UPDATE: Man shot to death in Joliet
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS (JOLIET) A man was shot to death Saturday in southwest suburban Joliet. DaSean C. Clark, 21, was pronounced dead at 9:41 p.m. at Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet,...
View ArticleDense fog advisory in effect Tuesday morning
Drivers on the roads throughout the Chicago metro area Tuesday morning should watch out for dense fog, according to a hazardous weather alert from the National Weather Service. The NWS warns of dense...
View ArticleUPDATE: 55 people shot, 6 fatally, in New Year’s weekend violence
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL SHOOTINGS Six people were slain and at least 49 others were wounded in shootings across the city over the New Year’s holiday weekend, according to Chicago Police. An off-duty...
View ArticleDAYBOOK FOR TUESDAY, 01-03-2016
TUESDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 7 a.m. — (CHICAGO/RIVER FOREST) Forest Preserves of Cook County will begin selling 2017 picnic permits online and in-person. General Headquarters, 536 N. Harlem Ave. in...
View ArticleUnion Station platform closures start Wednesday
Three platforms at Union Station will be closed for maintenance starting Wednesday. Tracks No. 7 and 9 will be removed from service until further notice starting at 5:30 a.m., according to a service...
View ArticleUPDATE: Two teens charged with Austin shooting
UPDATES WITH CHARGES Two teenagers have been charged with shooting a man Sunday morning in the West Side Austin neighborhood. The boys, ages 16 and 17, each face one felony count of aggravated battery...
View Article3 hurt in crash between ambulance, car in Naperville
(NAPERVILLE) Three people were injured in a crash between a car and an Aurora ambulance early Tuesday in west suburban Naperville. Shortly before 3:30 a.m., the ambulance was driving west on Aurora...
View ArticleMedical examiner’s case
Unidentified person, of an unknown home address, unknown causes at 4811 W. Warwick Ave., pronounced at the scene at 10:27 p.m. [1/2], Area North detectives.
View ArticleMan charged with throwing bottle of feces at corrections deputies
A Chicago man faces felony charges after throwing a bottle filled with feces and urine at two corrections deputies Monday at the Kendall County Jail. About 6 p.m., 25-year-old Roy L. White, of the 1600...
View ArticleMechanical failure delays several Metra trains
A mechanical failure delayed trains on Metra’s Milwaukee District West and North Central Service lines Wednesday morning. Inbound MD-West train No. 2212, scheduled to depart Roselle at 6:54 a.m., will...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man charged with firing shot during Logan Square fight
UPDATES WITH CHARGES A man has been charged with firing a shot during a fight Monday afternoon in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Richard Tobar, 39, faces one felony count of...
View ArticleEmanuel, Johnson congratulate newly-promoted CPD personnel
UPDATES WEDNESDAY DAYBOOK TO ADD 1:30 P.M. EVENT 1:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel joins Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson to congratulate 277 newly-promoted detectives, lieutenants and field...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man killed, another critically wounded in West Side shooting
UPDATES WITH ID One man was killed and another was critically wounded in a Homan Square neighborhood shooting Tuesday night on the West Side. Officers responding at 11:13 p.m. to a call of shots fired...
View ArticleUPDATE: 2 teens killed, woman wounded in East Garfield Park shooting
UPDATES WITH ID Two teenage boys were killed and a 65-year-old woman was wounded in a shooting Tuesday afternoon in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. Malik McNeese, 16, and a...
View ArticleUPDATE: Person of interest released after man shot in back on West Side
UPDATES WITH PERSON OF INTEREST RELEASED A man was shot in the back Monday afternoon in the West Side Austin neighborhood. A gunman walked up to the 24-year-old and opened fire about 3:15 p.m. in the...
View ArticleUPDATE: No injuries reported in Roseland house fire, 4 displaced
UPDATES WITH FIRE OUT, ADDITIONAL DETAILS Four people were displaced after a fire broke out in a Roseland neighborhood home Wednesday morning on the Far South Side. Crews responded to the blaze about...
View ArticleMedical examiner’s cases
Garry Goorsky, 68, of the 37100 block of North Hampshire Lane in Lake Villa, unknown causes at 37166 N. Hampshire Ln. in Lake Villa, pronounced dead at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 11:30 p.m....
View ArticleUPDATE: 2 teens killed, woman wounded in East Garfield Park shooting
UPDATES WITH SECOND ID Two teenage boys were killed and a 65-year-old woman was wounded in a shooting Tuesday afternoon in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. Malik McNeese, 16, and a...
View Article19-year-old man charged with four Southwest Side robberies
A 19-year-old man has been charged with four violent robberies that happened on the Southwest Side in November. Isaiah Scaife faces one count of attempted murder, one count of aggravated vehicular...
View ArticleUPDATE: 4 killed, 11 wounded in city shootings Tuesday
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Four people were killed and at least 11 others were wounded in shootings Tuesday across the city’s South and West sides. Most recently, two brothers were killed in a...
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