Carolina Garibay

The crash happened shortly after midnight near Dearborn and Jackson in the Loop. According to police, a Jeep driving the wrong way down a one-way street crashed into a CTA bus and a parked car, causing a traffic light to fall onto the street.

An American Red Cross Illinois volunteer in Los Angeles describes her experience helping victims of the Eaton fire in Pasadena. They arrived in California Saturday, but already had some tough conversations with victims who have lost their homes.

The girl, 15, was reported missing on Sept. 22, 2024 by her mother, a Chicago resident. Investigators eventually found the teen in a Chicago apartment, hiding in the basement storage area behind a water heater. She appeared to be in good health.

Shellie Kamminga, an eighth grade math teacher at Westfield Community School, was recognized by the District 300 Blue Ribbon Society for saving a student’s life while he was choking. She performed the Heimlich on seventh grader Gunnar Garcelon.

Kevin White says TikTok has “changed the trajectory” of his life. White, a South Side native, posted his first TikTok video in March of 2023. Since then, he’s amassed nearly 124,000 followers on the app and has even started his own event company.

An elderly Lombard man has been charged with murdering his wife during an argument early Friday morning. Charles Witter, 81, is being detained pretrial after he was charged with shooting and killing his wife.

CBS News Chicago reports authorities say the female deputy, 50-year-old Shamone Duncan, a 20-year veteran of the Cook County Department of Corrections, was killed in the shooting, along with a 30-year-old Turks and Caicos resident.

An armed man is hospitalized after being shot by a concealed carry holder in South Shore, near 72nd and South Shore Drive. The shooting happened after two men got into a fight, according to Chicago Police.

This happened shortly after midnight at a Taco Bell Cantina near Washington and Wabash. Chicago police said a man entered with his hand inside a bag implying he had a weapon and started arguing with a 34-year-old man inside the restaurant.

Debra Michaud is the founder of Refugee Support Chicago, a Facebook group with more than 2,000 members that collects donations and recruits volunteers to help refugees, immigrants, and unhoused individuals in Chicago.