UPDATED ADVANCE DAYBOOK FOR FRIDAY, 10-21-16
ADDITIONS MARKED *** FRIDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 8 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago Ideas Week presents panel discussion on “How the Military Is Solving the Energy Crisis,” with speakers including Roger...
View ArticleFormer student sues school district over sexual abuse by janitor
A former student is suing a northwest suburban school district that employed a janitor convicted of sexual assault of minors. Kendrick Ingram, 48, was sentenced to 18 years in prison in 2007 after he...
View ArticleRiverside police chief named chairperson state DUI task force
The chief of police for west suburban Riverside was recently named chairperson of the Illinois Impaired Driving Task Force. Police Chief Tom Weitzel will be the first chairperson of the newly created...
View ArticleVeteran man with dementia, diabetes missing from Calumet Heights
A 77-year-old veteran with dementia and diabetes has been missing from the South Side Calumet Heights neighborhood since Tuesday. Eddie Davis was last seen driving a 2010 Buick Lucerne with Illinois...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man shot in Bronzeville
A 20-year-old man was shot in the South Side Bronzeville neighborhood Thursday afternoon. At 4:55 p.m., the man was walking to a gas station in the 100 block of East 51st Street when a vehicle drove up...
View ArticleMan charged with armed robbery in Uptown
A 52-year-old man was charged with an armed robbery of a woman who he held against her will early Thursday in Uptown. Darnell Lamont Murphy was arrested and charged with a felony count of armed robbery...
View ArticleUPDATE: Veteran man missing from Calumet Heights found safely
UPDATE MAN FOUND SAFELY A 77-year-old veteran with dementia and diabetes reported missing from the South Side Calumet Heights neighborhood since Tuesday has been found safely. Eddie Davis was last seen...
View Article16-year-old boy wounded in Bronzeville drive-by shooting
A 16-year-old boy was wounded in a drive-by shooting Thursday night in the South Side Bronzeville neighborhood. He was walking on the sidewalk about 9:15 p.m. in the 4300 block of South Michigan when a...
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UPDATE: FBI: Berwyn bank robbery was man’s second heist in two months
RESENDS WITH PHOTO (BERWYN) A man robbed a bank for the second time in less than two months Wednesday afternoon in west suburban Berwyn. He made off with an unspecified amount of cash about 5:30 p.m....
View ArticleUPDATED ADVANCED DAYBOOK FOR MONDAY, 10-24-16
ADDITIONS MARKED *** MONDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 8 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Cook County state’s attorney candidate Kim Foxx campaigns for Hillary Clinton at an early voting rally. 95th CTA Red Line station,...
View ArticleMan critically wounded in Hermosa shooting
A man was critically wounded in a shooting in the Hermosa neighborhood Sunday night on the Northwest Side. Officers were investigating a report of shots fired about 7:05 p.m. in the 1900 block of North...
View ArticleUPDATE: Woman, 60, dies month after being hit by car in Logan Square
UPDATES WITH DETAILS THROUGHOUT A 60-year-old woman has died more than a month after being hit by a car in Logan Square on the Northwest Side. Rosalia Fonseca was struck at 9:43 a.m. Sept. 20 at the...
View ArticleBoy, 16, shot in Gresham
A 16-year-old boy was shot Sunday night in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. About 7:45 p.m., the boy was outside in the 1500 block of West 81st Street when two males approached him on foot...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police: 5 killed, 31 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL SHOOTINGS Five people were killed and at least 31 more have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday evening, according to Chicago Police. The weekend’s latest...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man found shot to death in Little Village
UPDATES WITH FATALITY A man was found shot to death early Sunday in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Just before 5 a.m., officers responding to a call of shots fired found him on...
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Federal trial over Endia Martin killing begins this week
Vandetta Redwood found herself alone in a Chicago police lockup in April 2014, the day a teenage feud ended with a street brawl — and the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Endia Martin. Redwood, then 32,...
View ArticleReward offered for information about hit-and-run driver in DeKalb
(DEKALB) Crime Stoppers is offering a $1000 reward for information about a hit-and-run driver whose vehicle struck a police vehicle last week in west suburban DeKalb. On Oct. 16, police discovered...
View ArticleCTA budget: No fare hikes or service cuts planned in 2017
The Chicago Transit Authority will go an eighth straight year without raising fares or cutting service, according to the agency’s 2017 budget. Long-term deals on fuel and increased non-fare revenue...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man charged with pointing gun at off-duty Chicago Police officer
UPDATES WITH CHARGES A 28-year-old man has been charged with pointing a gun at an off-duty Chicago Police officer Saturday afternoon in the South Deering neighborhood on the Far South Side. Ivan Ayers...
View ArticleHigh lead found in 24 percent of Chicago Park District fountains
Nearly a quarter of outdoor Chicago Park District water fountains have tested high for levels of lead, officials announced Monday. Out of 1,891 drinking fountains, 445 were found to have lead levels...
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