Police departments across the south suburbs have responded by increasing patrols and reaching out to school administration.
A female employee was shot at the Walmart off Lincoln Highway in Olympia Fields on Saturday morning.
Police said 61-year-old Jerry Coleman was outside a home last month complaining of neck and back pain. He died 5 days later of spine injury.
Louis Capriotti left threatening voicemails to members of Congress.
A crash involving a squad car and a Jeep Sunday night left two officers injured. As of Monday, both had been released from the hospital.
According to police, a car was turning left into American Plaza when a motorcycle traveling south on Chicago Road struck the vehicle.
According to police, a man was arrested inside the Country Club Hills police station Sunday.
According to police, both Sauk Village men had a handgun on them last month while police were searching their vehicle.
The teen driver’s side door was hit by a transit bus driven by a 77-year-old Calumet City man, causing the boy to be ejected from his car.
Police said a man was carjacked by another man with a gun Monday night. As of Tuesday, officers were still looking for the car and suspect.
According to reports, a Park Forest mother and multiple other mothers whose children have gone missing asked police for more help.
Police said Tyrese Hill is wanted in connection with the shooting of a 23-year-old woman in Calumet City in March.
Two people died after jumping into the Little Calumet River early Saturday after police said 5 people stole a Rolls Royce in Chicago.
According to police, the boy had the gun and more ammunition in his waistband. A similar incident occurred last month with another teenager.
Police said a teen was charged as an adult in connection to the murder of Zackary Sallis, who was found shot to death in a Park Forest lot.
Officials said the 23-year-old man's Sunday evening death was ruled a homicide. His name has not been released.
Police said the girl was seen getting into a truck Tuesday and tracked to a Chicago Heights home on Wednesday where 2 men were with her.
Police said they arrested Carter Watson, 21, after receiving a tip from the attorney general that Watson had child pornography on Discord.
According to officials, the man is facing charges of criminal damage to property and aggravated assault.
According to a sentencing memo from Louis Capriotti's lawyers, the Chicago Heights man had no intention of harming officials in late 2020.
The boy was taken to a hospital and released Saturday after the Friday shooting. Police would not say if the boy had a weapon at the time.
According to police, officers found the shooter shortly after helping the older man with a gunshot wound to his thigh.
According to police, both men were found dead after their car veered into a ditch, flipping over and hitting a light pole Monday morning.
Both men were taken to the hospital with minor injuries and one man was arrested durign the fight, which began inside the Glass Tap Tuesday.
According to police, the man was arrested last month and the officer was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
According to police, the 23-year-old driver was under the influence of alcohol during the crash where 1 woman remains in critical condition.
A 22-year-old man is dead and a 23-year-old woman is critically injured after the crash early Sunday morning.
A Steger man is dead after a shooting last Thursday killed Anthony Perez-Fox and wounded his mother and family dog.
Illinois State Police said Keith Hampton was killed in a hit-and-run crash Sunday morning while walking on the interstate.
Police said the woman helped a Chicago Heights man set fires to cover up a retail theft and was also charged with arson in a similar case.
According to fire officials, the man was found Wednesday on the second floor of a house on Portland Avenue in full cardiac arrest.
Police said a man would not leave a U.S. Bank Saturday morning and then ran from police until they were able to capture him.
Police told Patch they are searching for a trio of men who demanded a person's jewelry on Saturday evening.
Police are searching for Joshua Lacey after he missed a court date where he was sentenced to over 2 years in prison for a 2018 rape.
Police said the man was walking in the 300 block of East Joe Orr Road Thursday morning when a car hit him. The death was ruled an accident.
Police issued an arrest warrant for Billy J. Adams, of Ford Heights, in connection to the shooting and killing of Monjero Speed last month.
Tanisha Bledsoe told prosecutors she helped file about 540 fake tax returns from 2015-16, federal officials said.
According to police in Highland, Indiana, the man lit small fires throughout a Meijer to cover for him and a woman while they stole goods.
Park Forest police said they arrested a 40-year-old man in connection with the Dec. 6 shooting on Thursday. No injuries were reported.
Chicago Heights police said they are looking into the reports after similar mail theft investigations occurred in Glenwood and New Lenox.