UPDATE: Flyover ramp open at Jane Byrne Interchange
UPDATES WITH RAMP OPEN The new flyover ramp linking the inbound Dan Ryan Expressway to the outbound Eisenhower Expressway opened early Sunday. The ramp was finished ahead of schedule and opened to...
View ArticleUPDATE: 78-year-old woman fatally struck by vehicle in Hobart
UPDATES WITH DETAILS FROM POLICE (HOBART, Ind.) A 78-year-old woman died Saturday evening after she was struck by a vehicle in northwest Indiana. Mikoljka Tomich was struck by a vehicle about 5:45 p.m....
View ArticlePerson shot in Evergreen Park after leaving Chuck E. Cheese’s
(EVERGREEN PARK) A person was shot Saturday night in south suburban Evergreen Park after leaving a nearby Chuck E. Cheese’s. Officers responded to shots fired at West 95th Street and South Spaulding...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man shot in Evergreen Park after leaving Chuck E. Cheese’s
UPDATES WITH VICTIM’S AGE (EVERGREEN PARK) A man was shot Saturday night in south suburban Evergreen Park after leaving a nearby Chuck E. Cheese’s. Officers responded to shots fired at West 95th Street...
View ArticleVehicle on tracks in Skokie suspends Yellow Line service
(SKOKIE) A vehicle on the train tracks in north suburban Skokie has suspended CTA Yellow Line service Sunday morning. A vehicle was on the tracks at the Dempster/Skokie station at 5001 Dempster St. in...
View ArticleCity dispatches 210 snow plows as city’s first snow falls
The city dispatched more than 200 snow plows Sunday morning as the winter’s first measurable snow of the season began to fall. A winter weather advisory is in effect for Chicago until 6 p.m. Sunday,...
View ArticleUPDATE: 2 dead in Dan Ryan crash
UPDATES WITH IDS AND DETAILS A Florida man and a south suburban man were killed in a crash early Sunday on the Dan Ryan Expressway on the South Side. Just before 3 a.m., a black 2017 Chevrolet was...
View ArticleUPDATE: Four seriously injured in rollover crash on Dan Ryan ramp
UPDATES WITH DETAILS Four people were seriously injured in a single-vehicle rollover crash Saturday night on the Dan Ryan Expressway on the South Side. The maroon 2002 Pontiac Aztec was speeding north...
View ArticleUPDATE: Yellow Line service resumes after vehicle on tracks
UPDATES WITH NORMAL SERVICE RESUMED (SKOKIE) CTA Yellow Line service was suspended for more than an hour Sunday morning because of a vehicle on the tracks in north suburban Skokie. Service was...
View ArticleWaukegan officer injured while pursuing stolen vehicle
(WAUKEGAN) A Waukegan police officer was injured while pursuing a stolen vehicle Saturday evening in the north suburb. Police spotted the vehicle about 6:30 p.m. Saturday at a gas station in the 900...
View ArticleUPDATE: Boy, 16, shot in thigh on way to school in Ashburn
UPDATES WITH CORRECTED ADDRESS A 16-year-old boy was shot on his way to school Monday morning in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The boy was walking to school at 7:47 a.m. in the 7800...
View ArticleUPDATE: Boxer Ed ‘Bad Boy’ Brown dies after shooting
UPDATES WITH FATALITY The man who helped mold him into a 20-0 professional boxer said “he was going to be a world champion.” Instead, 25-year-old Ed “Bad Boy” Brown is the latest victim of Chicago’s...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man charged with domestic shooting in Andersonville
UPDATES WITH CORRECT DEFENDANT AS PER POLICE A man was charged with shooting and critically wounding another man on Thanksgiving Day in the Andersonville neighborhood on the North Side. Georgie Harris,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man charged with shooting at Logan Square house party
UPDATES WITH CORRECTED DEFENDANT PER POLICE A man has been charged with shooting another man during an argument at a house party in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Julian Zamora,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man, 78, dies after being struck by vehicle in Des Plaines
UPDATES WITH DETAILS AND DRIVER’S NAME (DES PLAINES) A 78-year-old man died early Saturday after being struck by a vehicle in northwest suburban Des Plaines. At 5:23 p.m., Dennis Townsend was crossing...
View ArticleNo injuries reported after shots fired on Eisenhower
Illinois State Police are investigating a report of shots fired on the Eisenhower Expressway Monday morning on the West Side. The shots were reported on the expressway near Independence Boulevard about...
View ArticleMan reported missing from New City
Police are searching for a man who was reported missing Monday from the New City neighborhood on the South Side. Wayne Stephens, 45, was last in contact with someone on Friday, according to Chicago...
View ArticleFormer St. Charles North employee gets 4 years for sexual abuse
(ST. CHARLES) A former St. Charles North High School employee been sentenced to four years in prison for having sexual contact with an underage student. Christopher A. Lee, 31, pleaded guilty Monday to...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man fatally stabbed in chest on Northwest Side
UPDATES WITH SUSPECT RELEASED A 40-year-old man was stabbed to death Saturday night in the Jefferson Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Bartiomiej R. Barczyk was stabbed in the chest inside a...
View ArticleUPDATE: CTA Green, Pink Line service resumes after man on tracks
UPDATES WITH SERVICE RESUMED CTA Green and Pink Line service has resumed Tuesday morning after an unauthorized man on the tracks in the West Loop. Police were called about 2:30 a.m. for reports of the...
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