St. Sabina peace walk
St. Sabina's Rev. Michael Pfleger leads the return of his weekly peace walk through the neighborhood. Pfleger was joined by many residents, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Chicago fire Commissioner Annette...
View ArticleWoman discovered dead by boyfriend on 79th Street, blunt trauma to head,...
Woman discovered dead by boyfriend on 79th Street, blunt trauma to head, police say.
View ArticleMan who pleaded not guilty to murder, carjacking charges of Uber driver in...
An 18-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with fatally shooting his Uber driver in March during a West Side carjacking.
View Article2 dead, at least 26 wounded in overnight city shootings, including two...
2 dead, at least 26 wounded in overnight city shootings, including two four-victim attacks, police say.
View ArticleNo bail for 41-year-old man arrested in fatal Loop stabbing of Maryland...
Tony Robinson, whose home address is listed in the Loop, was arrested Thursday in the 300 block of South Lower Wacker Drive, close to where he allegedly killed 31-year-old Anat Kimchi.
View ArticleSaturday storms bring multiple severe weather warnings as tornado sirens...
For the second time in a week, tornado sirens sounded across the Chicagoland region Saturday and people took cover as weather officials issued multiple severe weather warnings.
View ArticleMan, 22, faces charges in West Side shooting that killed woman walking on...
A 22-year-old man is facing charges connected to shooting into the vehicle of people visiting Chicago for the Puerto Rican Day Parade, injuring one of the passengers and killing a 37-year-old woman who...
View ArticleJogger finds body in North Branch of Chicago River near Gompers Park; police...
A jogger in North Mayfair saw a body in the North Branch of the Chicago River and the police marine unit later recovered the body and confirmed the man's death.
View ArticleChicago area gets brief chance to dry out after severe storms swept through...
Sunday should be dry after torrential downpours, flash flooding and likely tornadoes this weekend, forecasters said.
View ArticleTeen charged in fatal shooting of girl, 14, in Back of the Yards neighborhood
A 17-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl in Back of the Yards earlier this month.
View ArticleGunfire at St. Charles nightclub leaves one dead, three hurt, police said
One person was killed and three others injured when gunfire erupted at the Trilogy nightclub in St. Charles early Sunday morning, authorities said.
View Article‘Cops’ creator John Langley dies during road race in Mexico
Langley died in Baja, Mexico, of an apparent heart attack Saturday during the Coast to Coast Ensenada-San Felipe 250 off-road race.
View ArticlePreschoolers attend Lil' Scholars Learning Center in Chicago
Preschoolers attend Lil' Scholars Learning Center in Chicago on June 18, 2021.
View ArticlePeople participate in the Pride Without Prejudice march in Chicago
People participate in the Pride Without Prejudice march in Chicago on June 27, 2021. Organizers wanted the march to focus on political protest, in contrast to the more commercialized and well-known...
View ArticleNo bail for man accused in deadly daylight stabbing outside NW Side fast-food...
A Norwood Park East man stabbed an apparent acquaintance two dozen times in front of horrified onlookers outside a Northwest Side fast food restaurant, prosecutors told a Cook County judge on Sunday.
View ArticlePride Without Prejudice marches in Chicago to protest racism, violence...
Pride Without Prejudice is an ad hoc group of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer activists who were marching through Lakeview to the Town Hall police station Sunday.
View ArticleFamily of mail carrier who was pregnant when she disappeared renews call for...
Kierra Coles, a letter carrier for about three years, went missing Oct. 2, 2018, on her way to work.
View Article2 adults and child killed in Metra crash on Far South Side
Two adults and a child were killed after their vehicle was hit by a Metra train Sunday night on the Far South Side, officials said.
View Article5 people shot in South Shore attack, 8 shot in Marquette Park
A group was standing outside shortly before 8:45 p.m. in the 2000 block of East 71st Street when someone in a black SUV drove by and fired shots.
View ArticleFirst mosquitoes to test positive for West Nile virus this year reported in...
Until last week, the Chicago area had been experiencing drier weather than usual, which can be a risk factor for increased presence of West Nile virus.
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