Man found dead near lake shore in Rogers Park
Police said the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Man ordered detained after escaping custody in courtroom in Wheaton, prosecutors say
Javier Barajas is due back in court on Monday, Nov. 25.
2 dead, 16 hurt in Chicago weekend shootings, police say
The ages of the victims range from 17 to 45.
Billy Corgan says his mother-in-law will be OK after car slammed into his teahouse
The car crashed into Madame ZuZu's, at 1876 First St. in Highland Park, around 11:40 a.m. Wednesday.
Music video director Cole Bennett to appear at City of Lights Film Festival in Aurora
In addition to talking about his work, Bennett will be presenting the award for Best Music Video at the festival.
Fire burns for nearly 24 hours, sends black smoke billowing at Joliet scrap yard
Workers were on the scene during the fire, but there were no injuries reported.
Chicago Hauntings 2024: More tales of ghosts and the paranormal
Watch all our "Chicago Hauntings" tales here, including four new ones for 2024.
Chicago Hauntings: Resurrection Mary, Chicago's most famous ghost
The Resurrection Mary story fits a common ghost story genre called the "vanishing hitchhiker" going back centuries. But some say too many people claim firsthand experiences for this haunting to be written off as the Chicago variation of a dime-a-dozen ghost story.
Field Museum uses CT scans on mummies to see inside them for first time
The scans created thousands upon thousands of X-rays, which are digitally stacked to examine what is inside them.
University of Chicago receives mathematically fascinating Gömböc sculpture
The Gömböc sculpture is the first known homogeneous object with one stable and one unstable point of equilibrium when resting on a flat surface.
Chicago Hauntings: Historical ghosts at the nightclub that once housed the Chicago Historical Society
Victims of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and the man who went down in history as Chicago's first murder victim, are said to have haunted this building that now houses Tao Chicago.
Man shot and killed by bystander who saw him fighting with woman in Washington Park, police say
The younger man who fired the shot holds a Firearm Owners Identification Card and a Concealed Carry License.
Amtrak train slams into car that ended up on tracks in Morton Grove
The car was ripped in two by the crash.
Man convicted of murder of Northwestern doctoral student Shane Colombo in Rogers Park
A jury convicted Diante Speed in the 2018 murder.
Testimony on Day 6 of Delphi, Indiana murders trial focuses on misfiled document
Due to a labeling mix-up, a tip that defendant Richard Allen was seen on the Monon High Bridge on the day of the murders of Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty "Libby" German, 14, in 2017, was not reviewed after September 2022.