Pedestrian struck by Metra train on Milwaukee District West line
(ELGIN) A pedestrian was struck by a Metra train Tuesday night on the Milwaukee District West line between Chicago and northwest suburban Elgin. Metra announced about 9:45 p.m. that train 2250 struck...
View ArticlePolice: 44-year-old man fatally shot in the head in West Pullman
A 44-year-old man was fatally shot in the head Tuesday night in the Far South Side West Pullman neighborhood, according to Chicago Police. About 8:15 p.m., the man was in the 12300 block of South...
View Article2 arrested when vehicle pursued by police crashes on Near West Side
Two people were taken into custody Tuesday night when a vehicle pursued by Chicago Police crashed on the Near West Side. The vehicle was involved in a vehicular hijacking earlier in the night and...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man charged with shooting in Fernwood
UPDATES WITH BOND A man has been charged with shooting another man early Monday in the Fernwood neighborhood on the Far South Side. Kermit Storey, 42, faces one felony count of aggravated battery,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Pedestrian struck by Metra train near Hanover Park station
UPDATES WITH DETAILS (HANOVER PARK) A pedestrian was struck by a Metra train Tuesday night on the Milwaukee District West line near northwest suburban Hanover Park. The pedestrian was struck by train...
View ArticleBoy, 15, shot while walking in Roseland neighborhood
A 15-year-old boy was shot Tuesday night while he walked in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side. The teenager was walking on the sidewalk about 9:05 p.m. in the first block of East 101st...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man killed in motorcycle crash in Crystal Lake
UPDATES WITH AUTOPSY (CRYSTAL LAKE) A motorcyclist was killed in a crash Sunday night in northwest suburban Crystal Lake. Officers responded about 8:50 p.m. after a blue Ford Expedition that had been...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man found dead two days after Washington Park fire
UPDATES WITH PRELIMINARY CAUSE OF FIRE FINDINGS A man was found dead two days after an extra-alarm fire Saturday morning in the South Side Washington Park neighborhood. The fire was first reported at...
View ArticleUPDATED ADVANCE DAYBOOK FOR THURSDAY, 09-28-17
ADDITIONS MARKED *** THURSDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 7 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Northwestern Pritzker School of Law hosts the 56th annual Corporate Counsel Institute featuring leading practitioners, academics...
View ArticleUPDATE: Cop fires gun at actor portraying armed robber during movie filming
UPDATES WITH FILM COMPANY STATEMENT (CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind.) It wasn’t in the script, but real police officers fired shots at an actor portraying an armed robber during a movie filming shooting Tuesday...
View ArticlePolice: 1 killed, 1 wounded in South Deering shooting
One person was killed and another was seriously wounded in a shooting Wednesday night in the South Deering neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said. The males, whose ages weren’t immediately...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man and woman shot in Austin
CORRECTS ADDRESS, UPDATES WITH DETAILS A man and woman were shot Wednesday afternoon in the West Side Austin neighborhood. Both were sitting outside at 12:24 p.m. in the 5200 block of West Adams when...
View ArticleUPDATE: Metra train strikes vehicle in NW suburbs, 1 hospitalized
UPDATES WITH DETAILS A person was critically injured when a Metra train struck a vehicle Wednesday evening near northwest suburban Lake Barrington. Outbound train 653 struck the vehicle about 7:45 p.m....
View ArticleFamily of Florida man killed in I-57 crash suing trucker
ATTORNEY CONTACT: STEVEN A. HART, (312) 955-0545 The family of a man killed in a crash last week on Interstate 57 near south suburban Manteno is suing the tractor trailer driver who slammed into the...
View ArticleUPDATE: 14-year-old girl shot in Calumet Heights neighborhood
UPDATES WITH DETAILS A 14-year-old girl was shot Wednesday night in the Calumet Heights neighborhood on the South Side. About 7 p.m., the girl was at a bus stop when she was shot in her abdomen by...
View ArticlePhony Uber driver picked up women, then raped them, prosecutors say
Cook County prosecutors filed charges in three more cases against a Glenview man who allegedly posed as an Uber driver, picked up women waiting outside bars, drove them to secluded streets and raped...
View ArticleUPDATE: Metra train strikes vehicle in NW suburbs, 1 hospitalized
UPDATES WITH DETAILS (LAKE BARRINGTON) A person was critically injured when a Metra train struck a vehicle Wednesday evening near northwest suburban Lake Barrington. Outbound train No. 653 struck the...
View ArticleMedical examiner’s cases
An unidentified person, of unknown age, of unknown home address, of unknown causes at 8661 W. Foster, pronounced at 2:15 a.m. [9/28]. Area North detectives. Steven T. Brown, 53, of the 1500 block of...
View ArticleUPDATE: Authorities: Man shot by police kills self during NW Indiana drug bust
UPDATES WITH CORONER’S OFFICE (GARY, Ind.) A 33-year-old northwest Indiana man shot by police on Thursday was later found dead in a backyard, apparently having killed himself during a chase that...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man, 25, shot during Bronzeville carjacking
UPDATES WITH DETAILS A man was shot during a carjacking Thursday evening in the South Side Bronzeville neighborhood. The 25-year-old was approached by two people about 6 p.m. in the 400 block of East...
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