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The vehicle’s driver was taken to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge in serious condition, authorities said.
In each incident, the thief or thieves have stolen vehicles that were left unoccupied and running or vehicle with keys left inside, police said.
In each incident, the burglar or burglars broke into a garage by forcibly opening a side door or entering through an unlocked door, police said.
Police are warning business owners about a series of overnight burglaries at stores on the Northwest Side.
THE WATCHDOGS: An FBI expert found the circumstances of Sgt. Donald Markham’s mysterious death “are inconsistent with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.”
THE WATCHDOGS: After meeting with the FBI, Cook County medical examiner standing by suicide ruling in Chicago cop’s 2015 death.
An 81-year-old woman with dementia who was reported missing Friday morning from the Norwood Park neighborhood has been found, police said.
A man inside the vehicle told them to come over to him, police said. Instead, the girl went back to the school and informed staff of the incident.
Police said Thursday morning that McMahon had been found “safe and sound.”
Several home burglaries on Northwest SidePolice are warning Northwest Side residents of several recent home burglaries.
WATCHDOGS: Hours before cop was found dead in her tub, she texted commander whose detectives called cop-husband’s death suicide. FBI suspects murder.
A young man earns Fish of the Week with a big walleye from the Eagle River Chain.
THE WATCHDOGS: The Chicago Police Department ordered a bloody mattress where a cop’s body was found hauled to a dump even before an autopsy was done.
“Extensive delays” are expected on Metra’s Union Pacific-Northwest line after a train struck a vehicle on the Northwest Side on Wednesday afternoon.
Police and DCFS are investigating after a 6-year-old boy drowned at a pool party Saturday in the Norwood Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
The three-vehicle crash happened at 8:20 a.m. at West Carmen and North Nashville avenues, according to Chicago Police.
Joseph Giljum, 36, was struck at 3:35 p.m. in the 6200 block of West Devon, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
THE WATCHDOGS: It’s one more irregularity in a case the FBI has been investigating for months.
Police are warning Northwest Side residents of two business robberies last week in the Jefferson Park and Norwood Park neighborhoods.
He was driving a black car south at 1:26 p.m. in the 6100 block of North Elston when the car hit a median, then hit a light pole, according to police.
A man was killed and a woman seriously injured in a Norwood Park apartment building early Saturday on the Northwest Side, officials said.
Autopsy finds Chicago cop, found dead amid FBI probe of cop-husband’s death, accidentally drowned in bathtub after drinking, taking anti-anxiety drug.
A 30-year-old accountant is accused of passing a post-it note with obscene messages on it to a teenage girl and sticking one on another girl, 15.
Two people were taken into custody after a home invasion Thursday morning in the Norwood Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
A 20-year-old woman who was last seen Wednesday in the Northwest Side Norwood Park neighborhood has been found.
A Chicago cop died 21 months ago in what was called a suicide. Now, his death is being reexamined, and the case has taken a shocking turn.
Lane closures on Nagle Avenue at Peterson Avenue are scheduled to start Monday to connect a sewer main.
A Chicago man bought a $400,000-winning lottery ticket last month at a Norwood Park neighborhood gas station on the Northwest Side.
Emergency crews responding to a fire in the basement of a home Friday morning in Norwood Park found a 75-year-old man fatally stabbed.
An 86-year-old man who went missing Monday from the Norwood Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side has returned home safely.