Convicted 'Starved Rock Killer' Chester Weger Released From Prison
Weger, 80, was released from Pinckneyville Correctional Center in far southern Illinois on Friday, after he was granted parole last fall.
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Weger, 80, was released from Pinckneyville Correctional Center in far southern Illinois on Friday, after he was granted parole last fall.
Interim Chicago Police Supt. Charlie Beck said CPD, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and the CTA will announce a new security plan for the mass transit system next week.
A person was shot in Calumet City overnight.
Reba is an enthusiastic two-month-old Catahoula leopard dog who is looking for a family to call her own.
A North Side mom is on a mission to save young lives.
A homeless shelter on the South Side is crawling with bugs, and filled with decay and potential dangers. Some men who stayed there said it's not fit for humans, despite getting big bucks from taxpayers.
Friday morning is starting out cold, but a weekend warmup is in full effect.
There was a carjacking and attempted carjacking in River North Thursday night.
There was a deadly shooting on the West Side Thursday night.
Casey Urlacher – the brother of former Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher – was indicted along with nine others Thursday on charges that they ran an illegal offshore sports gambling operation.
A car thief was caught on camera in unincorporated Wheaton last week – and he remained on the loose Thursday.
A firefighter was injured Thursday evening trying to contain a fire at a home in South Holland.
Two Chicago Police officers were injured Thursday night when their unmarked squad car was struck in Grand Crossing.
It will be another cold one Thursday night with the feels like temp zero to 10 below for the Friday morning rush.
A suspect has been arrested in connection with a shooting that left one person dead and two injured in a Loop CTA tunnel this week.
