Body Pulled From Chicago River Near Bridgeport
A person's body was pulled from the Chicago River on Friday afternoon near the Bridgeport neighborhood on the South Side.
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A person's body was pulled from the Chicago River on Friday afternoon near the Bridgeport neighborhood on the South Side.
At 4:24 a.m., the man was driving north in the 3400 block of South Halsted when his vehicle sideswiped a parked vehicle, according to Chicago Police. He then lost control of his vehicle, which hit a city light pole and came to rest against a building, police said.
It wasn't the only residence on the block that he hit. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
Police are warning residents of the armed robberies of South Side Bridgeport businesses that happened this month.
During both burglaries, the men entered homes by claiming to be electrical repairmen or asking for a bucket of water for a construction job.
Police said the driver was returning to his truck after making a delivery on the 3100 block of South Normal Avenue around 8 a.m., when an armed man approached and demanded the keys to the truck.
Two teenagers have been charged with stealing a 17-year-old boy's Porsche at gunpoint Tuesday night in the South Side Bridgeport neighborhood.
In each incident, one or more armed men wearing masks have approached victims and demanded their property, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.
Their wedding was supposed to start about the time firefighters were finishing up--after the ballroom burned down.
Donald Dowling, 32, was last seen Monday in the 3100 block of South Lituanica, according to a missing person alert from Chicago Police.
At least 25 people became sick from E. coli after recently eating at Carbón Live Fire Mexican Grill in Bridgeport.
A painted horse that's part of a public art campaign intended to honor fallen police officers has been defaced in front of a Bridgeport restaurant.
A 58-year-old woman reported missing from the South Side Bridgeport neighborhood has been located.
Sharon Vetter, of the 3000 block of South Archer, was last seen at 10 a.m. Saturday, according to a missing person alert from police. She left her home driving a black motor scooter with the battery exposed.
The latest homicide happened Sunday morning in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side.
A 16-year-old boy was shot to death Friday morning in the Bridgeport neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago Police.
Hong Chu, of the 3100 block of South Throop, approached a man in his car at 6:45 p.m. Sunday in the 3400 block of South Bell Avenue in the McKinley Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side and told the man he was a police officer, police said.
Three people have been hospitalized after a fire in the Bridgeport neighborhood Tuesday evening, according to Chicago Fire Media.
Most recently, a man was critically wounded in an Auburn Gresham neighborhood shooting.
Maurisio Hernandez, 34, was charged with first-degree murder, according to Chicago Police. Hernandez stabbed his girlfriend, 35-year-old Maricela Villegas, during an argument in the 2800 block of South Short Street shortly before 6 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
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The loss of a mail carrier murdered over the weekend is being deeply mourned by the customers he served.
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A 17-year-old was fatally shot Wednesday evening in the Bridgeport neighborhood on the South Side.
