Lansing man charged with South Chicago slaying
A 22-year-old man has been charged with fatally shooting a 25-year-old man four months ago in the South Chicago neighborhood. Rondale Parker allegedly shot Laron McCoy in the head about 1:15 p.m. July...
View ArticleDAYBOOK FOR FRIDAY, 11-18-16
FRIDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 7 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Santa’s helpers from the Lakeview Chamber of Commerce hand out free gift cards to morning commuters. Paulina CTA Brown Line station, 3410 N. Lincoln...
View Article11 shot, 4 fatally, in Thursday shootings on South, West sides
Four people were killed and at least seven more wounded in separate shootings Thursday on Chicago’s South and West sides. The latest homicide happened about 10:30 p.m. in the Rosemoor neighborhood,...
View ArticleUPDATE: 42-year-old man shot dead in Rosemoor
UPDATES WITH ID A 42-year-old man was shot dead late Thursday in the Rosemoor neighborhood on the Far South Side. Joseph Anderson was discovered on the floor of an apartment in the 400 block of East...
View ArticleUPDATE: 11 shot, 4 fatally, in Thursday shootings on South, West sides
RESENDS WITH ID Four people were killed and at least seven more wounded in separate shootings Thursday on Chicago’s South and West sides. The latest homicide happened about 10:30 p.m. in the Rosemoor...
View ArticleFeds to announce public corruption indictments in NW Indiana
UPDATES DAYBOOK WITH 11 A.M. EVENT 11 a.m. — (HAMMOND, Ind.) Federal prosecutors announce public corruption indictments in Lake and Porter counties in Indiana. Hammond Federal Courthouse, 5400 Federal...
View ArticleMan shot in Belmont Central robbery attempt
A 32-year-old man was shot by one of three people who tried to rob him early Friday in the Belmont Central neighborhood on the Northwest Side, according to Chicago Police. About 4 a.m., he was walking...
View ArticleMan dies 4 days after West Side shooting that wounded 3 more
A man has died after a West Garfield Park shooting that left three others wounded last week on the West Side. About 4 p.m. Nov. 9, the men were standing outside in the 3400 block of West Monroe when a...
View ArticleMedical examiner’s cases
Darian Tyler, 23, of the 3500 block of West 5th Avenue, unknown causes at 3414 W. Monroe, pronounced at Stroger at 8:30 p.m. [11/13], Area North detectives. Bonnie Clausen, 58, of the 7200 block of...
View ArticleUPDATE: CPD: Officers fatally shoot man who shot another on South Side
UPDATES WITH NEW PICTURES Chicago Police officers shot a man and killed a man whom they saw shoot another man when a fight spilled onto a West Englewood neighborhood street late Friday on the South...
View ArticleUPDATE: Grandson of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis shot to death in Englewood
UPDATES WITH PICTURE The 15-year-old grandson of Congressman Danny Davis was shot to death in his Englewood home Friday evening. About 6:45 p.m., Jovan Wilson was inside his home in the 5600 block of...
View ArticleMan, 49, shot in Englewood
A 49-year-old man was shot in the hand early Saturday in Englewood on the South Side. He hard gunfire and realized he’d been hit about 12:40 a.m. in the 6300 block of South Ashland, according to...
View ArticleMan shot while leaving Portage Park gas station
A man was shot late Friday as he was walking out of a gas station in the Northwest Side Portage Park neighborhood. At 11:47 p.m., the 27-year-old leaving the station in the 5200 block of West Addison...
View ArticleWEEKEND DAYBOOK FOR 11-19 THRU 11-21-16
SATURDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 8 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Community groups including Somos Logan Square, Autonomous Tenants Union and Grassroots Illinois Action conduct emergency vigil and press conference to...
View Article66-year-old man missing more than a month from Bronzeville
Chicago Police are searching for a 66-year-old man who has been missing for more than a month from the South Side Bronzeville neighborhood. Johnny Jones was last seen Oct. 3 in the 4900 block of South...
View ArticleUPDATE: Grandson of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis shot to death in Englewood
NOTES AGE, NAME DISCREPANCIES PER MEDICAL EXAMINER The teenage grandson of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis was shot to death in his Englewood home Friday evening. About 6:45 p.m., Jovan Wilson, 15, was inside...
View ArticlePolice: 11 shot, 2 fatally, in first 8 hours of weekend
Two people were killed, including the teenage grandson of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, and at least nine more were wounded in shootings across the city to start the weekend, according to Chicago Police. The...
View ArticleMedical examiner’s cases
Javon Wilson, 14, of the 5600 block of South Princeton Avenue, unknown causes at 5617 S. Princeton Ave., pronounced at 7:32 p.m. [11/18], Area South detectives. David Woods, 61, of 6909 S. Indiana...
View ArticleAld. Mitts hosts turkey giveaway
UPDATES DAYBOOK WITH 9 A.M. SATURDAY EVENT 9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Ald. Emma Mitts holds a Thanksgiving turkey giveaway for 37th Ward families. Until noon. McNair Elementary, 4820 W. Walton. Contact: A.L....
View ArticleDrunken drivers charged in Thanksgiving patrols in Riverside
(RIVERSIDE) Riverside police are ramping up patrols aimed at preventing impaired drivers during the Thanksgiving holiday week, and two men have already been charged with DUI in the western suburb. At...
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