A man was shot while riding in a car on the Chicago Skyway Monday, police said. The 32-year-old was a passenger in a sedan and told police just before noon that the vehicle was being followed by a grey-colored minivan. Multiple shots were then fired from the minivan, striking the passenger in the leg, Chicago police said. The man was…

A former Chicago police officer found guilty of second-degree murder in the off-duty shooting of an unarmed man in 2017 was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison.

The top headlines you need to know as you start your day on Jan. 20, 2020.

Nine people were shot across Chicago on Christmas Eve, including a man who was killed in Austin on the West Side. Michael Dumas, 31, was standing on the sidewalk with a 52-year-old man about 2 p.m. in the 700 block of North Lotus Avenue, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Two male suspects approached them, and…

A 7-year-old girl was among two people shot on Christmas during a family gathering at a Brighton Park home.

At least 13 people, including a person of interest in the incident, were shot at what police believe was a house party in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood early Sunday morning. The shooting occurred just after 12:30 a.m. in the 5700 block of South May, according to Chicago police. On Sunday night, Chicago police announced that 37-year-old Marciano White of Chicago had…

Chicago police detail what happened when 13 people were shot at a house party in the city’s Englewood neighborhood.

A toddler was struck by a stray bullet in a shooting on Chicago’s West Side Thursday morning, according to police.

Chicago Police Chief of Patrol Fred Waller discusses a shooting that wounded a 3-year-old boy sitting in a car parked outside a library on Thursday.

Two men shot and killed each other Monday morning after one of them ambushed the other while he was with his 18-month-old son in Chicago Lawn on the South Side, police say. Alton D. Ellis, 31, was with his toddler about 8:40 a.m. in the 6200 block of South Mozart Street when another man approached him on foot and fired…

Thursday’s weather could change dramatically by the hour.

A low pressure system that dumped snow across the Rockies and the Great Plains brought severe thunderstorms and high winds to much of the Chicago area Thursday, downing trees and leaving thousands without power.

Over 400 flights have been canceled Thursday at O’Hare and Midway international airports as potentially severe thunderstorms and high winds threatened the Chicago area.

Trains on numerous Metra lines were halted Thursday afternoon as severe weather threatened much of the Chicago area.