Man drowns while saving girl in Chain O’Lakes
A man drowned Friday in Chain O’Lakes while trying to rescue his girlfriend’s daughter, officials said.
View ArticleCity officials move to fire Chicago police officer in fatal 2018 shooting of...
A Chicago police officer now faces firing for an on-duty fatal shooting of a 24-year-old man three years ago in the South Side’s Bronzeville neighborhood.
View ArticleMan, 71, charged in stabbing of 85-year-old landlord
Prosecutors: Landlord tried to evict man after he hadn't paid rent for three years.
View ArticleTwo police officers shot in West Englewood
Two Chicago police officers were shot in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
View ArticleChicago cop fatally shot in West Englewood; second seriously injured and...
Two Chicago police officers were shot Saturday - one of them fatally - in West Englewood on the South Side, according to Chicago police.
View ArticlePhotos: A look at the Tokyo Olympics closing ceremony
After two weeks of competition between athletes from all over the world, the closing ceremony officially ended the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021.
View ArticleWatch live: Mayor Lightfoot, CPD Superintendent Brown speak about Chicago cop...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago police Superintendent David Brown are scheduled to hold a press conference at 11:30 a.m.
View Article13-year-old boy in critical condition after shooting near Garfield Park that...
A 13-year-old boy was shot in the neck around 7 p.m. Wednesday and he was in critical condition, Chicago police said. A 19-year-old man also was shot.
View ArticleTwo Chicago police officers among 47 people shot in weekend violence that...
The violence beginning Saturday night also included two separate mass shootings in separate Gresham nightclubs, and an apparent murder-suicide in a Cragin apartment, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleDaywatch: Cop killed, 2 mass shootings during weekend violence, what to know...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleMount Prospect woman among 6 killed in Alaska sightseeing plane crash
Janet Kroll, 77, of Mount Prospect, was among six people who were killed in a sightseeing plane crash in southeast Alaska.
View ArticleCTA Red Line trains back to normal after service had been suspended between...
The CTA Red Line was running again normally Monday morning on the Near South Side after a train stalled at Roosevelt station caused a service suspension for several hours.
View ArticleLurie Children’s Hospital to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for its 7,500 workers
Lurie Children’s Hospital joins a growing list of employers in the Chicago region giving employees a deadline to get vaccinated.
View ArticleNot just ‘this thing that you dye green and you drive over’: Nonprofit hopes...
The conception of the Chicago River as something unnatural or unclean is something that nonprofit Urban Rivers hopes to challenge with a project called the Wild Mile: an ambitious plan to construct a...
View Article‘This is going to happen’: The indomitable Oak Lawn woman behind the Field of...
The story of how the White Sox and Yankees came to play at the still-popular tourist attraction might be worthy of a movie all its own.
View ArticleAt least 78 people shot — 11 of them fatally, including Officer Ella French —...
At least 78 people were shot this weekend in Chicago, 11 of them fatally.
View ArticleR. Kelly lawyers move to dismiss charges as jury selection begins
His legal team argued that charges — including bribing a Chicago clerk to allow Kelly to marry singer Aaliyah though she was underage — should be dropped because the statute of limitations had passed.
View ArticleDave Dummitt, senior pastor at Willow Creek megachurch, tests positive for...
A pastor at Willow Creek Community Churchcq has tested positive for COVID-19 after attending a large conference at the church, officials said Mondaycq, prompting him to isolate and notify church...
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