UPDATE: $200K bond for man charged with pointing gun at off-duty officer
UPDATES WITH BOND Bond was set at $200,000 Tuesday for a 28-year-old man charged with pointing a gun at an off-duty Chicago Police officer Saturday afternoon in the South Deering neighborhood on the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man charged with fatal Woodlawn stabbing
UPDATES WITH CHARGES A 37-year-old man has been charged with fatally stabbing another man inside a Woodlawn neighborhood apartment Sunday morning on the South Side. About 8:15 a.m., Jacob Shelton got...
View ArticleTeen charged after rash of west suburban burglaries
(MILTON TWP.) A teenager has been charged after he and a crew of four others broke into a home and 35 vehicles early Monday near west suburban Glen Ellyn, authorities said. Officers responded to a call...
View ArticlePolice: 1 killed, 8 wounded in city shootings Monday
A 16-year-old boy was killed and at least eight more people were wounded in shootings across the city on Monday, according to Chicago Police. The homicide happened about 4:45 p.m. in the Humboldt Park...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man shot in Little Village
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS A man was shot Monday night in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side. At 8:39 p.m., the 19-year-old was standing on the sidewalk in the 3600 block of...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man shot in Chicago Lawn
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS A man was wounded in a shooting Monday night in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The 36-year-old was walking through an alley at 8:40 p.m. in the...
View ArticlePerson wounded in West Englewood shooting
A person was wounded in a West Englewood neighborhood shooting Monday night on the South Side. The male, whose age was not known, was shot in the buttocks about 11 p.m. in the 5500 block of South...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man wounded in West Englewood shooting
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A man was wounded in a West Englewood neighborhood shooting Monday night on the South Side. About 11 p.m., the 18-year-old was walking in the 5500 block of South...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police: 1 killed, 9 wounded in city shootings Monday
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL SHOOTING A 16-year-old boy was killed and at least nine more people were wounded in shootings Monday on the city’s South and West sides, according to Chicago Police. The...
View ArticleUPDATE: 2 deputies, 8 detainees injured in Cook County Jail melee
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL DEPUTY INJURED Two correctional deputies and eight detainees were injured when a massive fight broke out Tuesday night at the Cook County Jail on the Southwest Side. At least 11...
View ArticleUPDATE: West Town barricade situation ends after 5 hours
UPDATES WITH SITUATION OVER A police SWAT team responded to a barricade situation at a West Town building that lasted more than five hours Tuesday. Officers were called about 4:30 p.m. to the 800 block...
View Article1 wounded in Longwood Manor shooting
A person was shot in the Longwood Manor neighborhood Tuesday afternoon on the Far South Side. Just before 3 p.m., the male was shot in the thigh in the 1100 block of West 98th Street, according to...
View ArticleCPD makes plans to keep peace in Wrigleyville during World Series
As the World Series gets underway, the Chicago Police Department issued an order Tuesday calling on all sworn members to be ready to respond to the area around Wrigleyville in the event of large,...
View Article6 wounded in South Side shootings Tuesday
At least six people were shot in separate South Side attacks Tuesday, according to Chicago Police. The latest shooting happened about 7:35 p.m. in Woodlawn, where a 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg...
View ArticleFeds: ‘Sexually explicit videos’ found on Mel Reynolds’ computer
Federal prosecutors insist they know nothing about the contents of a computer carried by former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds when he was arrested in Atlanta last spring. Except one thing: “They contain...
View ArticleFire damages Sonic Drive-In in Palatine
(PALATINE) A Sonic Drive-In restaurant in northwest suburban Palatine was closed for cleanup and repairs after a fire Tuesday afternoon. Crews were called at 3:55 p.m. when a fire alarm was activated...
View ArticleMan shot while driving on Far South Side
A man was shot Tuesday night while driving in the East Side neighborhood on the Far South Side. The 22-year-old was driving at 11:51 p.m. in the 10000 block of South Avenue L when a silver SUV pulled...
View ArticleUPDATE: Boy, 15, shot in Woodlawn
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS A 15-year-old boy was shot Tuesday night in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side. About 7:35 p.m., he was walking through an alley in the 6500 block of South King...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police: 2 found dead in suspected murder-suicide in Ukrainian Village
UPDATES WITH FATALITIES, ADDITIONAL DETAILS Detectives have opened a homicide investigation after two people were found dead in a Ukrainian Village home following a five-hour barricade situation...
View ArticleCook County to hike minimum wage to $13
Minimum-wage workers in the Cook County suburbs are getting a raise, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. County Board members Wednesday approved an ordinance that will boost the minimum hourly wage from...
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