Man Dressed As Construction Worker Robs Bank
A man wearing a white construction hat, goggles, an orange construction vest, white sweatshirt, white scarf and gloves robbed the North Community Bank branch Thursday.
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A man wearing a white construction hat, goggles, an orange construction vest, white sweatshirt, white scarf and gloves robbed the North Community Bank branch Thursday.
In robberies in Lansing and Munster, Ind., the suspect implied he had a weapon before receiving cash and fleeing.
Authorities are looking for a serial bank robber who struck his seventh bank Monday afternoon in the Gold Coast neighborhood.
Two branches of the same bank, about a mile and-a-half apart in the West Town area, were robbed, apparently by the same person, just minutes apart Friday morning.
Police are asking for your help in finding a robber in southwest suburban Willowbrook, who has been dubbed the "Tire Iron Bandit."
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Federal authorities are looking for the man who tried to rob a Chase Bank branch in south suburban South Holland on Thursday.
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A man robbed a Bank of America branch in the Lakeview neighborhood Tuesday morning.
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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Wednesday he has joined a multistate lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service challenging new rules that purport to give it authority to regulate mail-in voting in federal elections.
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An expert blames Illinois lawmakers and "internecine political problems" for the failure to seal a deal for a new stadium within the state for the Chicago Bears.
Real estate investment and development firm Concord Capital has acquired nine apartment buildings on Elaine Place, a single-block residential street in Chicago's East Lakeview community.
The Chicago Plan Commission voted Thursday to approve a plan to redevelop Ford City Mall into an industrial complex, despite objections from some neighbors.
A new Barnes & Noble bookstore opened in the heart of downtown Chicago on Wednesday, while separately, a building that used to house an old Barnes & Noble store in the Gold Coast was being demolished.
People around the world, including Chicago, continued to gather Wednesday to pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton.
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A person was hit by a car on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Fuller Park early Friday morning.
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Tens of thousands of BTS fans – better known as the BTS Army – filled Soldier Field on Thursday night for the K-pop band's first concert in Chicago in seven years.
A person died after a hit-and-run crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Fuller Park early Friday morning.
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