plan to carry out far-reaching police reforms more than a year after a scathing Justice Department report.

The city of Chicago and the United States Department of Justice announced an agreement in principle Friday to enter into a “memorandum of agreement” which would call for a federal monitor to oversee reforms in the Chicago Police Department, according to a city of Chicago source close to those negotiations.

The Chicago Police Department says it is investigating after a video was shared on social media that shows a plainclothes officer punching a man in the face repeatedly while attempting to subdue him on the ground.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the city will “stay a sanctuary city” after President Donald Trump signed an executive action to block federal grants from such cities. “You are welcome in Chicago as you pursue the American dream,” Emanuel said Wednesday, noting that he had not yet seen details on the executive action. Trump moved aggressively to tighten the nation’s...

President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Monday about Chicago’s “record setting” violence in 2016, claiming the city should seek federal help if local authorities can’t handle the crisis.

President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Monday about Chicago’s “record setting” violence in 2016, claiming the city should seek federal help if local authorities can’t handle the crisis.