Annette Johnson, a current member and former president of the East Aurora School District 131 Board of Education, is facing federal fraud charges for allegedly orchestrating the bribery scheme.

A downstate man who allegedly mailed envelopes containing a suspicious substance along with the message “HAH enjoy the gift” to multiple Illinois Congress members now faces federal charges.

U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros on Tuesday said voters can report possible violations including fraud and voter intimidation directly to his office amid concerns over the security of voters and the elections themselves.

Mayor Brandon Johnson, who is running for reelection, has been under intense pressure to replace ShotSpotter, the city’s controversial gunshot detection system, which he scrapped two years ago, by members of the Chicago City Council.

One person is in custody after allegedly firing a gun in downtown Chicago near the Kluczynski Federal Building early Tuesday morning, authorities said.

A malfunction with an AR-style rifle is likely all that stopped a potential mass shooting at a Hindu temple in west suburban Aurora earlier this month. Now local members of the Hindu community are saying more can be done to prevent future attacks.

A thwarted mass shooting targeting a large Hindu temple in suburban Chicago was fueled by years of hateful rhetoric on social media against Hindus and Indians, community leaders say.

No suspects are in custody and police have not made any arrests, but the university said a person of interest has been identified. The man is not a University of Chicago student and has been banned from the campus, the university said.

Police in a Chicago suburb announced Wednesday that they had thwarted a potential mass shooting, arresting a 19-year-old man who they said may have planned to target a Hindu place of worship.

Chicago attorneys have filed more than a half dozen lawsuits alleging the Archdiocese of Chicago knew its priests were running a “sex ring” for decades at a South Side parish but did nothing to stop it from happening.

A former CTA bus driver is calling out the transit agency for not doing enough to protect its workers after she was attacked while on her route.

A Cook County judge on Friday ordered that Shavon Gayden, 48, remain held at Cook County Jail, days after she was charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 3 killing of 7-year-old Eddimar Hernandez Chacon.

The family of Silverio Villegas González, the suburban father who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a traffic stop last year, is taking legal action against the Trump administration more than a year after the “unnecessary, unjust” killing.

Almost a year to the day after Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez, her attorneys announced the filing of a new lawsuit they hope will put pressure on local and federal prosecutors to bring charges.

A 7-year-old girl was fatally stabbed while walking in front of businesses in the Chatham neighborhood, and people nearby detained the woman who attacked her, police said.

Through the first three quarters of 2026, Chicago is on pace for fewer homicides than it recorded in 2025, a year that closed with the city’s fewest recorded killings in 60 years.