Smash-And-Grab Thieves Steal ATM, Cash Drawers, And Liquor From South Loop Convenience Store
The store owner – who asked to remain anonymous – estimated the break-in cost him thousands of dollars in damage and lost merchandise.
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The store owner – who asked to remain anonymous – estimated the break-in cost him thousands of dollars in damage and lost merchandise.
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Illinois State Police said the man was driving south on I-57 near 147th Street around 1:45 a.m. when he was shot.
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Students at East Leyden High School are heading back to class on Wednesday, a day after one of their classmates was stabbed, prompting a lockdown and an early dismissal from school.
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Violent crime on the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has returned to normal rates after the most violent month on Chicago's public transit system in recent years.
A man was shot Monday evening while sitting in a vehicle in a South Loop parking lot, police said.
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A woman was critically wounded in a drive-by shooting early Monday morning in the middle of the Illinois Medical District on Chicago's Near West Side.
A man was due in court Monday in a shooting that left one man dead and another wounded on a CTA 'L' train in downtown Chicago last month.
Burglars targeted two businesses on Clark Street in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood overnight Sunday into Monday.
Former Chicago police Supt. and Cook County Sheriff James O'Grady died last week.
Former ComEd chief executive officer Anne Pramaggiore is scheduled to report to federal prison Monday.
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Police fired shots during a traffic stop on Chicago's West Side early Monday morning.
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Burglars targeted two businesses on Clark Street in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood overnight Sunday into Monday.
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A woman was critically wounded in a drive-by shooting early Monday morning in the middle of the Illinois Medical District on Chicago's Near West Side.
A man was due in court Monday in a shooting that left one man dead and another wounded on a CTA 'L' train in downtown Chicago last month.
Burglars targeted two businesses on Clark Street in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood overnight Sunday into Monday.
Former ComEd chief executive officer Anne Pramaggiore is scheduled to report to federal prison Monday.
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