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Girl, 3, and man on bike struck by car in the Loop
A woman was driving east on 11th Street when she turned right onto South Wabash Avenue and hit the man who was riding a bike with the girl. The man and child were hospitalized in good condition.
Community warning issued after string of armed robberies in Bucktown
In each robbery, four males wearing masks and black clothing got out of a gray Dodge Durango and pointed a gun with an extended magazine at the victims before demanding and taking their property.
Biden, stopping in Chicago after a campaign tour of swing-state Wisconsin, is mining the deep pockets of Democratic megadonors in Illinois.
1 dead, 1 wounded in Bridgeport drive-by shooting
The pair were standing outside about 3:11 a.m. Monday in the 3100 block of South May Street when a vehicle drove by and a male fired shots from inside, Chicago police said.
Democrats expecting to talk to Johnson about detailed education funding or a new lakefront Chicago Bears stadium discovered otherwise. The mayor told reporters his visit was about “making sure that we’re building on relationships” and reminding Pritzker and legislative leaders that Chicago deserves its “fair share of resources.”
The Grubhub Community Fund has opened up applications for its $1.2 million AAPIStrong Restaurant Fund, aimed at helping AAPI-owned small businesses.
The settlement goes to the mother of Astarte Washington. On May 31, 2020, Astarte, then 15, was ordered to the ground by police. She was then run over by a CPD squad car after an officer failed to put the car in “Park.” She suffered a hairline fracture of her hip.
Community activist Baltazar Enriquez asked the police department to solve each homicide as quickly as it cleared the shooting death of Officer Luis Huesca, who was killed on his way home in Gage Park last month.
Dump truck-car collision leaves 2 dead, 1 hurt in Wauconda
The driver of the dump truck was traveling north on Fairfield Avenue when it hit the side of a Nissan traveling west on Chandon Road about 8 a.m.
Two bills have been introduced in Springfield to bring oversight to the unregulated pot-adjacent industry, some of whom appear to market to kids. One would effectively ban sales of delta-8 and other hemp-derived products.
Rafah has become the most recent focus of Israel’s military, which describes it as Hamas’ last holdout. Chicago-based Dr. John Kahler has seen conditions deteriorate as Gazan refugees fled south to the city.
En la madrugada del martes, agentes del campus rodearon el patio principal de la universidad y les impidieron la entrada a los estudiantes, según informaron desde el lugar de los hechos.
One protester said they were hit by an officer and taken to Thorek Memorial Hospital for treatment, according to a complaint filed with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.
The settlement would resolve a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the sister of Irene Chavez, 33, found hanged in a police holding cell in December 2021 after being arrested on a charge of simple battery.
The Chicago musicmaker was the sound engineer behind albums for thousands of bands and singers, including Nirvana’s “In Utero,” the last studio album recorded by Kurt Cobain and company.
Protesters’ demands have focused on divestment — demanding universities cut ties with Israel and businesses supporting the war in Gaza.
Noting that 100 homes were destroyed to make way for the failed, which wasted hundreds of millions of dollars, Biden added: “Foxconn turned out to be just that — a con.” Later Wednesday, Biden traveled to Chicago for a fundraiser.
Authorities arrest John Shadbar, 70, on suspicion of shooting his neighbor Tuesday afternoon near 144th Place and Rickerman Road.
“I think we’ve come a very long way in the right direction,” Cook County Supervising Judge Charles Beach told the Chicago Sun-Times. “Things are working well.”
No arrests have been made in any of the similar heists, which happened in Pilsen, Bucktown and Back of the Yards, police said.
President Joe Biden hits Chicago Wednesday for a fundraiser after a stop in Racine, where his visit will spotlight one of Donald Trump’s economic flops, the failed Foxconn plant, which never employed the promised 13,000 workers.
The baby boys were found in June 2003 in a trash bin in Stickney Township and their deaths were ruled homicides. Detectives used genetic genealogy technology to track down Antoinette Briley in Michigan.