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"It's sad that it happened like that. If it was our brother and we had to go through that, that would have been a different thing,. We made all kinds of decisions on someone that wasn't our family."
In her first city council meeting, Mayor Lori Lightfoot took on indicted Ald. Ed Burke. Wednesday she tangled with an executive of the Fraternal Order of Police.
The Ripper Crew terrorized Chicago and the surrounding suburbs in the 1980s.
A federal prosecutor has shared with jurors grisly details of how they claim a former University of Illinois doctoral student kidnapped a visiting scholar from China, then brutally beat and killed her.
The Back of the Yards supermarket owned by Francisco "Pancho" Aranda, who was found dead in the trunk of his car in his Crete Township home after a home invasion last week, was broken into in the past, and some of the break-ins were well researched.
"I'm taking it personal because a lot of my customers. They're handicapped. They're seniors," said Phil Smith, the owner of Perfect Touch Salon.
Clarisa Figueroa, 46, and her 24-year-old daughter, Desiree Figueroa, were formally charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the April 23 killing of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa.
Showers are likely in the Chicago area through Wednesday night.
One of the three people charged in connection with animal cruelty at Fair Oaks Farms has been arrested.
U.S. dioceses and religious orders have named more than 1,000 predator priests and numerous prosecutors are investigating how church leaders handled those cases.
A 27-year-old Schaumburg man has been charged with assaulting and kidnapping a woman in a forest preserve.
Chicago police have issued a community alert for the West Town neighborhood after at least five robberies were reported since the end of May.
Angel Bahena, 17, has been reported missing from the Gage Park neighborhood.
Chicago police released surveillance photos of suspects they say are responsible for two aggravated robberies on the CTA Red Line.
"The people we register are awaiting trial and are innocent until proven guilty. They have every right to vote, and voting is the one of the best ways to participate in our democracy and be a part of the community. "
