UPDATE: Massive fire tears through industrial building in Irving Park
UPDATES WITH NEW DETAILS A massive fire broke out early Friday at an industrial building in the Old Irving Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. A second alarm was called about 4:30 a.m. and a third...
View ArticleWest Side residents attend Trauma and Violence Prevention Conference
UPDATES FRIDAY DAYBOOK TO ADD 9 A.M. EVENT 9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) West Side residents meet to address violence at the Trauma and Violence Prevention Conference. Sinai Community Institute, 2653 W. Ogden...
View ArticlePolice: 26-year-old man stabbed to death inside River North apartment
A 26-year-old man was stabbed to death on Thursday night in River North, according to Chicago Police. He was found with multiple lacerations about 8:30 p.m. and was pronounced dead at the scene inside...
View ArticleEmanuel touts street sweeping milestone
UPDATES DAYBOOK WITH 2 p.m. EVENT 2 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces “a street sweeping milestone.” 2700 E. 88th St. Contact: (312) 744-3334 or press@cityofchicago.org.
View ArticleMedical examiner’s cases
Paul Murden, 55, of the 1300 block of West 97th Street, unknown causes at 1323 W. 97th St., pronounced at 12 p.m. [7/25], Area South detectives. Joseph Campbell, 58, of the 6700 block of South Loomis,...
View ArticleWhite Sox to visit patients at Lurie Children’s Hospital
UPDATES FRIDAY DAYBOOK TO ADD 11:30 A.M. EVENT 11:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) White Sox infielders Matt Davidson, Tyler Saladino and Yolmer Sanchez will visit patients and their families at Lurie Children’s...
View ArticleMan hit by semi while out on parole for stealing Salvation Army bucket
(BELLWOOD) A man convicted of stealing a Salvation Army donation bucket three years ago in west suburban Lombard was fatally struck by a semitrailer while biking on Thursday in Bellwood. Roosevelt...
View ArticlePolice: Man dies after being pulled from lake off Oak Street Beach
A man died after rescue crews pulled him from the water north of Oak Street Beach early Saturday, according to Chicago Police. Authorities were called about 3:45 a.m. to the beach near the 1000 block...
View ArticleWEEKEND DAYBOOK FOR 07-29 THRU 07-31-17
ADDITION MARKED *** SATURDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 7 a.m. — (CHICAGO) 28th annual Black Cowboys “Broken Arrow Ride in Chicago.” 5200 S. Payne (behind National Guard Armory near 52nd and Cottage...
View ArticleRiver North knife fight ends with police using stun gun
Chicago Police officers used a stun gun to shock a knife-wielding man early Saturday in River North, police said. About 1:45 a.m., the officers were called to the intersection of State and Illinois,...
View ArticleMan shows up at hospital after West Side shooting
A 23-year-old man was shot in the shoulder early Saturday in the West Side Austin neighborhood. He showed up at Stroger Hospital about 3 a.m. and said he’d been wounded while walking down the 5000...
View ArticleMan in serious condition after Gresham shooting
A 26-year-old man was shot repeatedly in the leg early Saturday in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. It happened about 3:45 a.m. in the 1500 block of West 79th Street, and he was taken in...
View ArticleUPDATE: Woman dead, 4-year-old boy among 2 wounded in Austin shooting
UPDATES WITH ID, CORRECTED AGE PER M.E. A woman was killed and two people were wounded, including a 4-year-old boy, in a shooting Friday evening in the West Side Austin neighborhood. The shooting...
View ArticleUPDATE: 3 shot, 1 fatally, on Southwest Side
UPDATES WITH ID A person was killed and two were wounded in a Marquette Park neighborhood shooting late Friday on the Southwest Side. At 10:50 p.m., the trio were standing in the 2500 block of West...
View ArticleMedical examiner’s cases
James Tully, 52, unknown home address, unknown causes at 2000 Brandon Road in Glenview, pronounced at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 6:07 p.m. [7/28], Glenview police. Abraham Roa, 23, of the 2900...
View Article4-year-old boy among 13 shot in Chicago in first 11 hours of weekend
A 4-year-old boy and an 89-year-old man were among 13 people shot on the South and West sides of Chicago during the first 11 hours of the weekend, which also saw two homicides. The youngster was in the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man shot in Heart of Chicago
UPDATES WITH CORRECTED AGE, PER POLICE A man was shot early Sunday in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood on the South Side. The 32-year-old was standing outside about 3 a.m. in the street with other...
View ArticleMan shot in Washington Park
A man was shot early Sunday in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side. The 31-year-old was walking about 2:55 a.m. on the sidewalk in the 300 block of East 57th Street when someone in a...
View ArticleWEEKEND DAYBOOK FOR 07-30 THRU 07-31-17
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONS MARKED *** SUNDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 7:30 a.m. — (EVANSTON) Northwestern University’s 6th annual Run for Walk, a 4.1 mile run and 5K family walk, held in honor of former head...
View ArticleChild found dead in family swimming pool in Elwood
(ELWOOD) A 22-month-old boy was found dead in a family’s swimming pool Saturday afternoon in southwest suburban Elwood. Traeger A. Moore was found in the pool in the 19000 block of Raymond Drive in...
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