Crime and Public Safety

Kate Silver hugs husband Shawn, of DeMotte, along Deep River where the body of Rodrigo Montes was found Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Lake Station, Indiana. Shawn Silver said his children from a previous marriage were friends with Rodrigo Montes and his family. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Dive team finds missing Lake Station teen, suspect in custody

By Carole Carlson

March 26, 2026 at 4:25 p.m.

Divers recovered the body of missing Lake Station teen Rodrigo Montes in Deep River Thursday...

Cassie Hanson and her husband Michael of Demotte hold a photo of their daughter, Rylee Hanson, who was killed by a wrong way driver in a Feb. 21 crash on Interstate 65. They are pictured on Monday, March 23, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

‘She was a firework’: EMT remembered for her compassion, leadership

By Vivian Richey

March 26, 2026 at 2:39 p.m.

At just 20 years old, Rylee Hanson had already begun building the life she always...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, looks at photos of Jose Medina and Sheridan Gorman during a press conference on March 25, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty)

Sheridan Gorman’s family blast officials for using her name in ‘political arguments’ about Loyola student’s death

By Gregory Royal Pratt

March 26, 2026 at 4:47 p.m.

The parents of slain teenager Sheridan Gorman criticized Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov....

Julianna Arnold, left, mother and advocate for online child safety after her 17-year-old daughter, Coco, died in 2022 from fentanyl poisoning following a social media encounter, hugs Mandi Furniss, parent of LJ, 18, from East Texas before they enter court for closing arguments in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles Thursday, March. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Jury finds Instagram and YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial

By Kaitlyn Huamani

March 25, 2026 at 5:35 p.m.

A jury found both Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to...

Volunteers from New Lenox Search and Rescue with Will County sheriff’s crime scene unit officers search a field near Oak Wood Drive and Town Line Rd. in Mokena Wednesday after human remains were found in a field. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Human remains found Tuesday in Mokena field, search continues

By Addison Wright

March 26, 2026 at 3:25 p.m.

Human remains were found Wednesday in a field near Oakwood Drive and Townline Road in...

Woman, 21, reports sexual assault in North Park

By Deanese Williams-Harris

March 25, 2026 at 10:58 a.m.

A 21-year-old woman reported a sexual assault Wednesday morning on the Northwest Side in the...

2 victims stabbed overnight on CTA Red Line on South Side

By Deanese Williams-Harris

March 25, 2026 at 12:14 p.m.

Two male victims were stabbed on a CTA Red Line train overnight on the South...

38-year-old man dies after being wounded in Grand Crossing neighborhood

By Deanese Williams-Harris

March 25, 2026 at 8:37 a.m.

A 38-year-old man was pronounced dead after being shot in the head Tuesday night in...

2 men fatally wounded in double shooting on South Side

By Deanese Williams-Harris

March 25, 2026 at 8:13 a.m.

Two men were fatally wounded Tuesday night in a double shooting in the Grand Crossing...

Cops: Man, 67, fatally shot on city’s Near West Side, two in custody

By William Lee

March 24, 2026 at 8:25 p.m.

Two gunmen attacked the victim on the street about two blocks west of the United...

St. John woman arrested in Illinois triple homicide: police

By Meredith Colias-Pete

March 25, 2026 at 4:29 p.m.

Police arrested a St. John woman Tuesday for allegedly killing her children’s father and his...

The Will County sheriff's office (Daily Southtown file photo)

St. John woman, mother of victim’s children charged with murder in Crete Township triple homicide

By Evy Lewis

March 25, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.

Jenna Strouble, 30, of St. John, Indiana, has been charged with murder in the deaths...

Several family members and friends of Rodrigo Montes, an 18-year-old River Forest senior, stand near the site where a truck Montes was believed to be a passenger in crashed late Sunday or early Monday in Deep River near 27th Avenue and Wyoming Street in Lake Station, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (Carole Carlson/For the Post-Tribune)

Search ongoing for Lake Station teen missing since Sunday

By Carole Carlson

March 24, 2026 at 4:20 p.m.

Searchers continued on Tuesday to look for a Lake Station teen believed to have been...