Woman arrested for West Lawn hit-and-run that critically hurt teen
Chicago police said a woman has been charged in a hit-and-run in West Lawn that critically injured a teenager.
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Chicago police said a woman has been charged in a hit-and-run in West Lawn that critically injured a teenager.
Chicago police released Images of the SUV sought in a hit-and-run in West Lawn on Wednesday morning.
An investigation by the Major Accidents Investigation Unit is open and ongoing.
Chicago police are still searching for the driver of an SUV that hit two girls, 6 and 15, on Friday morning in the West Englewood neighborhood.
Two children were injured, one critically, in a hit-and-run crash in West Englewood, Chicago police said.
Two children were injured, one critically, in a West Englewood hit-and-run Friday morning, Chicago police said.
Illinois State Police have arrested a man in connection with a hit-and-run crash on the Edens Expressway earlier this week.
Gurnee police said a 25-year-old woman from Waukesha, Wisconsin, hit two people with a car and then attacked another person while armed with a butcher knife on Monday morning near Gurnee Mills.
One person was injured early Monday in a hit-and-run crash on Illinois Route 394 in Chicago's south suburbs.
A man has been charged with drunk driving in a hit-and-run crash that killed a disabled man using a mobility scooter earlier this month in south suburban Robbins.
Last July, Herrera was hit and killed while walking across this intersection at Ashland and Cullerton after working a street festival in the Pilsen neighborhood.
Samantha Bragg, 44, was hit and killed by a hit-and-run driver around 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 17 in Garfield Park.
The driver of the vehicle did not stop to render aid to Bragg, who later died from her injuries.
Riverdale police said during the afternoon on Dec. 31, a white Kia was driving through a gas station parking lot when it hit the 72-year-old woman, who was walking through the lot.
Riverdale police are searching for a driver they say struck and killed a 72-year-old woman on New Year's Eve.
Samantha Bragg, a 44-year-old mother and grandmother, was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Dec. 17.
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Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for the identification of a driver wanted in a hit-and-run that killed a 22-year-old man in Gage Park in August.
Second Baptist Church held a fundraiser to cover funeral costs for De'Avion Smith, 25, who was biking to work in Elwood, Illinois, on Nov. 25 when he was hit by a vehicle.
De'avion Smith, 25, was biking to work on Nov. 24 when someone in a black Chevy Silverado ran him over and left him to die in the street.
ISP said the trooper pulled over for the traffic stop and was inside his squad car with lights activated when a black SUV exiting at 63rd Street failed to move over and hit the rear passenger side of the squad car.
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Both were taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in unknown condition, but were stabilized.
Chicago police are searching for the two gunmen who shot and killed a 26-year-old man on Friday, Sept. 25 on the city's South Side.
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Scammers are now impersonating the patient portal MyChart, using realistic-looking emails, texts, and websites to try to steal personal information and, in some cases, get malware on your computer.
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Nicor customers will get a break on their bills this fall after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Roul reached an agreement with the utility to cut $140 million from its requested rate hike.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
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The Chicago Department of Public Health on Wednesday launched its first "street psychiatry" teams, in an effort to provide mental health services to some of the city's most vulnerable people.
A new Illinois law lets terminally ill patients request a lethal prescription to end their lives, making the state the 13th in the U.S. — and the first in the Midwest — to permit it.
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A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
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Chuck E. Cheese announced Tuesday that it is bringing a new indoor playground concept, called Adventure World, to Chicago's south suburbs.
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Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
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Survivor, Koko Taylor, The Plain White T's and REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin were among those honored Sunday night at the Harris Theater. The ceremony is the hall's largest fundraiser.
Madonna won Artist of the Year while Taylor Swift became the most awarded artist in Video Music Awards history.
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Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
Residents say the Obama Presidential Center, which opened this year in neighboring Woodlawn, and the Quantum Computing Center, slated to begin a phased-in opening later this year in South Chicago, will bring not only new investments but also new rent increases in their community.
The new video shows the bus still rolling as students were trying to get off at their stops. The students realized something was wrong and worked together to stop the bus.
A former student is suing Cornell, alleging she was gang-raped at a campus fraternity. A New York district attorney is now seeking a grand jury review after reopening the case.
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Unlike other communities that used third parties to deploy the bait, program leaders in Albany Park want to get neighbors involved.
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The new federal eligibility changes mean immigrants seeking asylum and those who entered the country through humanitarian parole will also lose health coverage.
Chicago elected officials and other representatives from Illinois are pushing back on Peoples Gas' proposed $144 million rate hike.
A woman is dead after a wrong-way driver caused a three-car crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Chicago's South Side late Sunday night.
In 2024, an off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed a dog that was being held by its owner. COPA and CPD Supt. Larry Snelling agreed the officer should be fired. But more than two years later, that hasn't happened.
The White Sox made a remarkable turnaround this year to become the only team in Major League Baseball history to follow consecutive 100-loss seasons with a playoff berth.
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Stepping in for Caleb Williams, Keenum was 24 for 34 for 247 yards.
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