2 seriously injured in Lake View moped crash
Two people were seriously injured when a car slammed into a moped Tuesday night in Lake View. The crash happened about 8:45 p.m. just south of the intersection of Broadway and Addison, according to the...
View ArticleConvicted murderer charged in West Englewood slaying
After Steven Cowan was shot several times while sitting in a blue truck parked in West Englewood on Friday morning, someone heard him say, “Joe shot me,” the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Joe is...
View ArticlePolice: Man shot to death in West Englewood
A man was shot to death Tuesday night in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago Police. Officers responding to reports of shots fired at 9:16 p.m. in the 6700 block of...
View ArticleLawsuit seeks to block Emanuel’s red-light camera do-over
Mayor Rahm Emanuel should be stopped in his tracks from giving 1.5 million motorists a red-light camera ticket do-over because his after-the-fact fix to a problem with those tickets violates state law,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man shot in Humboldt Park
UPDATES WITH AGE, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A man was shot in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Tuesday night on the West Side. The 34-year-old was standing outside at 8:37 p.m. in the 1000 block of North...
View ArticleRetired CPS teacher: $1M lottery prize ‘best birthday gift ever’
(TINLEY PARK) A retired Chicago Public Schools teacher won $1,050,000 with a “Lucky Day Lotto” ticket she bought on her birthday earlier this month. Sue Swanson bought three tickets on her 68th...
View ArticleMan shot in Burnside
A man was shot Tuesday night in the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side. The 38-year-old was shot in the arm about 9:40 p.m. in the 1000 block of East 93rd Street, according to Chicago Police. He...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police: 3 killed, 14 wounded in Chicago shootings Tuesday
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL SHOOTINGS Three people were killed and at least 14 others were wounded in shootings Tuesday on the city’s South and West sides, police said. The latest fatal shooting happened...
View ArticleUPDATE: 2 injured in Lake View moped crash
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS Two people were injured when a car slammed into a moped Tuesday night in the Lake View neighborhood on the North Side. A 56-year-old man was driving the scooter with a...
View ArticleBoy, 15, shot in Lawndale
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood Wednesday night. About 10:15 p.m., officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 700 block of South Kenneth and learned the boy...
View Article3 killed, 1 critically wounded in South Chicago shooting: Police
Three people were killed and another was critically wounded in a shooting in the South Chicago neighborhood early Thursday, police said. The four were shot about 12:10 a.m. in the 8000 block of South...
View ArticleMan, 24, shot while driving in Gresham
A man was shot in the Gresham neighborhood Wednesday night on the South Side. About 11:30 p.m., the 24-year-old was driving in the 1400 block of West 87th Street when a cream colored sedan pulled...
View ArticleMan shot in Marquette Park
A man was shot early Thursday in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. About 12:20 a.m., the 37-year-old was walking south in the 6300 block of South Washtenaw when he was confronted...
View ArticleUPDATE: CPD: 3 killed, 12 wounded in Wednesday shootings
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL SHOOTINGS Three people were killed and at least 12 more wounded in shootings Wednesday across the South and West sides of the city, according to Chicago Police. The most recent...
View ArticleMan stabbed, critically wounded in Gold Coast
A man was stabbed and critically wounded Wednesday night in the Gold Coast. The 26-year-old got into a fight with a 35-year-old man about 9:40 p.m. in the 400 block of East Ohio, when the suspect...
View ArticleMan shot in Dunning
A man was shot early Thursday in the Dunning neighborhood on the Northwest Side. The 30-year-old was standing on the sidewalk about 1:20 a.m. in the 7100 block of West Addison when someone on the...
View ArticlePolice: Two men found dead in Longwood Manor
Two men were found dead in a Longwood Manor apartment Wednesday night on the South Side, police said. The men, ages 51 and 56, were found about 10 p.m. in an apartment in the 9700 block of South...
View ArticleChicago Police bike officer struck by car in Buena Park
A Chicago Police bike officer was struck by a car early Thursday in the Buena Park neighborhood on the North Side. The officer was traveling west in the 1000 block of West Irving Park Road when a 2008...
View ArticlePolice: Man killed in hit-and-run crash in Logan Square
A man was killed in a hit-and-run crash early Thursday in the Logan Square neighborhood on the North Side, police said. A 2005 Chrysler 300 was traveling north in the 2500 block of North Western when...
View ArticleUPDATE: 3 charged with robbery after police chase on Loyola Beach
UPDATE WITH NARRATIVE, CHARGES (EVANSTON) Three people were charged with aggravated robbery after a police chase that started in north suburban Evanston ended on the sands of Loyola Beach Thursday...
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