UPDATE: Northwestern investigates reports of drugging, sexual assault
UPDATES WITH DETAILS Northwestern University officials are investigating reports that multiple students may have been drugged and sexually assaulted at a fraternity house last month in north suburban...
View ArticleUPDATE: Boil order extended in Stickney after water main breaks
UPDATED WITH BOILER ORDER EXTENDED (STICKNEY) A boil order issued Monday evening in west suburban Stickney has been extended through Wednesday. Stickney police issued an alert about 6:30 p.m. advising...
View ArticleBody found in Lake in the Hills
(LAKE IN THE HILLS) A body was found Monday afternoon in northwest suburban Lake in the Hills. At 3:38 p.m., a construction worker called 911 and reported that he had found the body of an adult lying...
View ArticleUPDATE: Operations to resume at Lake County Government Center after threat
UPDATES WITH ALL CLEAR GIVEN (CROWN POINT, Ind.) Normal operations will resume Wednesday morning after a threat closed the Lake County Government Center in northwest Indiana. About noon Tuesday, the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man and woman found shot to death in Brighton Park home
UPDATES WITH AUTOPSY RESULTS A man and woman were found shot to death Monday morning in a home in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Officers responded to a call of a person shot at...
View ArticlePolice: Suspect with lookalike police patch robbing West Siders
Police are alerting West Side residents of a suspect wearing a lookalike police patch this week in the West Garfield Park and Humboldt Park neighborhoods. At 11:10 p.m. Monday, a victim was walking in...
View ArticleUPDATE: Woman released after man stabbed in Englewood
UPDATES WITH NO CHARGES FILED A 54-year-old man was stabbed early Monday during a dispute with his 25-year-old partner in the South Side Englewood neighborhood. The two were involved in a domestic...
View ArticleCPS CEO Forrest Claypool to conduct media availability
UPDATES DAYBOOK TO ADD 2:30 P.M. EVENT 2:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) CPS CEO Forrest Claypool will conduct a media availability to address Gov. Rauner’s “trouble with facts” and his decision to withhold...
View ArticleMan gets 40 years for fatal South Shore shooting in 2013
A man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Tuesday for a fatal shooting in the South Shore neighborhood in 2013. Omar Gunn, 20, was found guilty of murder Nov. 30, 2016, after a bench trial before Judge...
View ArticleFake doc gets 13 years; compares himself to Jesus, Bill Cosby
Scott Redman saw more than 100 patients with mental illnesses, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. He took meticulous notes. He worked late nights. And he persuaded patients to talk about their fears,...
View ArticleCook County sheriff’s office nets 101 arrests in sex sting
More than 100 people were arrested locally in recent weeks as part of a national sex trafficking sting operation. The National Johns Suppression Initiative ran from Jan. 18 through Feb. 5 and led to...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man charged with vandalizing Loop synagogue
UPDATES WITH CHARGES FILED A man has been charged with vandalizing the Chicago Loop Synagogue early Saturday. Stuart Wright, 31, faces one count of hate crime at a church or synagogue and one count of...
View ArticleDakota Access Pipeline protestors sitting in Citibank branch downtown
UPDATES DAYBOOK TO ADD 3 P.M. EVENT 3 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Dakota Access Pipeline protestors are sitting in a Citibank branch in the Loop. Citibank, 69 W. Washington St. Contact: Laura Doloigosa, (709)...
View ArticlePolice: Man with gun tried to rob Tinley Park leasing office
(TINLEY PARK) A man with a gun tried to rob a leasing office Wednesday morning in southwest suburban Tinley Park. At 11:09 a.m., the man entered the apartment complex’s leasing office in the 15900...
View Article16-year-old girl missing from Montclare
A 16-year-old girl was reported missing on Wednesday from the Montclare neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Kayla Ward was last seen about 7 p.m. Tuesday and was reported missing from the area around...
View ArticleADVANCE DAYBOOK FOR THURSDAY, 02-09-17
THURSDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 7 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago Loop Alliance hosts Annual Meeting, with keynote by author Peter Kageyama. Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan. Contact: Elizabeth Neukirch,...
View ArticleStabbing in River North delaying Metra trains
Metra trains are not running in the River North area Wednesday evening because of police activity. North Central Service Train 113 headed out of Chicago was scheduled to depart at 5:01 p.m. from Union...
View Article4 arrested at Dakota Access Pipeline protest in Loop
Four people were arrested Wednesday evening in a Loop protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline. They were taken into custody about 3 p.m. for criminal trespassing at the Citibank branch at 26 W....
View ArticleUPDATE: 16-year-old girl missing from Montclare found
A 16-year-old girl was reported missing on Wednesday from the Montclare neighborhood on the Northwest Side has been found. Kayla Ward was last seen about 7 p.m. Tuesday and was reported missing from...
View ArticleMan grabbed, yelled profanities at school kids on Northwest Side
A man grabbed and swore at children walking to school in two incidents Wednesday in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side, police said. About 7:50 a.m., the man tried to grab a...
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