Man Charged With Attempted Murder Worked As Substitute Teacher While Out On Bail
Andres Rodriguez, 39, was arrested in July of last year, after he allegedly shot a man following a traffic dispute in Tinley Park.
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Andres Rodriguez, 39, was arrested in July of last year, after he allegedly shot a man following a traffic dispute in Tinley Park.
Two Chicago police sergeants rescued a woman, and firefighters rescued her daughter, who uses a wheelchair, from a house fire in the South Chicago neighborhood early Wednesday. One of the sergeants was critically injured.
The fire started around 3 a.m. Tuesday at a three-story apartment building at the corner of Monroe and Kildare.
The aim is to ease congestion along the 18-mile trail, and reduce the chances of a collision between runners and bikers.
The Special Olympics is kicking off its 50th anniversary on Thursday, at the opening ceremony of its Spring Games at Soldier Field.
The storms were so powerful Wednesday they ripped at least part of a roof off an apartment building in Bronzeville, leaving hundreds homeless.
A 4-year-old girl was shot in the shoulder Tuesday evening in Gresham neighborhood.
The University of Chicago has opened its new Level 1 adult trauma center, the first such emergency department on the South Side in nearly 30 years.
Two men who worked as security guards at Holy Name Cathedral have been charged with stealing as much as $100,000 from the church's collection plate.
One person was in custody after a series of carjackings Thursday evening ended with two people shot in the Gold Coast neighborhood.
Christopher Clingingsmith, 52, was arrested last month for driving on a revoked license, and providing police with a fake ID after a hit-and-run crash in Arlington Heights.
One of Chicago's most iconic churches has been targeted by thieves.
Let street paving season begin. With warmer temperatures arriving, city crews are beginning work to repave hundreds of miles of streets.
Hundreds of miles of roads in Chicago will get a makeover. It's part of the city's annual effort to resurface crumbling streets.
A 29-year-old man from Morton, Illinois, is the subject of an intense interstate manhunt, after four people were shot and killed at a Waffle House near Nashville.
Friday's marches were timed for the 19th anniversary of the infamous Columbine High School massacre in Colorado.
On the eve of a national walkout honoring those killed 20 years ago at Columbine High School, a girl who survived the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was visiting with students in South Holland.
The cardinal reached out to lawmakers directly on Tuesday, saying now is the time to do what is right, not what is necessarily popular in their particular districts.
"We have rodents, roaches, mold, mildew, asbestos; in other words, filthy unsanitary unhealthy schools," said CTU recording secretary Michael Brunson.
A man ambushed the victim from behind as she was walking to the Fullerton Red Line station, and put her in a chokehold. He then repeatedly stabbed her in her upper body.
Witnesses said a 67-year-old woman was thrown more than 50 feet by the force of the impact, landing behind a nearby building.
The money will be used to beef up the Police Department's use of technology to track and fight crime.
The city won't confirm the exact number of safety personnel losing their jobs, but they say their hands were forced.
In February, lawmakers passed a measure that would require all gun dealers in Illinois to obtain licenses from the state.
Police are investigating two violent robberies early Friday morning, and investigators believe the attacks might be connected.
