West Nile Virus A Factor In Cicero Man's Death
Health officials in Cook County say a man from suburban Chicago has died of West Nile virus.
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Health officials in Cook County say a man from suburban Chicago has died of West Nile virus.
Daniel Horyn, 34, was diagnosed with cancer a year ago, but kept up his work as an English teacher and track and cross country coach during his treatment.
One person was killed when a home exploded Monday evening in a remote subdivision surrounded by Northwest Indiana farm country.
Around 3:30 p.m. Monday, a friend of Daniel J. Paige, 50, directed police to his body near some ComEd lines on the property of Seeler Industries.
The 51-year-old man was stabbed during a fight on the West Side about 12:20 a.m. in the 3900 block of West Division Street.
The state Department of Children & Family Services and Chicago Police are investigating the death of Tayshaun Dyson, who was found unresponsive at his home in the 8900 block of South Throop Street.
Officers were called to the 3900 block of Long Avenue, where they found Jim Haarman stabbed to death about 6:20 p.m.
Darius Oliver, 21, of the 500 block of West 14th Place, was one of five people shot Monday in the 4500 block of North Sheridan Road.
The unidentified man was found aboard a bus when it stopped near the 1100 block of South Kedzie Avenue.
Cheryl Jackson got the call that her brother Cary Owsley had killed himself on April 7th. She said his death was immediately ruled a suicide but Jackson says there was no autopsy and no forensics.
Shamekia Goodwin-Badger began working for Wheeling police May 27, 2008 after being employed with Hawthorn Woods police for four years
Two people were found dead at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers on Friday in a possible double suicide, sources said.
Two men critically wounded in weekend shootings died Monday, raising the death toll for 2013's most violent weekend to eight. At least 39 other people were wounded in shootings across the city, authorities said.
A 14-year-old boy with autism was found stabbed to death inside an apartment in west suburban River Grove on Sunday.
A 56-year-old Chicago woman – identified by a longtime friend as an unemployed single mother of five – was found gunned down on a sidewalk in the South Shore neighborhood overnight.
The most recent fatal shooting happened about 1:50 a.m. Saturday in the Hyde Park community, roughly half a mile from President Barack Obama's home in neighboring Kenwood.
The man found shot to death in a parking in north suburban Zion on Thursday afternoon has been identified as a Waukegan resident.
An autopsy was scheduled for Friday on a 57-year-old construction worker from Indiana, who died in an accident on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University.
A Chicago man onboard a spirit airlines flight from Las Vegas to Chicago this past Monday died and 2 investigator Pam Zekman has learned there are questions about emergency training for staff and medical equipment on board that plane.
Christopher Allen, of the 3500 block of West Jackson Boulevard, was taken to Resurrection Medical Center after he was found unresponsive aboard the the Spirit Airlines flight.
The longtime critic, who celebrated his 46th year with the Sun-Times this week, had been beset with a series of illnesses in recent years, including cancer of the salivary glands.
For the second time in just more than a year, a person was found dead at the bottom of a trash chute at a Gold Coast high-rise building.
The girl, Gina Pressley, died from head trauma, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. Her death was ruled a homicide.
A man was found dead inside a mobile home in north suburban Antioch late Friday morning, more than four hours after he barricaded himself inside, in apparent connection to the death of a woman outside the home.
A 17-year-old Zion man has been charged with the murder and a woman charged with endangering the life of a child for the death of their 5-month-old child.
