Chicago Police say five people were wounded during a shooting outside a church on the city’s North Side. Authorities initially said one person died in Monday’s violence. But Tuesday, a police spokesman said a 21-year-old man was instead critically w...

A man was killed and another injured in an afternoon shooting that occurred on a street near a church on Chicago’s North Side. Chicago police are reporting no arrests in Monday’s violence. Authorities say three people were hospitalized in serious-to...

Batavia Ÿ Justin M. Lepic, 32, of the 100 block of North Edgelawn Drive in Aurora, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, possession of cannabis, speeding and improper lane use at 6:33 p.m. Sunday on Randall Road south of Main...

A police counterterrorism training seminar scheduled for Monday in Lombard was canceled Friday following objections from an Islamic group who have called the main presenter an “anti-Muslim bigot.” The North Aurora-based North East Multi-Regional Tra...

An organization that puts on training seminars for police is refusing to cancel a counterterrorism session Monday in Lombard, despite objections from an Islamic group about the main presenter. The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic R...

A Chicago woman left her kids with a Des Plaines man whose blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit for driving, Des Plaines police said. Vanessa A. Clark, 24, of the 3000 block of North Kimball Avenue, Chicago, and Michael J. Mar...

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Batavia Ÿ Jeremiah D. Butler, 24, of the 500 block of McKee Street, was charged with possession of cannabis at 2:06 a.m. Sunday in the 0-99 block of East Wilson Street, according to a police report. He was also charged with aggravated driving u...