Man wanted on warrant shot to death during confrontation with cops on West...
A 33-year-old man was shot and killed Friday morning after displaying a gun when he was approached by law enforcement officers in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side, authorities...
View ArticleChildren get ‘summer kicks’ in shoe-giving initiative by CHA and Operation Warm
National nonprofit Operation Warm has extended its operations, moving from handing out coats in the winter months to adding a distribution of summer shoes for children.
View ArticleAs Illinois eases COVID-19 school rules, teachers unions stress the need for...
The federal guidance still calls for 3 feet of social distancing in schools.
View ArticleRemoval of dangerous Hammel Woods Dam in Will County is scheduled to begin...
The removal process of the dangerous and environmentally unfriendly Hammel Woods Dam on the DuPage River in Shorewood, where two people drowned in 2019, will begin Monday.
View ArticleNear West Side man charged, held without bail in connection to Englewood...
A man was arrested Thursday and charged with the murder of a woman in the Englewood neighborhood last fall.
View ArticleMan charged in fatal Puerto Rican Day shooting of father of 2, who...
An arrest has been made in a shooting incident during the Puerto Rican Day parade in Humboldt Park last month that resulted in the deaths of a mother of two and her children’s father.
View ArticleMan thanks carjacking victim for saving his life before being denied bail
Man thanks carjacking victim for saving his life before being denied bail.
View ArticleRomeoville man denied bail in shooting after peace event; victim paralyzed...
Romeoville man denied bail in shooting after peace event; victim paralyzed below the waist.
View Article5 dead, at least 18 others wounded in city shootings since Friday afternoon,...
3 dead, at least 11 wounded in city shootings since Friday afternoon, Chicago police say.
View ArticleThe final of four: Last Monty and Rose piping plover egg hatches with help at...
The final of four eggs laid by the two endangered Great Lakes piping plovers, who became the first pair to nest successfully in Chicago in decades, hatched Friday at the Lincoln Park Zoo. The egg was...
View Article3 people shot, 1 fatally, near Cook County Jail on Saturday. Victims are...
Three people were killed and 11 others were wounded in separate attacks in Chicago in a period of about 14 hours beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, police said.
View Article18-year-old woman’s body found in Chicago River in Goose Island neighborhood...
A call for a body floating in the river just south of North Avenue came in about 10:15 a.m. Sunday.
View ArticleIllinois State Police investigating shooting on I-55 that seriously injured 1
The driver of a vehicle that was shot at, a 30-year-old man from Chicago, was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
View ArticlePeople attend the first Sundays on State block party
People enjoy various activities and food July 11, 2021, during the first Sundays on State block party in Chicago.
View ArticleRain can’t put a damper on first Sundays on State block party
Sunday's block party on State Street was the first of eight planned through September.
View ArticleLocal rapper who had ‘just been released’ from Cook County Jail suffered as...
Fifty-nine shell casings littered the 2700 block of West 27th Street in Little Village — across the street from the jail.
View ArticleBiden to talk crime with city, police leaders nationwide, including Chicago’s...
Biden will host Chicago police Superintendent David Brown, Memphis police Chief C.J. Davis and Lt. Anthony Lima of the Newark, New Jersey, police.
View ArticleLarge anchor tenant (the Bears?) and mix of other uses would work best on...
A balanced mix of uses could work at the Arlington Park site, developers say, if there was a large, marquee, anchor tenant to increase the value of the surrounding land.
View ArticleDaywatch: Latino aldermen aim to expand City Council footprint, how the Bears...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View Article