Girl, 14, Escapes Attempted Kidnapping In Front Of Chicago Elementary School
A 14-year-old girl was able to fight off two men who attempted to kidnap her in front of a Marquette Park elementary school Thursday evening, police say.
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A 14-year-old girl was able to fight off two men who attempted to kidnap her in front of a Marquette Park elementary school Thursday evening, police say.
A special security surveillance system has helped keep Marquette Park safe for decades, and now residents want to know why it's being shuttered after their local aldermen failed to renew the ordinance that regulates the program.
Alba is known to frequent Marquette Park and the downtown Chicago area.
The incident happened early Saturday morning around 1:30 a.m.
Latoya Frost, 32, was arrested early Saturday after she sexually assaulted a 6-year-old girl and forced her to perform several sex acts, according to Cook County prosecutors. Frost had locked the first-floor bedroom door and lodged a chair under the doorknob so nobody could get inside.
At 12:41 a.m., fire crews responded to the two-alarm blaze at a two-story building in the 2900 block of West 63rd Street, according to a tweet from Chicago Fire Media Affairs. The building consists of an unused first-floor storefront and apartments on the second floor.
The most recent fatal shooting happened about 12:55 a.m. Monday in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South side.
The assault occurred at approximately 8 a.m. on the 7300 block of South Artesian Avenue, Chicago Police said
The most recent killing happened Sunday night in the Lawndale neighborhood.
The fatal shooting happened about 12:15 p.m. in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
A man was killed and 11 other people were wounded from Friday evening to Monday morning in weekend shootings across Chicago.
The weekend's latest fatal shooting happened about 7:20 p.m. Sunday in the South Chicago neighborhood.
The day's first shooting happened about 1:45 a.m. in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Elizabeth Kennedy was stabbed in the chest by Eddie Crowder as he swung a knife at a man, with whom Kennedy has children with.
A woman was killed and two men were wounded in a stabbing attack Saturday night in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
The day's latest shooting happened at 11:53 p.m. in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Darrell Blakeley, 44, was arrested Monday morning and charged with robbing the U.S. Bank branch at 3525 W. 63rd St. on July 26.
The day's latest fatal shooting happened about 10 a.m. in the South Shore neighborhood.
Bettye Jackson went missing about 5 p.m. Sunday from the 6700 block of South Rockwell, according to an an alert from Chicago Police.
In the city's latest fatal shooting, 38-year-old Delano Jones was killed in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
In all, more than 2,150 people have been shot since the start of the year.
The latest robbery happened about 2 p.m. Wednesday at the U.S. Bank branch at 3252 W. 63rd St., according to the FBI.
The weekend's latest fatal shooting happened about 9 p.m. Sunday in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood.
A 4-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl were among three people shot Wednesday afternoon in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
The man was standing near 73rd and Maplewood about 9 p.m. when a man wearing all black walked up and shot him in both legs.
Chicago police are looking for a tow truck driver who they said shot at a woman after a minor crash overnight.
Metra Milwaukee District North Line trains are running with "extensive delays" to and from Chicago's northern suburbs on Friday morning.
Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that caused an SUV to crash into a building in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
Two teens were injured in separate shootings overnight in Chicago.
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The Chicago Bears are expanding their search for a new stadium to Northwest Indiana, even though they already own land in Arlington Heights and have also proposed a new lakefront stadium in Chicago.
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U.S. Steel says it'll resume making steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois amid strengthening demand.
Traffic at O'Hare International Airport is growing faster than expected, and this has Chicago city leaders wanting to make big changes to future construction plans at the airport.
The message, aired on Channel 4 on Christmas Day, reflected on the impact of President Trump's second term in office thus far.
The singer said an MRI showed a cancerous spot on one of his lungs after he recovered from a lengthy bout of bronchitis.
James Ransone, the actor who played Ziggy Sobotka in the HBO series "The Wire" and appeared in many other TV shows and movies, has died.
Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre is hosting "The Phantom of the Opera," and staff offered a firsthand look at the iconic chandelier inside the theater this week.
The special features interviews with Kathy Bates, Annette Bening, Albert Brooks, Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Jerry O'Connell and Mandy Patinkin.
Chicago police are looking for a tow truck driver who they said shot at a woman after a minor crash overnight.
A man is in custody for a stabbing and bleach attack at a tire factory in central Japan Friday.
President Trump authorized strikes against the Islamic State in Nigeria on Christmas, and plans to meet with Ukraine President Zelenskyy about the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Jackie Hoffman spent last year traveling the world, running several major marathons, all while fundraising for and telling the story of his West Side non-profit Peace Runners 773.
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Two teens were injured in separate shootings overnight in Chicago.
Metra Milwaukee District North Line trains are running with "extensive delays" to and from Chicago's northern suburbs on Friday morning.
Chicago police are looking for a tow truck driver who they said shot at a woman after a minor crash overnight.
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Electric bills in the Chicago area could go up as much as $70 in the next three years because of data centers, according to the Citizens Utility Board.
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A woman was released on electronic monitoring Wednesday after authorities said she drove drunk and caused a crash that injured a family of four in Lombard, Illinois.
Multiple cars were broken into this week in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Four women have been charged with leading police on a high-speed chase after stealing from a retail store in the west Chicago suburb of Villa Park.
A woman has been charged with attacking four people at a CTA bus stop in the Lawndale neighborhood, including a woman she allegedly slashed with a broken beer bottle after threatening that woman's mother.
Three teens have been charged with sexually assaulting a classmate this past summer at a graduation party for St. Viator High School students.
