DCFS investigating death of 1-year-old West Pullman boy
FOR EDITORS: Boy identified by medical examiner as Ja’Kari Williams of 12133 S. Eggleston Ave. State child welfare authorities are investigating the death of a 1-year-old boy Thursday morning on the...
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Milton Adams, 70, of the 3100 block of North Racine Avenue, unknown causes at 3150 N. Racine Ave., pronounced at 12:31 a.m. [3/25], Area North detectives. John T. Koranda, 45, of the 900 block of Elgin...
View Article2 men wounded in Cragin shooting
Two men were shot in Cragin neighborhood early Saturday on the Northwest Side. About 5:20 a.m., they showed up at Community First Medical Center and said they’d been wounded in the 2200 block of North...
View Article1 killed, 13 wounded in shootings to start the weekend in Chicago
A person was killed and 13 were wounded in shootings across Chicago during the first 15 hours of the weekend. The homicide happened just before 5 p.m. Friday in the West Englewood neighborhood on the...
View ArticleFBI: Woman botches 3rd bank robbery attempt in Palos Heights
(PALOS HEIGHTS) A woman who robbed a south suburban bank two times last year was unsuccessful in her third attempt at a different bank on Friday afternoon in Palos Heights, according to the FBI. The...
View ArticleOhio man buys $100,000 winning lotto ticket at O’Hare
An Ohio man won $100,000 with a scratch-off lottery ticket he bought at O’Hare International Airport during a business trip. Conor Dullaghan of Jackson, Ohio, was traveling to Mexico for work when he...
View ArticleMan shot, critically wounded while driving in Gresham
A man was shot and critically wounded early Sunday while driving in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. The 21-year-old was driving about 2:45 a.m. north in the 7600 block of South Winchester...
View Article1 dead, 3 injured in crash on I-88 in Oak Brook
(OAK BROOK) A 23-year-old woman was killed and three other people were injured in a crash early Sunday on the Reagan Memorial Tollway in west suburban Oak Brook. At 2:17 a.m., a silver 2003 Lincoln LS...
View ArticleFire officials: 2 dead, 3 injured in West Side crash
Two women were killed and three others were critically injured in an East Garfield Park neighborhood crash early Sunday on the West Side, fire officials said. A vehicle crashed into a building about 5...
View ArticleUPDATE: Fire officials: 2 dead, 3 injured in West Side crash
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS Two women were killed and three others were critically injured in an East Garfield Park neighborhood crash early Sunday on the West Side, fire officials said. About 4:50...
View ArticleWEEKEND DAYBOOK FOR 03-26 THRU 03-27-17
NEW ADDITIONS MARKED *** SUNDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 10 a.m. — (ELK GROVE VILLAGE) World’s Fair Memorabilia Show features buying, selling, trading and displays of items related to Chicago World’s...
View ArticleUndisclosed medical condition could affect Daley testimony
Attorneys for Richard M. Daley said a medical condition could affect the former mayor’s deposition in a federal lawsuit alleging torture under former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge. Daley’s condition,...
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Willie House, 61, of the 2300 block of South 17th Avenue in Broadview, unknown causes at 2313 S. 17th Ave. in Broadview, pronounced at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood at 8:15 p.m. [3/25],...
View ArticleUPDATE: 2 dead, 23 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL SHOOTINGS Two people were killed and at least 23 others have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday afternoon. A 14-year-old boy was gunned down shortly after 3...
View ArticlePerson in custody after man shot in West Garfield Park
A person is in custody after a man was shot early Sunday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. The 54-year-old man was in an argument with another male in the 300 block of South Pulaski at 4:34 a.m....
View ArticleSemi driver seriously injured in Kennedy crash on Northwest Side
A semi driver was seriously injured in a crash Sunday morning on the Kennedy Expressway on the Northwest Side. The crash happened at 8:08 a.m. on the I-90 overpass at Kimball Avenue, according to the...
View ArticleMan arrested after running from crash on Dan Ryan Expressway
A man was arrested early Monday after running from the scene of a two-vehicle crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway in the Pilsen neighborhood. The crash occurred about 2:50 a.m on Interstate 90/94 near...
View ArticleDAYBOOK FOR MONDAY, 03-27-2017
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONS MARKED *** MONDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* *** 7:30 a.m. — (NAPERVILLE) Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti speaks at the ribbon cutting ceremony of North Central College’s Science Center,...
View ArticleGuzzardi announces bill to block charter school expansion
UPDATES MONDAY DAYBOOK TO ADD 10 A.M. EVENT 10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) State Rep. Will Guzzardi hosts press conference announcing the introduction of HB3567 to “block new charter school operations in...
View ArticleUPDATE: 3 dead, 29 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings
RESENDS AT END OF WEEKEND Three people were killed and at least 29 others were wounded in shootings across Chicago between Friday afternoon and Monday morning. The latest fatal shooting happened about...
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