A pair of drive-thru patrons to a Galesburg McDonald's must have thought the "No shirt, no shoes, no service" policy applied to dine-in orders only. more ›

Police have detained two suspects in connection with a Wednesday drive-by shooting that left two girls injured. more ›

The wilding that's made headlines this week isn't just relegated to Streeterville. more ›

Bears running back Garrett Wolfe had himself an interesting weekend in South Beach, to say the least. more ›

Meet Timothy Hercog, readers. This unemployed man was arrested and charged with intimidation of a public official today. The public official who is the source of Hercog's rancor? 14th Ward Ald. Ed Burke. more ›

We led off yesterday's "Extra Extra" post with a news item about a shooting in River North that left two cops injured and the suspected gunman dead. Today, more information reveals the details of the shooting. more ›

The ability link suspects to crimes via DNA evidence wasn't as extensive in 1983 as it is now. Otherwise, Anthony Kemp may have been charged sooner for the murder of CTA bus driver Hosey Reynolds. Kemp was arrested in charge with Reynolds' stabbing death almost as soon as he was released from serving a prison sentence on a drug conviction. more ›

Prosecutors laid out the case against Richard Lyons in the 2008 murder of his daughter, Mya. And they're pretty damn graphic. Richard Lyons is accused of striking his daughter in the head with a lockbox, stabbing her 30 times, then driving to a hospital and claiming the Mya Lyons "may have been bitten by a dog." more ›

Yemeni officials announced yesterday the arrests of a woman and her mother in connection with Friday's suspected bomb plot against Jewish synagogues and community centers in Chicago. The two women have not been identified, but a defense lawyer who was in contact with the family identified the 22-year-old woman as an engineering student. more ›

Today's moral: drive responsibly if you have outstanding warrants, people. Victor Corona of Aurora didn't and was afraid of being thrown in jail for his outstanding warrants, so he gave police the name of his passenger, Sergio Moreno. more ›

The Sun-Times ran a story yesterday on Arthur Williams III, son of a legendary Bridgeport counterfeiter. The son, at 20, faces his second counterfeiting charge in the past two years. more ›

Ahmed Mohammed Nasser al Soofi and Hezam al Musri, the two men arrested Monday in Amsterdam for having "suspicious items" in their luggage on a flight from O'Hare, will not be charged with plotting a future terror attack, sources close to the FBI investigation told the Associated Press yesterday. The FBI investigation into the two men found that they do not know each other, the suspicious items found in al Soofi's luggage were not being used for a "dry bomb run," and that al Soofi's and al Musri's change of flight plans to catch direct flights from Chicago to Amsterdam was coincidental. more ›

Amsterdam authorities arrested two men on terrorism charges after they were allowed to fly out of O'Hare Airport with "suspicious items" in their checked luggage. The men, identified as Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al Soofi, of Detroit, MI., and Hezam al Murisi, were allowed to board United Airlines Flight 908 to Amsterdam after the items were found, but deemed not dangerous in and of themselves, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson. more ›

A 17 year-old accused of stealing a pizza delivery car received an unexpected dose of tough love at his court appearance Sunday morning. According to the Sun-Times, Ravontay Hutchins and a fellow teenage accomplice were arrested Saturday evening after allegedly driving off in an idling, unattended delivery car outside of Pompeii restaurant near Taylor and Ashland. Police caught the pair shortly after the owner of the car reported the theft, apprehending the suspects on foot near Albany and 13th. more ›

It has been less than a week since police officer Michael Bailey, who was due for mandatory retirement next month, was gunned down outside of his home in an vehicle robbery attempt. Now, three teens have been arrested "on suspicion they were involved in his murder." The three teens - who are 16, 17, and 18 years old - were all taken into custody earlier, but none has been charged with any crime so far. [UPDATE: According to ABC 7, CPD disputes the report, saying no one has been arrested though someone was questioned in the case.] more ›

• Police continue their investigation and have offered a reward in the murder of Lawndale resident Regina McGraw.
• A Cook County judged ruled in favor of Joseph Reyes, a father who wanted to take his young daughter to Catholic church during his visitation hours. The decision came as part of a divorce proceeding between Reyes and his wife, Rebecca Reyes, who asked for an injunction as she was raising their daughter Jewish.
• Two Kentucky men were arrested at the downtown Hyatt over the weekend for having $50,000 in counterfeit money, a suspected "date rape" drug, weapons and fake i.d.'s. No word if they'll also be charged for their hairstyles.

Eight people arrested over the weekend were indicted today along with a ninth man in connection with a potential domestic terror plot. The accused are members of the Hutaree, a right wing Christian militia group based in Lenawee County, Michigan. The indictment charges that those in question have been conducting military style training in order to prepare for an impending war with the Hutaree’s enemies, which include the federal government, state and local law enforcement. The Hutaree, self appointed “Christian warriors” who believe they’re “preparing for the end time battles to keep the testimony of Jesus Christ alive,” were planning to touch off a confrontation with local law enforcement in the hopes of igniting a larger uprising against the government. more ›

A dozen protesters - 11 adults and one juvenile - were arrested this morning in the Loop. The group was part of a rally organized by Mobilization for Climate Justice. [FOX] more ›

Have a safe and happy Halloween! more ›

A pair of Chicago men - David Coleman Headley, 49, and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48 - have been arrested for alleged terror plots against sites in Western Europe including the Danish newspaper that caused an international incident a few years back by printing a cartoon featuring the prophet Muhammad. According to the Tribune: more ›

Close to 200 union and hospitality workers were arrested on Thursday in front of the Park Hyatt Hotel while demonstrating their support for labor negotiations with major downtown hotels, and also showing solidarity for fired hotel employees in Boston. Those that were arrested decided to sit in the middle of Chicago Avenue as an act of civil disobedience. Almost 900 members of Unite Here Local1 participated in the protest, speaking up for the 6,000 downtown hotel workers that have worked without contracts since Aug. 31. more ›

One last, self-indulgent note before we bow out for the day. Chicagoist went live on May 10, 2004 featuring a design you can see above (via the Wayback Machine). Since then, we've had ups and downs but it's been one hell of a ride. Five years is an eternity in internet time, so thanks to Jen, Jake and all our benefactors in NYC, thanks to Rachelle and Margaret for getting the ball rolling here, thanks to every single writer who has posted - past and present - for your hard work, and last but most importantly, thanks to all of you readers who keep coming back every day. We hope to see you tomorrow night at our celebration, and we'll see you back here next week as we start the next five years. - M.G. more ›

Two Little Village men were arrested yesterday with cocaine in their possession. How much cocaine? $19 million worth. A tip led CPD Narcotics officers to set up surveillance of a drug deal. Officers watched the deal which led to the arrests of Anastacio Esparza and Lorenzo Barrios. Esparza was driving a van containing 50 kilograms of blow and further investigation led to the arrest of Barrios who was found to be in possession of 104 kilograms at his home. more ›

Unemployed since the Bears cut him following two DUI arrests, Cedric Benson has landed himself a new job. And given his rap sheet, it shouldn't surprise anybody that he signed with the Cincinnati Bengals. more ›

We told you in Friday’s Extra Extra that the Cook County Sheriff was going to conduct a Craigslist prostitution sting. The results are in: 76 men and women have been arrested for prostitution-related charges. more ›

There are two noteworthy items in this recent report about a man who died Saturday from blunt head trauma after falling out of a police wagon. The first item of interest is the story in and of itself; the suspect was handcuffed and trying to escape from police custody, but the paddy wagon was stationary, and he was not struck by another vehicle. He simply … fell on his head, and died later from his injuries at Stroger Hospital. The death is under investigation. more ›

Monday night, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull star Shia LeBeouf humorously recounted on The Late Show the circumstances behind his November arrest at a Chicago Walgreens last November. He told David Letterman how the trouble began from having too much of the ol’ “magic sauce,” then thrice marching from his hotel to Walgreens (we remember it being the one at Michigan and Chicago Ave.) to buy cigarettes, getting distracted by acne cream and gummy bears, and his swelling drunken frustration, which ultimately led to a scuffle with the Walgreens security guard and a misdemeanor criminal trespassing charge. more ›