Woman shot, stabbed in Chicago Lawn
A woman was shot and stabbed in a domestic incident Sunday morning in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The attack happened at 9:40 a.m. in the 6300 block of South Troy, according to...
View ArticleUPDATE: Missing Westville Correctional Center inmate found hiding on grounds
UPDATES WITH DETAILS (WESTVILLE, Ind.) An inmate who was thought to have escaped Friday from a northwest Indiana correctional facility was found hiding on the prison’s grounds. Orville Morris, 35, was...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police: 4 killed in crash with CTA bus in East Garfield Park
UPDATES WITH DETAILS Four people were killed in a crash Sunday morning between a CTA bus and a car in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, according to Chicago Police. The car was...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police: 4 killed in crash with CTA bus in East Garfield Park
UPDATES WITH DETAILS Four people were killed in a crash Sunday morning between a CTA bus and a car in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, according to Chicago Police. A Buick LeSabre...
View ArticleSWAT team responding to man barricaded in South Side church
A SWAT team is responding to a report of a man barricaded inside a church Sunday afternoon in the South Side Washington Park neighborhood. Authorities responded at 2:14 p.m. to a call of a man...
View ArticleUPDATE: 88-year-old woman dies after Englewood fire
UPDATES WITH AUTOPSY RESULTS An elderly woman died Saturday night after a fire in the South Side Englewood neighborhood. The fire happened in the 7100 block of South Lowe, according to Chicago Fire...
View Article54-year-old man missing from North Lawndale
Police are searching for a 54-year-old man who went missing Saturday from the West Side North Lawndale neighborhood. Jerry Phillis was last seen near the 1400 block of South Harding Avenue, according...
View ArticleMan facing charges in connection with fatal St. Charles crash
(ST. CHARLES) A 37-year-old man is facing charges in connection with a crash near west suburban St. Charles that left a 74-year-old woman dead last year. Mark Vogtman was charged with aggravated DUI of...
View Article14-year-old girl missing from Albany Park
Police are searching for a 14-year-old girl who went missing Sunday from the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Geminah Ortiz was last seen near Lawrence and Central Park Streets,...
View ArticleProsecutors: 25 shots from assault rifle tore through CPD van
A reputed gang member sprayed a police van with more than two-dozen rounds from an assault rifle last week after mistaking the unmarked vehicle and plainclothes officers inside for rival gang members,...
View ArticleCPD to host ‘Operation Wake-Up’ to stop violence in Brighton Park
UPDATES DAYBOOK TO ADD 7 P.M. EVENT 7 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago Police Department will host an “Operation Wake-Up” community rally to stop the violence after 10 people were shot Sunday evening in the...
View ArticleMan struck and killed by vehicle near Batavia
(BATAVIA) A man was fatally struck by a vehicle early Monday near west suburban Batavia. Jeremy Kostrzewa, 26, was outside his home in the 2S800 block of Meadowview Road in unincorporated Batavia...
View ArticlePolice: 4 armed robberies reported in Auburn Gresham
Four armed robberies were reported in the last week and a half in the South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood. Several men took out a gun and forcibly demanded the victims’ belongings, according to a...
View ArticleUPDATE: Two injured in ‘suspicious’ Englewood house fire
UPDATES WITH DETAILS Two people were injured, one critically, in what officials called a “suspicious” fire Monday morning in the South Side Englewood neighborhood. Crews responded at 9:22 a.m. to a...
View Article70-year-old man dies more than a week after Garfield Ridge crash
A 70-year-old man died more than a week after he was injured in a crash in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood on the Southwest Side. James Bourne was driving a Honda north in the 5200 block of South...
View ArticleADVANCE DAYBOOK FOR TUESDAY, 05-09-17
TUESDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 8 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago hosts an Economics for Opinioon Leaders” Journalist program, an educational seminar featuring a college-level economics...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police: Man left threatening voicemail at Naperville school
UPDATES WITH DETAILS (NAPERVILLE) A man has been charged with leaving a threatening voicemail at a Catholic school in west suburban Naperville. William H. MacKinnon, 48, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts,...
View ArticleSheriff: More than $1M in cocaine found in Will Co. traffic stop
(WILL COUNTY) More than $1 million worth of cocaine was discovered during a traffic stop Monday night in the southwest suburbs. Jorge Vargas-Moreno, 31, of Chicago; Bulmaro Castelan-Diaz, 35 of...
View ArticleUPDATE: 10 shot, 2 fatally, in Brighton Park
UPDATES WITH IDS Ten people were shot, two of them fatally, on Sunday evening in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The shooting wounded eight people and killed a man and his sister...
View ArticlePolice: Teen killed, man wounded in South Deering shooting
A 17-year-old boy was killed and a 22-year-old man was wounded in a shooting Tuesday afternoon in the South Deering neighborhood on the Far South Side. They were walking west on 95th Street at 12:21...
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