UPDATE: Student in custody after weapon found in West Side school
UPDATES WITH LOCKDOWN OVER, STUDENT IN CUSTODY Charges were pending against a student Thursday afternoon after a weapon was found inside an East Garfield Park neighborhood school on the West Side....
View ArticleBomb threat at Leighton Criminal Courthouse, nothing found
People were briefly prevented from entering the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on Thursday morning after police received a report of a bomb in the area of the courthouse. Nothing turned up during an...
View Article27-year-old man killed in motorcycle crash in Hickory Hills
(HICKORY HILLS) A northwest suburban man was killed in a motorcycle crash Wednesday night in southwest suburban Hickory Hills. Wayne Loebbaka, 27, was pronounced dead at 9 p.m. at Christ Medical Center...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man charged with threatening student at Glenbrook South
UPDATES WITH CHARGES (GLENVIEW) An 18-year-old man has been charged with threatening a student at a north suburban high school Wednesday afternoon. Daniel Shatkovskiy, of the 4200 block of Linden Tree...
View ArticleTelephone scammers impersonate police officers in suburban scheme
The Kendall County sheriff’s office is warning residents of an ongoing telephone scam where individuals claim to a police officers and notify them about an IRS complaint. In these incidents, the...
View ArticleMedical examiner’s cases
Davonna Johnson, 44, of 4845 S. Federal St., unknown causes at same, pronounced at the University of Chicago Medical Center at 10:02 a.m. [10/6], Area Central detectives. Rosemary A. Powers, 68, of...
View ArticleWinning lottery ticket worth more than $1M sold in Tinley Park
(TINLEY PARK) A store in southwest suburban Tinley Park sold a $1,050,000 winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket for the Monday evening drawing. The winner, who has not yet come forward, bought the ticket at...
View ArticleUPDATED ADVANCE DAYBOOK FOR FRIDAY, 10-07-16
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONS MARKED *** FRIDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 7 a.m. — (LAKE ZURICH) Lake Zurich, Hawthorn Woods and Kildeer police departments participate in Coffee with a Cop event. Mariano’s Fresh...
View Article60-year-old man charged with defacing Pilsen church
A 60-year-old man has been charged with vandalizing the front doors of a church early Sunday in the Pilsen neighborhood on the South Side. Robert Samar was seen at 4:45 a.m. on a surveillance video...
View ArticlePlumber’s family sues for fatal South Loop construction accident
CONTACT: Atty. Colin O’Malley, (312) 464-1200 The family of a plumber killed at a South Loop construction site last fall has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the site’s management company. Joseph...
View ArticleMedical examiner’s cases
John Zeman, 73, of the 9000 block of Lavergne in Skokie, Ill., unknown causes at same, pronounced at Skokie Hospital at 6:40 p.m. [10/4]. Skokie police. Dontrell Murray, 22, of the 15000 block of...
View ArticleUPDATED ADVANCE WEEKEND DAYBOOK FOR 10-08 THRU 10-10-16
ADDITIONS MARKED *** SATURDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 7:45 a.m. — (CHICAGO) U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will meet Obama for America alumni and supporters to send them off for a day of knocking on doors for...
View Article16-year-old boy shot in North Lawndale
A 16-year-old boy was shot in the buttocks Friday night in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Just before 7 p.m., someone walked up to the boy outside in the 1400 block of South...
View ArticleUPDATE: Prosecutors: Man beat cops; slammed female cop’s head by her hair
UPDATES WITH BOND A Maywood man — high on PCP and with a history of resisting arrest — was ordered held without bond Friday after he allegedly punched two Chicago Police officers, including a female...
View ArticleUPDATE: 60-year-old man charged with defacing Pilsen church
UPDATES WITH BOND Bond was set at $25,000 Friday for a 60-year-old man accused of vandalizing the front doors of a church early Sunday in the Pilsen neighborhood on the South Side. Robert Samar was...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man, 78, dies in I-294 crash near Wolf Road
UPDATES WITH AUTOPSY (INDIAN HEAD PARK) A Canadian man died in a crash on the Tri-State Tollway Thursday afternoon near southwest suburban Indian Head Park. At 3:27 p.m., Gary Smith, 78; of Ontario,...
View Article2 men wounded in separate Fernwood shootings
Two men were wounded in separate Fernwood neighborhood shootings that happened within three minutes and three blocks of each other Friday afternoon on the Far South Side. At 2:22 p.m., a 30-year-old...
View ArticleUnion: Teacher strike could start Tuesday as contract talks stall
Chicago Teachers Union leaders Friday said there was “movement” but no deal in contract talks, and a third strike in four years could begin Tuesday if negotiations with Chicago Public Schools remain...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man charged with robbing cab driver in Elgin
UPDATES WITH BOND (ELGIN) A man has been charged with robbing a taxi driver early Friday in northwest suburban Elgin. Police were called about the robbery at 1:20 a.m. in the 400 block of Wellington...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police release photos of Evanston robbery suspects
UPDATES WITH PHOTOS (EVANSTON) Police in north suburban Evanston released photos Saturday of three people suspected of trying to rob two Northwestern University students — one of them successfully —...
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