Man, Woman Robbed In Streeterville Attacks
No one was in custody in either robbery Tuesday morning. Area Central detectives were investigating.
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No one was in custody in either robbery Tuesday morning. Area Central detectives were investigating.
Shortly after midnight, the officers were on patrol in the 3900 block of West Congress Parkway, when they saw a two-story brownstone on fire.
The new map of the CTA's "preferred alignment" would use elements of two paths the transit agency had been considering for the extension.
A Cook County judge has reduced bond for serial stowaway Marilyn Hartman, and dropped a requirement she be placed on electronic monitoring, nearly two weeks after she again slipped past security at O'Hare International Airport, this time managing to fly to London without a ticket or passport.
A transgender student's fight to use the locker room of her choice at Palatine High School was headed back to court on Thursday.
With freezing drizzle falling across the Chicago area Wednesday morning, many roads were covered in an icy glaze during the morning commute, resulting in dozens of accidents.
Preliminary reports indicated a Toyota was traveling at a high rate of speed when it slammed into the semi near 145th and Indiana, but police have not confirmed the car was speeding.
Parents have been told to pick up their children from the residential college prep school by 5 p.m. Tuesday.
The city has installed two red light cameras at Michigan and Jackson, and two at Michigan and Ontario.
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson was hosting the crimefighters conference Wednesday night at the University of Chicago Crime Lab.
Phelps has won 28 Olympic medals, 23 of them gold; but the swimming sensation said, at the height of his Olympic career, he considered killing himself.
Olympian Michael Phelps was among more than 50 speakers taking the stage Tuesday at The Kennedy Forum Annual Meeting, hoping to end some of the stigma surrounding mental illness.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is standing by his account of the now infamous meeting with President Donald Trump, in which the president allegedly made vulgar and racist comments while discussing immigration.
The snow is expected to clear for most of the Chicago area by noon, but before that, up to 5 inches could accumulate in some areas.
Senator Dick Durbin called the president's "sh*thole countries" remarks "hate-filled, vile, and racist."
Just days after matching the longest cold snap on record, Chicago was flirting with historic warmth on Thursday, but the spring-like weather won't last the day.
Neighbors said a young man is suspected of killing his mother by stabbing her to death on Tuesday.
The fire started around 3:45 a.m. at a 2 ½-story house in the 2800 block of North Spaulding Avenue.
The man who admitted to killing a Julian High School honor student on a crowded CTA bus in 2007 will receive a new sentence on Tuesday, after his original prison term was overturned when a court deemed the judge's comments inappropriate.
Gary Police Chief Larry McKinley has resigned after 3 1/2 years on the job, and will be replaced by a lieutenant in the department.
William "Tony" Jackson, 83, was home alone at the time, and was trapped in his kitchen.
The recent arctic blast has made the already demanding job of fighting fires even more dangerous, and the last few days have been especially bad, as temperatures lingered in the single digits from Monday night until Thursday morning.
The fire started around 10 p.m. at a 2 ½-story house at 18 N. Mason Av.
The boy was having a sleepover with his 17-year-old cousin, whose father is the pastor of the church, when they heard a noise they believed to be someone trying to break into the church, and went to investigate with a loaded gun.
If you plan to head out to cash in on the big after-Christmas sales, you'll certainly want to pack on the layers, as bitterly cold temperatures have gripped the Chicago area.
