42+ min ago   (39+ words) For now, 12 candidates are vying for the job and circulating nominating petitions in hopes of gathering the required 12,500 signatures to secure a place on the ballot. Candidates have until Oct. 26 to file their nominating petitions....

11+ hour, 39+ min ago   (17+ words) Chicago police are investigating the death of a woman who was pulled from Lake Michigan on Friday....

11+ hour, 42+ min ago   (21+ words) A pair of unidentified gunmen shot a woman and two teenagers Saturday evening before fleeing in a vehicle, Chicago police said....

12+ hour, 7+ min ago   (18+ words) Police said the infant was found unresponsive with visible injuries to her body Saturday morning in West Ridge....

15+ hour, 57+ min ago   (21+ words) Chicago police said a verbal argument with a group of people turned physical when someone shot the victim in the chest....

16+ hour, 2+ min ago   (18+ words) Chicago police said detectives are investigating three incidents of sexual abuse that reportedly occurred Friday night in Avondale....

16+ hour, 41+ min ago   (14+ words) Illinois State Police responded to a crash Saturday afternoon near milepost 73, authorities said....

19+ hour, 10+ min ago   (20+ words) The shooting happened Friday at 12:05 p.m. and left a male of an unidentified age dead, Chicago police said....

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (252+ words) After initially claiming he had jumped from the train, police said about 2:30 p.m. Monday, a fight erupted aboard a Red Line train in the first block of West 69th Street, and three people involved in the altercation pushed Kyle Bickham, 29, off the…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (15+ words) Plus, 12 more great photos from Sun-Times and WBEZ photographers from this week in news....