UPDATE: Man charged with Albany Park shooting
UPDATES WITH CHARGES A man has been charged with shooting and critically wounding another man Sunday morning in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Michael Comiso, 19, faces one count...
View ArticleDriver hospitalized after Park Ridge rollover crash
(PARK RIDGE) One person was hospitalized after a rollover crash early Tuesday in northwest suburban Park Ridge. An SUV collided with a semi truck shortly after 4 a.m. at Touhy and Greenwood avenues,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Driver hospitalized after Park Ridge rollover crash
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS (PARK RIDGE) One person was hospitalized after a rollover crash early Tuesday in northwest suburban Park Ridge. An SUV collided with a semi truck shortly after 4 a.m. at...
View ArticleNo injuries in ‘small explosion’ at Andersonville art studio
No one was injured in an explosion and fire Tuesday morning at an art studio in the North Side Andersonville neighborhood. A small explosion occurred at 6:33 a.m. in a first-floor art studio in the...
View ArticleUPDATE: 15-year-old girl missing from Lawndale
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS Chicago Police are looking for a 15-year-old girl who disappeared Sunday from the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. Deahvion Austin was last seen wearing a pink...
View ArticleMedical examiner’s cases
Lois Ivy, 50, of the 1200 block of 48th Court in Cicero, unknown causes at 1151 N. Massasoit Ave., pronounced at Rush University Medical Center at 8:05 a.m. [3/18], Area North detectives. Traecy Land,...
View ArticleEmployee sprayed with ‘irritant’ after Magnificent Mile theft
A store employee was sprayed with an “irritant,” possibly pepper spray, after confronting a group suspected of theft Tuesday night on the Magnificent Mile. About 8:20 p.m., several females stole...
View ArticleMan charged with shooting near 26/Cal courthouse
A man has been charged with shooting another man Monday morning near the Leighton Criminal Courts Building in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Tabari Harris, 19, faces one felony...
View ArticleMan charged with Pilsen burglaries
A man has been charged with three home burglaries since December in the Pilsen neighborhood. Eduardo Campos, 24, faces three felony counts of residential burglary, according to Chicago Police. Campos...
View ArticleCPD: Suspects fled after truck crashed into Goose Island building
Police are looking for two people who ran away early Wednesday after a truck crashed into a building in the Goose Island neighborhood. About 4:05 a.m., the white 1992 Chevrolet pickup truck was driving...
View ArticleDAYBOOK FOR WEDNESDAY, 03-22-2017
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONS MARKED *** WEDNESDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability will conduct a press conference to release their “Community...
View ArticleInterContinental Chicago hosts ‘Be Our Guest’ luncheon
UPDATES WEDNESDAY DAYBOOK TO ADD NOON EVENT Noon — (CHICAGO) InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile celebrates the release of the movie, “Beauty and the Beast,” with a themed “Be Our Guest”...
View ArticleUPDATE: Driver battered by passengers, crashes SUV into Brainerd home
UPDATES WITH CHARGES A boy has been charged after a rideshare driver was battered by his passengers and crashed an SUV into a Brainerd neighborhood home early Monday on the South Side, police said. The...
View ArticleUPDATE: Store clerk shot during Lawndale robbery
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS A man was shot during a robbery Tuesday evening at a store in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood. Two people, one of them armed with a handgun, announced a robbery...
View ArticleMedical examiner’s case
George Hudbeston, 83, of the 1100 block of North Lavergne Avenue, unknown causes at 1143 N. Lavergne Ave., pronounced dead at 7:02 p.m. [3/21], Area North detectives.
View ArticlePeople with disabilities to speak out agains threats to Medicaid
UPDATES DAYBOOK TO ADD 11 A.M. EVENT 11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Access Living will host a news conference for people with disabilities to speak out against proposed federal legislation that is projected to...
View ArticlePolice: Man tried to ‘force himself’ on woman in Blue Island
(BLUE ISLAND) Police have released a sketch of a man suspected of trying to “force himself” on a woman Monday morning in south suburban Blue Island. About 6:20 a.m., the 25-year-old woman was walking...
View ArticleBills to legalize marijuana introduced in General Assembly
Separate pieces of legislation aimed at legalizing recreational marijuana use in Illinois were submitted to the state general assembly Wednesday. State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago, filed an amendment...
View ArticleMan carjacked at gunpoint in Old Town
A man was carjacked at gunpoint early Thursday in the Old Town neighborhood on the Near North Side. The 52-year-old was in a black car about 3:20 a.m. in the 400 block of West Division when a male got...
View ArticleAurora house fire displaces 4, causes $25K in damages
(AURORA) A fire at a west suburban Aurora home left four people displaced Sunday night and caused an estimated $25,000 in damages. A neighbor called 911 shortly after 10 p.m. after seeing flames coming...
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