UPDATE: Police investigate theft of luxury cars from Evanston dealership
UPDATES WITH MORE VEHICLES TAKEN (EVANSTON) Five luxury vehicles were stolen early Friday from a car dealership in north suburban Evanston, authorities said. Police were called at 12:16 a.m. to a...
View ArticlePavement work to close Kennedy, Dan Ryan lanes Saturday morning
Several lanes will be closed for pavement repairs Saturday morning on the Kennedy and Dan Ryan expressways. Two lanes of I-90/94 will be closed in each direction between Ohio Street and Roosevelt Road,...
View ArticleAttorneys for Jason Van Dyke file second motion to dismiss charges
Attorneys for Jason Van Dyke on Friday filed a second motion seeking to dismiss murder charges against the Chicago Police officer in the 2014 fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald, the Chicago Sun-Times is...
View ArticleUPDATE: 14-year-old boy missing from Little Village returns home
UPDATES WITH BOY FOUND A 14-year-old boy reported missing from the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side last month has returned home. Giovanni Rodriguez went missing Jan. 22 from the 2600...
View ArticlePerson shot in Munster, 2 suspects in custody
(MUNSTER, Ind.) Two people were taken into custody after a shooting Friday morning in northwest Indiana. Officers were called at 5:40 a.m. for reports of a shooting in the parking lot of the FedEx...
View ArticleMadigan warns of immigration scams after executive orders
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is warning immigrant communities about potential scams in the wake of President Trump’s recent executive orders on immigration. Immigrants are cautioned to beware...
View ArticleBlack Star Project hosts ‘Daddy Daughter Dance’
UPDATES SATURDAY DAYBOOK WITH 2:30 P.M. EVENT 2:30 p.m. – (CHICAGO) The Black Star Project hosts a red carpet event for its 2017 “Daddy Daughter Dance.” Until 3:30 p.m. at the National Association of...
View ArticleMan charged with DUI after crashing van into Naperville building
(NAPERVILLE) A man has been charged with DUI after he allegedly drove away from a police officer trying to pull him over and crashed a van into a building early Saturday in west suburban Naperville....
View ArticleUPDATE: 15-year-old boy shot dead in Roseland
UPDATES WITH ID A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed Friday evening in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side. Just after 5 p.m., Willie Woodus was walking in an alley in the 11400 block of...
View Article2 dead, 2 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings
Two 15-year-old boys were killed and two men were wounded in shootings on Chicago’s South Side since Friday evening, according to Chicago Police. One of the teens was shot early Saturday in the Jeffery...
View Article3 hurt in Downers Grove house fire
(DOWNERS GROVE) Three people were hospitalized after a house fire early Saturday in west suburban Downers Grove. Crews were called at 4 a.m. for reports of a fire in the two-story, single-family home...
View ArticleMan charged with having ‘explosive device’ in West Side apartment
A west suburban man has been charged with possessing an explosive device that prompted the evacuation of an apartment building early Thursday in the Homan Square neighborhood on the West Side. Michael...
View ArticleUPDATE: Chicago Loop Synagogue vandalized with swastikas
UPDATES WITH AJC COMMENT A hate crime investigation is underway after the front window of the Chicago Loop Synagogue was smashed by one or more vandals who affixed swastikas to its front entrance early...
View ArticleBank robbed in Lathrop Homes
The FBI is investigating a bank robbery Saturday afternoon in the Lathrop Homes neighborhood on the North Side. The non-takeover robbery happened at 1:15 p.m. at the U.S. Bank branch at 2550 N....
View ArticleSuspect in custody after Evanston bank robbery
(EVANSTON) A suspect is in custody after a bank robbery Saturday afternoon in north suburban Evanston. The non-takeover robbery happened at 12:33 p.m. at a Chase Bank branch at 635 N. Chicago Ave.,...
View Article68-year-old woman fatally shot in Spring Grove, man in custody
(SPRING GROVE) A man is in custody after a woman was found dead with a gunshot wound on Friday in northwest suburban Spring Grove, authorities said. Officers responded at 1:23 p.m. to a home in the...
View ArticleUPDATE: In videos, Heather Mack confesses to mother’s murder in Indonesia
UPDATE WITH DETAILS Heather Mack has confessed in a series of YouTube videos to the 2014 murder of her mother, who was found inside a suitcase in Bali. In the videos posted on Thursday, Mack says that...
View ArticleMedical examiner’s cases
Marshall Douglas, 65, of the 5900 block of West Fulton Avenue, unknown causes at 5963 West Fulton Avenue, pronounced dead at Illinois Masonic Medical Center at 3:36 a.m. [2/4], Area Central detectives....
View ArticleUPDATE: Person walks into Mount Sinai Hospital with gunshot wound
UPDATE WITH ALL LANES OPEN State police investigated after a man walked into hospital and claimed he was shot while driving on I-290 Sunday morning. About 3:15 a.m., Illinois State Police were called...
View ArticleBurglars take jewelry and cash from homes on NW Side
Police are warning residents of several home burglaries throughout January in the Dunning neighborhood on the Northwest Side. In each incident, one or more burglars entered the homes by kicking or...
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