String Of Armed Carjackings in Gresham Prompts Community Alert
Chicago police are warning Gresham residents after a string of aggravated carjackings.
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Chicago police are warning Gresham residents after a string of aggravated carjackings.
A car crash ended with one vehicle striking a building in Gresham Tuesday night.
Chicago Police Officer Terrance Finley is accused of slamming his car into a restaurant at 87th and Wood, killing 35-year-old mother of two Marquita Reed.
An off-duty Chicago police officer was charged early Tuesday in the crash that killed Marquita Reed, a nurse and mother of two.
Those who knew Marquita Reed, who was killed early Sunday when an off-duty Chicago police officer crashed into the building where she was eating, are in disbelief.
Formal charges are expected Monday against an off-duty Chicago police officer who plowed his personal vehicle into a Gresham restaurant, killing a woman who was sitting inside.
An off-duty Chicago police officer will charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after his car crashed into a restaurant and killed one person in Gresham.
Chicago police are searching for Henry Clemons, 69, who was last seen Aug. 15, 2018.
A man was shot Monday morning while apparently trying to help a friend get inside of a home after getting locked out, when a woman inside thought someone was breaking in, police said.
Angela Bledsoe, 62, has been reported missing from the Gresham area and may be in need of medical attention.
Symphony Bufford, 51, has been reported missing from the Gresham neighborhood, Chicago police said.
Ta'liyah Strong, 16, has been reported missing from the Gresham area, according to Chicago police.
At least 14 elementary school students were taken to the hospital after pepper spray was discharged in their Gresham school Wednesday morning, authorities say.
Two men tried to kidnap a 10-year-old boy last week in the Gresham neighborhood, and police are hoping someone recognizes a sketch of the suspect.
Police say Price was last seen in the 8200 block of South Loomis Boulevard on Nov. 22, 2018.
Chicago police said a man dressed in all black attacked a woman as she left her home for work Friday morning in the Gresham neighborhood.
Police said the incident happened in the 8700 block of South Princeton Avenue Thursday around 7 a.m.
The fire started around 3:15 a.m. in a two-story home near 78th and Sangamon.
Police said the first incident happened when a mother was walking with her daughter near 79th and Morgan.
A four-year-old girl is recovering after she was shot Tuesday night during a drive-by shooting.
At least one person was killed and 12 others were wounded in shootings across Chicago on Tuesday as summer-like weather returned to Chicago.
A 4-year-old girl was shot in the shoulder Tuesday evening in Gresham neighborhood.
The latest fatal shooting happened at about 2:10 a.m. Monday in the South Shore neighborhood.
The most recent fatal shooting happened Sunday afternoon in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
The most recent fatal shooting happened about 12:55 a.m. Monday in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South side.
The University of Illinois Board of Trustees voted to raise tuition, housing and student fees at both the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago campuses.
A Cook County judge ruled Thursday that key witness testimony from a firearms expert will be allowed in the trials of three men accused in the murder of Chicago police officer Areanah Preston.
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A Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation tow truck driver has been charged with stealing at least three vehicles while he was on the job.
A man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for his role in a pair of carjackings on the South Side of Chicago in 2022.
President Trump threatened Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell anti-ICE protests in Minnesota. He previously threatened to do so in Chicago, but never followed through.
The Trump administration reversed cuts to grants for mental health and addiction treatment programs that a CBS News source said were valued at around $1.9 billion.
In 2023, life expectancy in the Loop was 87.3 years, while in West Garfield Park, life expectancy was just 66.6 years, according to the city's Health Department.
A panel for the U.S. Central District Court of California ruled Democrats can proceed in using their redrawn congressional maps for the 2026 midterm elections.
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago President Kari Steele met Wednesday to talk about securing federal funding owed to the district for the Thornton Composite Reservoir.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
As this holiday season nears its end, Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias issued a warning Tuesday about text scams.
A new report shines a light on electricity shortages that Illinois could face in less than 10 years.
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January is Radon Action Month, and the Cook County Department of Public Health is urging residents to test their homes for radon.
Severe flu season is sending many people to hospital emergency rooms across the country, including in the Chicago area.
Unionized health care workers this week took aim at Northwestern Medicine, saying the health care system needs to hire more people before expanding the emergency room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that its recommendations for childhood vaccines will not be affected by a change in federal guidelines.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
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The Piggery, a popular barbecue restaurant and bar in the northwest corner of Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, announced Thursday that it is going out of business.
The Lincolnwood Town Center mall in the north Chicago suburb of Lincolnwood has been sold to a developer, the village announced Wednesday.
Scott Adams, the cartoonist who created the "Dilbert" comic strip, has died at the age of 68, his first ex-wife revealed on Tuesday.
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The University of Illinois Board of Trustees voted to raise tuition, housing and student fees at both the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago campuses.
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The driver of a car was killed and a number of students were taken to a local hospital after a head-on crash between the car and a school bus in Will County Thursday morning.
A Cook County judge ruled Thursday that key witness testimony from a firearms expert will be allowed in the trials of three men accused in the murder of Chicago police officer Areanah Preston.
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Three former DePaul University basketball players are among 26 players charged in an NCAA men's basketball game fixing scheme.
A driver was killed in a crash involving a car and a school bus was just outside Manhattan, Illinois, southwest of Chicago on Thursday morning.
A Cook County judge ruled Thursday that key witness testimony from a firearms expert will be allowed in the trials of three men accused in the murder of Chicago police officer Areanah Preston.
President Trump threatened Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell anti-ICE protests in Minnesota. He previously threatened to do so in Chicago, but never followed through.
The University of Illinois Board of Trustees voted to raise tuition, housing and student fees at both the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago campuses.
Lead-based paint was banned for serious health reasons in 1978, but most homes built before then remain covered in it.
Fire department officials in Chicago's western suburbs said drone technology has been helping keep firefighters safe and make a major impact on public safety.
With the stores becoming a common target for thieves, some of the stores in the Chicago area are taking new steps to fight back.
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Authorities said the alleged scheme involved 39 players, 17 different NCAA Division I men's basketball teams and 29 games.
Kylan Boswell had 13 points and six assists for Illinois, which used its superior size to outscore Northwestern 34-18 in the paint.
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Chicago police have issued a community alert on a string of burglaries this week targeting businesses from the north lakefront to the Southwest Side.
Burglars broke into a bar in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood early Thursday morning.
A teen stood charged Thursday with shooting a young woman in the mouth in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood earlier this week.
A man is dead, and two others were injured after a shooting in Chicago's Morgan Park neighborhood.
Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that they have charged a registered nurse to giving counterfeit Ozempic to patients in Chicago.
