OSHA investigating Park Forest industrial fatality
(PARK FOREST) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has opened an investigation into an industrial accident that left a 24-year-old man dead Monday in south suburban Park Forest. Milos...
View ArticleSemi-truck crashes on I-290 in Addison
(ADDISON) A semi-truck crashed Tuesday afternoon on I-290 in west suburban Addison. At 1:48 p.m., the 2007 Freightliner tractor was on eastbound I-290 near Wood Dale Road when it crashed into and went...
View ArticleClown sighting at Greenwood Elementary School in Waukegan
(WAUKEGAN) Three people dressed in clown masks stood at the edge of Greenwood Elementary School’s property taunting students in north suburban Waukegan Tuesday afternoon. Around 1:50 p.m. during a...
View ArticleBolingbrook police investigating suspected homicide
The Monday death of a man in southwest suburban Bolingbrook has prompted police to open a homicide investigation. Todd A. Frantzen, 50, was found dead about 8:12 a.m. Monday in his home in the 300...
View ArticleClown threats, sightings pop-up across Chicago area, NW Indiana
A wave of clown threats and sightings swept across the Chicago area and northwest Indiana on Monday and Tuesday. The first known threat was posted on Instagram at 8 p.m. Monday against Lincolnway...
View Article2 charged in Gary attempted murder
(GARY, Ind.) Two men were charged with attempted murder after allegedly running over a person with a vehicle last August in Gary. Carlton Crosslin Jr., 27, and John Fitzgerald Hardaway, 30, were each...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man shot in Austin
UPDATES WITH NARRATIVE, GENDER, AGE, CONDITION A man was shot Tuesday afternoon in the West Side Austin neighborhood. About 2 p.m., the 23-year-old was standing in the 5200 block of West Ferdinand when...
View ArticleUPDATED ADVANCE DAYBOOK FOR WEDNESDAY, 10-05-16
ADDITIONS MARKED *** WEDNESDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 5:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) 107 World War II and Korean War veterans from the Chicago area will take the final honor flight of the season to Washington,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Semi-truck crashes on I-290 in Addison
UPDATES WITH LANES OPEN (ADDISON) A semi-truck crashed Tuesday afternoon on I-290 in west suburban Addison. At 1:48 p.m., the 2007 Freightliner tractor was on eastbound I-290 near Wood Dale Road when...
View ArticleCPS warns parents of ‘clown threats’ at schools including Disney
Several Chicago Public Schools have apparently been named in the kind of threatening clown-related Facebook posts that have popped up all over the country, parents were warned Wednesday. Disney II...
View ArticleLisle man gets 40 years for for sexually assaulting young girl
(WHEATON) A west suburban man was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years in prison for sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s young daughter at her Lisle home over a period of five years. Filiberto...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man missing from Northwest Side located
A 36-year-old man who was been reported missing from the Montclare neighborhood on the Northwest Side Monday night was found safe. Kynan Groves disappeared about 10:30 p.m. Monday from the area of...
View ArticleUPDATE: Missing elderly man with Alzheimer’s found safe
UPDATES WITH MAN LOCATED A 73-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease who was reported missing from the East Garfield Park neighborhood Tuesday afternoon has been located. Richard Honorable was last seen...
View ArticleMan seriously wounded in Roseland shooting
A 30-year-old man was shot in the arm, abdomen and chest Wednesday afternoon in Roseland on the Far South Side. It happened about 5:15 p.m. in the 10100 block of South Michigan, according to Chicago...
View ArticleMan shot one block south of Willis Tower, in ‘grave’ condition
A 26-year-old man was shot in the chest and leg a block south of the Willis Tower downtown Wednesday night. It happened about 7:30 p.m. in the 300 block of South Franklin, according to Chicago Police....
View Article1 wounded in Auburn Gresham shooting
A 28-year-old man was shot in the leg Wednesday night in the South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood. It happened at 6:55 p.m. in the 8400 block of South Throop, and he was taken to a hospital in good...
View ArticleUPDATED ADVANCE DAYBOOK FOR THURSDAY, 10-06-16
ADDITIONS MARKED *** THURSDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 6:45 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, parents, students and teachers hold “walk-ins” at 15 Southwest Side schools for education...
View ArticleMedical examiner’s cases
Randy Nesbit, 38, of the 5900 block of North Winthrop Avenue, unknown causes at 5944 N. Winthrop Ave., pronounced at 8:31 a.m. [10/5], Area North detectives. Ravontae R. Anderson, 14, of the 7300 block...
View ArticlePalos Hills man charged after Lincolnshire chase in stolen car
(LINCOLNSHIRE) A southwest suburban man was high on drugs when he led police on a chase in a stolen vehicle Monday night in north suburban Lincolnshire, police allege. About 9:15 p.m., an officer tried...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man seriously wounded in North Lawndale shooting
UPDATES WITH AGE A man was seriously wounded in a shooting Thursday afternoon in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. The 18-year-old man was in the 1200 block of South Sawyer at 12:54...
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