Englewood home where 8 people were shot Tuesday is owned by a cop. 2019...
Eight people were shot — four fatally — Tuesday inside an Englewood home, but it wasn’t the first time someone fired a gun at another person inside the home.
View ArticleA Chicago Juneteenth weekend festival kicked off at Columbus Park with a...
Juneteenth gets a weekend celebration on Chicago's West Side, part of a series of events at Columbus Park that wrap up on Sunday
View ArticleFormer federal prosecutor defends his own brother in murder case, but...
The lawyer has submitted a barrage of filings, some of them striking racial tones and some of them strangely sexual, filled with allegations of collusion and conspiracy, and all pointing to a deep...
View ArticleColumn: Not so long ago — 29 years — I started writing a column. This will be...
Through the years, people from every part of the city have shared their stories with me — meaning with you, the Tribune’s reader, writes Mary Schmich in her farewell column. I learned from all of them,...
View ArticleUnattended smoking materials blamed for fatal West Englewood blaze, police say
A 40-year-old woman died Saturday morning after a house fire broke out in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
View ArticleWeekend violence: 2 dead, 18 others hurt in shootings since Friday afternoon,...
Weekend violence: 2 dead, 18 others hurt in shootings since Friday afternoon, Chicago police say
View Article‘This city is alive with Juneteenth’: In one of numerous parties, South Side...
To many people rejoicing the occasion, the block parties, barbecues and mini parades on all sides of the city were one big party to commemorate the holiday that they said has finally reached the...
View ArticleAssailant sought after fatally stabbing woman on Loop sidewalk, police say
A 31-year-old woman was fatally stabbed Saturday afternoon in the Loop, according to Chicago police.
View Article5th person dies following Englewood mass shooting, officials say
A fifth victim died Saturday following a mass shooting early Tuesday that left three others wounded in the Englewood neighborhood, officials said.
View ArticleWoman killed, infant and teen in critical condition after traffic crash
A woman died and an infant and 12-year-old boy suffered critical injuries during a traffic collision early Sunday, Chicago police said.
View ArticleA Wisconsin family is using a rare legal process to bypass prosecutors who...
Jay Anderson Jr. was the second of three people Joseph Mensah killed in five years with the Wauwatosa Police Department. He was cleared in each case.
View Article1 killed in Homan Square hit-and-run collision, Chicago police say
A man in a Polaris Slingshot AutoCycle was killed when his vehicle was struck by a small car early Sunday, police said. Two other people were injured.
View ArticleIt’s cicada season: Ready for bulging red eyes, lots of screeching and a...
The 17-year periodical cicadas, known as Brood X, have surfaced in more than a dozen states in the Midwest and eastern United States and are so numerous they have shown up on weather radar.
View ArticleAuschwitz survivor, Illinois Holocaust Museum President Fritzie Fritzshall...
Fritzie Fritzshall, a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp and President of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, has died at age 91.
View ArticleWisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson drowned out by chorus of boos during Juneteenth...
The senator made an appearance Saturday at a Republican Party booth in Milwaukee, where he drew a growing crowd once people recognized him.
View Article2 people killed, 6 injured in 8-vehicle crash in Will County
A group of motorcycles were traveling west on I-80 when one motorcycle crashed near the I-55 corridor in Will County, causing a chain-reaction crash.
View ArticleSevere thunderstorms, possible high winds, hail, tornadoes possible Sunday,...
Severe weather — including the possibility of damaging winds, hail and even tornadoes -- is expected Sunday into Monday, according to forecasters.
View ArticleMaryland graduate student killed in Loop stabbing described as a brilliant...
Anat Kimchi is remembered as someone with limitless potential and a strong passion for learning the inner workings of the criminal justice system.
View ArticleGirl dies after being pulled into deeper water at Lake Michigan beach in...
There have been 30 drownings in the Great Lakes this year, according to the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, a nonprofit that tracks drownings. Nearly half occurred in Lake Michigan.
View ArticleTeen used photos of ex-girlfriend to lure victim to deadly 2020 Park Manor...
The suspect used the online profile to bait the victim to come to the 6900 block of South Michigan Avenue for a sexual encounter.
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