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The boy was having a sleepover with his 17-year-old cousin, whose father is the pastor of the church, when they heard a noise they believed to be someone trying to break into the church, and went to investigate with a loaded gun.
Police are warning residents about a series of strong-arm robberies reported this month near the Damen Blue Line station in the Wicker Park neighborhood.
A 28-year-old man reported missing Tuesday night by Chicago Police hasn't been seen since the end of November and may be homeless.
Authorities are investigating the death of a 1-year-old boy on Christmas Eve in west suburban Broadview.
Starting Wednesday morning, visiting patients at The University of Chicago Medical Center will be a bit more difficult.
Crews were dispatched to a still-and-box alarm fire at a house in the 4800 block of South Laflin, according to a statement from Fire Media Affairs shortly after 3:30 a.m.
Hundreds of people packed the DuSable Museum of African American History to mark day one of Kwanzaa.
An Addison police officer helped save a baby born at home Tuesday morning -- and the officer calls it a "Christmas miracle."
A mother has been charged after emergency crews responded last week to a Joliet motel for a report that her infant daughter wasn't breathing.
It has been two years since a CPD officer shot and killed 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier and his neighbor, 55-year-old Bettie Jones.
Firefighters are battling a fire Tuesday evening at an Englewood home on the South Side that sent one person to the hospital.
On average, past flu vaccines have been about 42 percent effective, though that number can range.
With the new year comes a host of new laws.
The British tradition of Boxing Day was celebrated Tuesday at the birthplace of Ernest Hemingway in Oak Park.
The Chicago Police Department has posted a video on its Facebook page showing what its like patrolling in the overnight hours in the Englewood neighborhood.
