Cabbie Charged With Groping Woman In His Taxi
Police said a 24-year-old woman hailed a cab around 2:30 a.m. Saturday in the River North neighborhood. During the ride, the taxi driver locked the doors and grabbed her.
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Police said a 24-year-old woman hailed a cab around 2:30 a.m. Saturday in the River North neighborhood. During the ride, the taxi driver locked the doors and grabbed her.
Police said the teenager did not have any access to guns, and was being held at the Kane County Youth Home, pending a detention hearing on Tuesday.
The fleeing minivan dragged an officer down Western Avenue before crashing into a furniture store.
A 34-year-old man was seriously wounded when someone fired shots into his vehicle in the Avondale neighborhood late Monday morning. The victim later showed up at a nearby police station.
Three daycare workers have been charged with child endangerment, after they allegedly admitted giving gummy bears laced with Melatonin to a class of 2-year-olds to get them to calm down for nap time.
A group of Chicago high school students has returned from Parkland, Florida, after meeting survivors of last month's deadly school shooting.
All three victims went to Stroger Hospital, where their conditions were stabilized.
Byron Auterberry was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, and one count of aggravated fleeing.
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Police said a man forced the woman out of her vehicle at gunpoint around 11:10 p.m. Monday near 62nd and Albany.
Cook County Sheriff's officials said the fight happened on Feb. 16 in a dayroom in the jail's maximum security Division 9.
Police are looking for a man who attacked a woman in her Lakeview apartment during a home invasion Sunday afternoon.
A Chicago police officer shot and seriously wounded a suspect who pushed an officer while trying to flee a traffic stop in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Sunday night.
The most recent fatal shooting happened around 10:50 p.m. in the Chatham neighborhood.
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson on Thursday called Mateo Garcia Aguayo's murder "brutal and horrific."
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Police said the man picked up the puppy from its crib at Furry Babies pet store around 1:40 p.m. Wednesday while employees were waiting on other customers.
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Police are interviewing a person of interest following the murder of a 2-year-old boy killed at a residence in the Little Village neighborhood.
The Edgar County Sheriff's office said 40-year-old Justin Hefner walked into the lobby of the sheriff's office and county jail in Paris Saturday morning, wearing body armor and a holster with the butt of a pistol showing.
According to a community alert, a group of five young men who frequent the CTA tunnels connecting the Red and Blue lines repeatedly have surrounded pedestrians, showed a handgun, beaten the victims, and stolen their property.
The latest fatal shooting happened at about 2:10 a.m. Monday in the South Shore neighborhood.
The man walked out of an alley in the 3300 block of West 25th Street around 3:30 a.m., and followed the victim for a block, before forcing her into an alley, where he sexually assaulted her while armed with a knife, according to a community alert from Chicago police.
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun declared a statewide emergency after storms caused widespread wind damage and flooding.
The ages of the victims range from 16 to 43, according to Chicago police.
Chicago police said the victims were on the sidewalk when an unknown vehicle pulled up and multiple occupants from inside fired shots in their direction.
Harvey police say they're working with Chicago police to learn more about the initial incident.
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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
The Illinois Department of Public Health is not adopting new federal child vaccine guidelines and will continue following recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
The Original Rainbow Cone celebrated its 100th anniversary on Sunday with a special event at its Beverly location.
The Shops at North Bridge on the Magnificent Mile announced plans Thursday for a multimillion-dollar renovation project.
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Chicago's Wishbone Restaurant will soon be closing after 36 years in business.
Crews need about a week and a half to tear down the festival site before the city can begin its own inspection — and past cleanup costs have topped $1 million.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
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Grant Park was filled with tens of thousands of people Thursday for the start of Lollapalooza, as warm weather greeted festivalgoers on day one of the four-day music festival.
Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.
Gary police said two NIPSCO employees were scouting around when someone fired on their vehicle, hitting their Jeep twice, with one bullet lodged in the back of a headrest. Asal Rezaei reports.
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This comes after Indiana Gov. Mike Braun declared a statewide emergency after storms caused widespread wind damage in northwest Indiana and significant flooding in central parts of the state.
Chicago police said three men and a woman were on the sidewalk when an unknown vehicle pulled up and multiple occupants from inside fired shots in their direction.
Gary police said two NIPSCO employees were scouting around when someone fired on their vehicle, hitting their Jeep twice, with one bullet lodged in the back of a headrest.
Chicago police said the victims were on the sidewalk when an unknown vehicle pulled up and multiple occupants from inside fired shots in their direction.
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun declared a statewide emergency after storms caused widespread wind damage and flooding.
The ages of the victims range from 16 to 43, according to Chicago police.
The 2026 Chicago Air & Water Show has been delayed due to heavy rain in the Chicago area on Saturday.
A NIPSCO utility vehicle was hit by gunfire overnight. No injuries were reported, the city said.
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