Illinois reports highest single-day death toll from coronavirus

Illinois health officials on Wednesday announced 238 additional deaths from COVID-19 statewide, the highest number of single-day deaths during the entire pandemic.

Illinois faces post-holiday surge as COVID-19 continues to spread

State officials are bracing for another surge after many people around the country traveled for Thanksgiving and celebrated with family and friends.

Unborn twins die after mother injured in Chatham fight

A 24-year-old woman’s unborn twins died Sunday after she was injured in a fight with a man in Chatham on the South Side.

Sisters allegedly hold down, stab security guard 27 times after being told to wear masks

A West Side security guard was allegedly attacked by two sisters he told to wear masks and use hand sanitizer — one of the women holding him by the hair while the other stabbed him more than two dozen times.

Man charged with sexually assaulting 7-year-old girl as classmates, teacher watched in horror

SHOCKING: The teacher heard two other students say, “What is going on? What is happening?" aND When the teacher looked at her online class, she saw the 7-year-old girl with her pants pulled down and the suspect forcing her to perform oral sex, prosecutors said.

7-year-old girl forced to perform sexual act during online learning

CPD says a 7-year-old girl was observed performing a sexual act on a male offender live on an online learning application on Thursday.

Kyle Rittenhouse won't be charged for gun offense in Illinois: prosecutors

The Lake County state’s attorney’s office says it will not file additional charges against Kyle Rittenhouse in connection to the gun he allegedly used to fatally shoot two people during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Chicago adds 4 states to quarantine travel order

The Chicago Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that four more states have been added to the city's travel quarantine list.

Renter with assault rifle shoots, kills brothers breaking into Waukegan home

Two brothers armed with a revolver allegedly broke into an occupied home in Waukegan Tuesday and were confronted by a renter who shot and killed them with an assault rifle.

Woman gets 27 years for stabbing Uber driver to death with machete and knife

A 19-year-old Chicago woman was sentenced to 27 years in prison this week for hacking an Uber driver to death with a stolen knife and machete in an unprovoked attack in north suburban Lincolnwood.

Girl, 11, fatally shot 4 years after appearing in video praying for end to Chicago gun violence

An 11-year-old Wisconsin girl who was featured in a video four years ago praying for an end to the gun violence plaguing Chicago has died after being struck by a bullet from a passing vehicle, according to a report.

Illinois man sentenced to prison for sex with child who got HIV

An Illinois man has learned his fate after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a child who later tested positive for HIV.

2 shot, more than 100 arrested and 13 officers hurt during downtown Chicago looting

CPD Supt. David Brown says two people were shot, police made more than 100 arrests and 13 officers were injured during looting and civil unrest early Monday in downtown Chicago.

15 people shot on Chicago's South Side after funeral, police say

Fifteen people were shot Tuesday evening outside a funeral home in Gresham on the South Side — the largest number of victims in a single Chicago shooting in recent memory.