Boy, 13, charged with January Armed Robbery in Humboldt Park
The Vehicular Hijacking Task Force arrested a 13-year-old boy in connection to an armed robbery in Humboldt Park in January.
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The Vehicular Hijacking Task Force arrested a 13-year-old boy in connection to an armed robbery in Humboldt Park in January.
Police say he was identified as the person who robbed a 31-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman, in the 4100 block of West North Avenue on Jan. 28.
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A man is charged in the shooting death of a 36-year-old man in Humboldt Park last month.
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Workers in Humboldt Park are calling out Amazon, saying they're ready to go to work and are demanding a start date. Activists from "Get to Work," and "Black Workers Matter" were protesting Amazon's delayed opening at its new location near Division and Kostner.
Cook County Crime Stoppers handed out fliers Saturday to raise awareness about the murder of 36-year-old Ruben Olivares, who was shot while sitting in his car on Kedzie and Cortez on Jan. 18.
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A car flees the scene after striking a dialysis center in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Thursday afternoon.
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Chicago fire officials confirmed that three of the victims are in good condition and two are in serious condition. Several others have refused treatment.
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No one was in custody late Friday. Area Four detectives are investigating.
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Two people were rushed to the hospital from the scene of a fire in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood early Sunday morning.
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After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
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Organizers for Lollapalooza are helping fund the next generation of headliners.
Two people were rushed to the hospital from the scene of a fire in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood early Sunday morning.
A fire at the vacant old Balmoral Park racetrack in Crete, Illinois, sent smoke billowing over several south Chicago suburbs Sunday morning.
A court hearing was held Sunday for a woman charged with stabbing her 2-month-old daughter to death in a home on Chicago's Southwest Side. Marissa Sulek reports.
One person was killed and seven were injured early Sunday morning in a four-vehicle crash that shut down the Eisenhower Expressway on Chicago's Near West Side.
A woman appeared in court Sunday on charges that she stabbed her 2-month-old daughter to death in a home on Chicago's Southwest Side.
One person was killed and five others were injured in a multi-vehicle crash on the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago's western suburbs early Sunday.
A fire at the vacant old Balmoral Park racetrack in Crete, Illinois, sent smoke billowing over several south Chicago suburbs Sunday morning.
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A court hearing was held Sunday for a woman charged with stabbing her 2-month-old daughter to death in a home on Chicago's Southwest Side.
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