River North

Former Chicago Bulls star Ben Gordon was arrested for allegedly punching a security guard at the Rock ‘n’ Roll McDonald’s early Friday morning, according to Chicago police and a law enforcement source.

Chicago prosecutors say a man driving a stolen, bullet-riddled Kia crashed into several parked cars in River North, then abandoned the vehicle, and ran away when it could no longer operate because it was heavily damaged.

Four people were taken to hospitals in serious to critical condition after they overdosed in a River North nightclub Sunday morning, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

Chicago police are investigating after a man was shot while walking in River North on Sunday night.

A Cook County judge on Sunday warned a man accused of robbing a Chicago restaurant employee that his situation would be worse under Illinois’ soon-to-be-enacted criminal justice reform legislation known as the SAFE-T Act.

Illinois State Police are investigating an overnight shooting on the Ohio Street feeder ramp in River North. Three people showed up at Northwestern Memorial Hospital for treatment of “non-life-threatening injuries” after the shooting, the agency said.

Two Chicago men have been sentenced to prison for brutally beating and robbing two men in the middle of State Street last year. CWBChicago published city of Chicago surveillance footage of the attack one day after it happened early on August 28, 2021. The video went viral, drawing widespread attention to River North’s growing crime problem.

The driver who crashed into several cars while fleeing Chicago police in River North on Tuesday evening had two guns and more than $26,000 worth of heroin in his car, prosecutors said Friday.