Jason Van Dyke’s lawyers protest protestors at court hearings
Cook County sheriff’s deputies walked Jason Van Dyke out of the Leighton Criminal Courthouse Thursday, after his lawyers complained to a judge about protesters harassing the Chicago Police officer...
View ArticleMan who took bribes from food service workers gets 18 months
A south suburban man who took bribes from food service workers to skip Illinois Department of Health training and testing has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Ernest Griffin, 71, of Lynwood...
View ArticleWoman seriously injured in hit-and-run crash in West Pullman
A woman was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash Thursday morning in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side. The 20-year-old woman was driving a white Buick southbound in the 600 block...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man in custody after 8-hour standoff in Avalon Park
UPDATES WITH MAN IN CUSTODY A man is in custody after an eight-hour standoff with police Thursday morning in the South Side Avalon Park neighborhood. A SWAT team responded about 4:45 a.m. to a man...
View ArticleMan charged with machete attack in Round Lake Park
(ROUND LAKE PARK) A north suburban man involved in an argument over the cost of construction work done at his home attacked his roommate with a machete, police said while announcing felony charges...
View ArticleMan shot in leg in Washington Park
A man was shot Thursday afternoon in the South Side Washington Park neighborhood. The shooting happened about 1:35 p.m. in the 5600 block of South Wabash, according to Chicago Police. The 22-year-old...
View ArticleQuigley, Preckwinkle to speak at Earth Day event
UPDATES DAYBOOK WITH NOON EVENT Noon — (CHICAGO) Environmental Law and Policy Center hosts Rally for the Planet to celebrate Earth Day and discuss city’s progress on clean air and clean water...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man shot to death in Gary
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS (GARY, Ind.) A man was shot to death early Friday in northwest Indiana. Officers were called at 3:16 a.m. for reports of shots fired in the 200 block of Ellsworth Street...
View ArticlePolice: 1 dead, 5 injured in North Chicago crash
(NORTH CHICAGO) One person was killed and five others were injured in a crash early Friday in north suburban North Chicago, police said. The crash happened at 1:58 a.m. on U.S. 41 north of Casimir...
View ArticleCar taken from tow truck at gunpoint on West Side
A group of men held up a tow truck driver at gunpoint on the West Side early Friday, then took off in the car that was being towed. The 40-year-old driver and a 23-year-old man were in the truck, which...
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UPDATE: Man caught in act charged with robbing Loop bank
UPDATES WITH CHARGES A man has been charged with robbing a bank Wednesday morning in the Loop. Jack Dudley, 61, of Chicago, was charged with robbing the U.S. Bank branch at 25 E. Washington, according...
View Article4 wanted for violent armed robbery, carjacking in Gary
(GARY, Ind.) Police are looking for four people wanted for robbing, beating and carjacking a man last week in northwest Indiana. The male victim was robbed at gunpoint on April 15 in the 3800 block of...
View Article75-year-old man dies when car crashes into vehicle in garage
A 75-year-old man died Thursday when his car crashed into another vehicle that was parked in a garage near west suburban Aurora. Lloyd Manning was driving his Toyota Camry east on Molitor Road in...
View Article26-year-old man shot in Fernwood
A 26-year-old man was shot Friday afternoon in the Fernwood neighborhood on the Far South Side. At 1:32 p.m., the man was shot in the foot in the 300 block of West 99th Place, according to Chicago...
View ArticleAppeals court upholds Rod Blagojevich’s 14-year prison sentence
Things looked bad for Rod Blagojevich from the start this week. Before a word was even uttered in a courtroom, it was announced that his appeal would be heard by the same three justices who said in...
View ArticlePerson wounded in Monee shooting
(MONEE) A person was shot during an argument Thursday afternoon in south suburban Monee. The shooting happened about 12:30 p.m. on the street in the 25500 block of South Cleveland Avenue, according to...
View ArticleMan charged with sexually abusing 6-year-old girl in Logan Square
A man has been charged with sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl last week in a Logan Square neighborhood grocery store on the Northwest Side. Noe Moreno, 43, was charged with a felony count of criminal...
View ArticleUPDATE: Authorities investigate fatal shooting involving Portage police officer
UPDATES WITH FATALITY (PORTAGE, Ind.) State and county authorities in northwest Indiana are investigating a fatal shooting early Saturday involving a Portage police officer. The shooting happened...
View ArticleUPDATE: Missing Little Village girl found
UPDATES WITH GIRL FOUND A 16-year-old girl who was reported missing Monday from the Southwest Side Little Village neighborhood has been found. Nancy Olvera was last seen Monday in the 2800 block of...
View Article2 men shot in Grand Crossing
Two men were wounded, one of them critically, in a shooting Saturday morning in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side. The men, ages 46 and 34, were in the 800 block of East 79th Street at...
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