John Rivera, 23, Off-Duty CPD Officer Fatally Shot In River North: What We Know
Here's what we know so far about John P. Rivera, the off-duty Chicago police officer who was fatally shot in River North Saturday morning,
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Here's what we know so far about John P. Rivera, the off-duty Chicago police officer who was fatally shot in River North Saturday morning,
Chicago police say three people are in custody for the fatal shooting of off-duty CPD Officer John Rivera Saturday.
Police say Officer John Rivera had wrapped up a shift around 10 p.m. Friday and was unwinding with some friends, when a group of people, possibly thinking he was someone else, opened fire.
Cracks have been appearing in homes on the Far South Side, and homeowners believe increased truck traffic on recently expanded Torrence Avenue might be to blame.
In the light of day, it can be seen that West 136th Street leads straight to a boat ramp. There are no signs warning drivers. The road ends and the river begins.
Search teams will return to the Calumet River in the Hegewisch neighborhood Monday morning, looking for two men who disappeared when their car plunged into the water.
The fire started around 1:15 a.m. Friday near 135th and Avenue N. When firefighters arrived, they found heavy smoke coming from The Green Olive.
This was the seventh fire in the Hegewisch neighborhood since July 6.
Police say a serial arsonist is lighting garages on fire in the Hegewisch neighborhood.
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After the latest spate of gun violence, 473 people have been shot dead in the city since the start of the year.
Chicago police were searching for three men who stole two cars and an SUV from the Ford assembly plant storage lot Wednesday afternoon.
Parents say 2015 renderings of the project at a community meeting didn't look like what is now there today.
The community is helping a man who lost everything after a fire burned down his mobile home in Hegewisch.
A family is carjacked on Christmas day, with their daughter's custom wheelchair taken in the robbery.
People love to display flowers this time of year. Others -- to steal them. CBS 2's Derrick Blakley reports.
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A Catholic school's boys' basketball team from Hegewisch was set to resume playoff action on Thursday, but without the girl who has been a starter for the past couple years.
St. Florian School at 13110 S. Baltimore Av. needs to raise more than $50,000 to avoid being closed by the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
The case of a Southeast Side man found chopped up outside his garage last month isn't expected to lead to any arrests, with investigators increasingly confident his live-in girlfriend — who later committed suicide — acted alone, sources tell the Chicago Sun-Times.
Chicago police were involved in a shooting Thursday afternoon in the South Chicago neighborhood, according to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.
Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Thursday were investigating a shooting that left one teen dead and another injured, while a third teen suffered a head injury.
A Wisconsin woman accused of injuring three people during a spree of "random acts of violence" in the far north suburbs will remain behind bars as she awaits trial.
Chicago police on Thursday were investigating two attempted burglaries involving ATMs in two city neighborhoods in the early-morning hours.
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President Trump said he is directing all federal law enforcement to be at the "complete disposal" of Savannah Guthrie's family as the search continues for her mother, Nancy Guthrie.
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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.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
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Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
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United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
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Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
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A 17-year-old boy is charged in a shooting that wounded seven teens downtown right after the city's Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
Authorities believe Savannah Guthrie's mom, Nancy Guthrie, was taken from her home in Arizona and have been investigating her disappearance as a crime.
Chicago police were involved in a shooting Thursday afternoon in the South Chicago neighborhood, according to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.
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Chicago police were involved in a shooting Thursday afternoon in the South Chicago neighborhood, according to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.
Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Thursday were investigating a shooting that left one teen dead and another injured, while a third teen suffered a head injury.
Chicago police on Thursday were investigating two attempted burglaries involving ATMs in two city neighborhoods in the early-morning hours.
Authorities believe Savannah Guthrie's mom, Nancy Guthrie, was taken from her home in Arizona and have been investigating her disappearance as a crime.
A 17-year-old boy was charged Thursday in a shooting that wounded seven teens in front of the Chicago Theatre downtown right after the city's Christmas tree lighting ceremony in November.
