Madison to close this weekend in Loop as CTA construction continues
A downtown street will close this weekend in the Loop as construction on a new CTA train station continues. Madison Street will be closed from Friday evening until Monday morning between State and...
View ArticleLane closures on Dan Ryan bridge over Chinatown Feeder on Saturday
Lanes on the Dan Ryan Expressway bridge over the Chinatown feeder ramp will close this weekend on the South Side. The lanes on I-90/94 will close between midnight and 6 a.m. on Saturday in both...
View ArticleLost wallet stolen in Naperville used to buy Yu-Gi-Oh! cards
A person who picked up a lost wallet last month in the western suburbs didn’t exactly do the right thing, choosing to use the credit cards inside to buy Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. The male, whose age was...
View ArticleChicago Heights man shot to death in northwest Indiana
(DYER, Ind.) An Illinois man died Thursday after he was shot multiple times in northwest Indiana. Mark P. Coffey, 33, was shot in the 8000 block of Hart Street in Dyer, Indiana, according to the Lake...
View ArticleUPDATE: Back of the Yards man charged with 13 business burglaries across city
UPDATES WITH BOND A South Side man has been charged with burglarizing at least 13 businesses across the city. Dwayne Johnson, 55, faces 13 felony counts of burglary, according to Chicago Police....
View ArticleUPDATED ADVANCE DAYBOOK FOR FRIDAY, 08-11-17
UPDATES MARKED *** FRIDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 7 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Veterans For Peace hosts 32nd National Convention, “Education Not Militarization,” featuring Power to Peace Festival (6 p.m. at Vic...
View ArticleWhen sex offender grabs 4-year-old in park, men step up to play hero
(WOODSTOCK) When a convicted sex offender tried to abduct a young boy at a northwest suburban playground Friday afternoon, two adults came to the rescue, battling the man until he freed the boy and...
View Article16-year-old boy missing from Bridgeport
A 16-year-old boy has been reported missing from the South Side Bridgeport neighborhood. Nicholas Chavez, who goes by the nickname “Nichoo,” was last seen Thursday in the 600 block of West 28th Street,...
View ArticleMan, 38, dies in fall from tree at 31st Street Beach after drinking
A man died Thursday evening after he fell from a tree at 31st Street Beach on the South Side. Officers responded to the beach about 11:30 p.m. where they found Manuel Guzman, 38, had fallen from a tree...
View ArticleMan, 21, dies in motor vehicle crash in Harvey
(HARVEY) A man died Thursday night in a motor vehicle crash in south suburban Harvey. Jaquan J. Cameron, 21, was in a vehicle that crashed just before 10 p.m. at the intersection of Thornton Road and...
View ArticleSuit: Teenager sexually assaulted woman while on electronic monitoring
ATTORNEY CONTACT: FRANCIS P. MURPHY, (312) 346-3191 A woman is suing Cook County because she was sexually assaulted by a 15-year-old boy while he was on electronic home monitoring last year, claiming...
View Article40-year-old man killed in Des Plaines motorcycle crash
A 40-year-old man was killed in a crash Friday afternoon in northwest suburban Des Plaines. First responders were called at 4:15 p.m. to a report of a motorcycle crash in the 2300 block of South Mount...
View ArticleUPDATE: Boy, 17, shot multiple times in Logan Square
UPDATES WITH DETAILS A 17-year-old boy was shot Friday afternoon in the Northwest Side Logan Square neighborhood. He was shot multiple times at 4:04 p.m. in the 1900 block of North Spaulding during an...
View ArticleUPDATE: Anonymous tips and anonymous call lead cops to Subway robbery suspect
UPDATES WITH MUGSHOT (OAK LAWN) Anonymous tips helped police identify a suspect in the armed robbery of a Subway sandwich shop in the southwest suburbs, and later, another anonymous call helped lead to...
View ArticleUPDATE: 52-year-old man shot in Little Village
UPDATES WITH DETAILS, CORRECTS AGE A 52-year-old man was wounded Friday afternoon in a Little Village neighborhood shooting on the Southwest Side. He was sitting next to a home at 3:56 p.m. in the 2500...
View ArticleUPDATED ADVANCE WEEKEND DAYBOOK FOR 07-12 THRU 07-14-17
UPDATES MARKED *** SATURDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 7 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Veterans For Peace hosts 32nd National Convention, “Education Not Militarization.” Through Aug. 13. Palmer House Hilton, 17 E....
View ArticleMan killed in Bridgeview crash
(BRIDGEVIEW) A man died Friday night from injuries he suffered in a crash between a motorcycle and a car in southwest suburban Bridgeview. Matthew Englehart, 30, suffered multiple injuries in a...
View ArticleWEEKEND DAYBOOK FOR 07-12 THRU 07-14-17
ADDITION MARKED *** SATURDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 4 p.m. — (WADSWORTH) Lake County Forest Preserves and Lake County Health Dept. hosts “Rx for Health: Waking in Nature” hike. Van Patten Woods, 15838...
View ArticleMan charged with burglarizing vehicle in Riverside garage
(RIVERSIDE) A man was charged with breaking into a garage and burglarizing a vehicle early Thursday in west suburban Riverside. Officers were dispatched at 2:13 a.m. to a burglar alarm in the 300 block...
View ArticleNo injuries reported after Geneva garage fire
(GENEVA) No one was injured in a fire Thursday evening in west suburban Geneva that left a detached garage damaged. Firefighters responded at 6:16 p.m. to a report of a garage fire in an alley in the...
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