Mike Krauser

Chicago couple has a crazy story to tell after being victims of a scam. It’s a lesson for iPhone users. Drew and Leilani were at a Target store on the Near North Side, at Division and Larabee.

The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office has released a list of vanity license plates that were rejected last year. There were more than 300 vanity or personalized plates that were rejected last year.

Seven Chicago men have been charged in a luxury car heist that happened in Wisconsin nearly a year ago. It was last February when a Jaguar and Land Rover dealership in Waukesha, Wisconsin, was burglarized.

On Wednesday, we reported on a scam that occurred at a Chicago Target store, now the same thing has happened to someone else in Tinley Park.

A Save-A-Lot grocery store that closed in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood five years ago reopened this week. Reopening was two years behind schedule, following a series of delays related to renovation work. Part of the floor had to be raised.

The two are wanted in connection with the murder of Jason Benitez, 30. He had been working in a downtown restaurant. It was after work, at about 1 a.m. on Nov.29 in 2022. Benitez was walking his dog when he was shot to death near 30th and Homan.

One of President Trump’s first acts after taking office was to pardon roughly 1,500 people charged or convicted of taking part in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, including several dozen from Illinois.

Chicago Police are seeking help from the public in identifying three men involved in a beating earlier this month on a CTA Red Line train. According to police, a man asked someone to stop smoking on the train.

Animal rescue organizations in the Chicago area and Northwest Indiana have been using social media to share information about a suburban man who’s alleged to have been adopting and torturing cats.

Voters in Thornton Township picked a new trustee during a special election Tuesday night, tipping the balance of power away from Supervisor Tiffany Henyard. Hundreds packed the gym at South Suburban College in South Holland.