Police Investigate String Of Smash-And-Grab Burglaries In South Loop
It was not clear if the same thief or thieves hit all the stores, but the break-ins were very similar.
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It was not clear if the same thief or thieves hit all the stores, but the break-ins were very similar.
The mayor originally hoped to get a vote by the full City Council on Wednesday, but many aldermen have objected to rushing the ordinance.
Around 8 p.m. Sunday, 18-year-old Shantell "Keekee" Fleming was among a group of people attending a vigil for 23-year-old Nahmar Holmes, who was gunned down less than 24 hours earlier.
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As multiple suspects were fleeing a robbery, shots were fired, although police did not say if it was the suspects, officers, or both who fired the shots.
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Sources said the attack took place inside Village Discount Outlet thrift store at Lawrence and Spaulding avenues around 7 p.m. Monday.
Police and firefighters responded to the fire shortly before 12:30 a.m. in the 3100 block of South Harding Avenue.
A 24-year-old man was killed and a 23-year-old man was grazed by a bullet in a shooting in the West Lawn neighborhood late Wednesday night, capping off the most violent month in Chicago in 20 years.
With at least 81 homicides as of Monday morning, this August already is the most violent month in Chicago in nearly 20 years, and it isn't quite over yet.
Tuesday morning's storms caused hundreds of Metra passengers to be late, after lightning apparently struck a Union Pacific-North Line train.
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Airport security wait times that sometimes stretched to two hours or more at O'Hare and Midway airports this spring have been cut down to 10 minutes or less, city officials announced Tuesday.
Jamiah Barnes, 8, was crossing the street to attend a prayer vigil for a 14-year-old boy who had been slain earlier in the day, just three blocks away, when two men began arguing and someone began shooting. Jamiah was shot in the forearm, and a 40-year-old woman was shot in the hand.
A former daycare worker convicted in the death of a toddler will return to a Lake County courtroom on Thursday, for hearings on her request for a new trial.
A victim was stabbed early Wednesday morning during a home invasion in Richton Park.
Police said officers were investigating reports of a carjacking shortly after 10 p.m., and spotted a vehicle suspected to be the one they were seeking in the 600 block of East 100th Place. Instead of pulling over, the driver leaned out the window and began shooting at officers, police said.
Monday is the first day of classes for hundreds of students in East Chicago, Indiana, but they won't be going to their school, due to lead contamination on their campus.
Nearly 150 firefighters helped extinguish the blaze, which started around 1 a.m. in the 7600 block of South Drexel Avenue.
Work was set to begin Thursday on a new runway at O'Hare International Airport, in an ongoing effort to improve airlines' on-time performance and reduce jet noise in some Chicago neighborhoods.
Police said the homeowner grabbed a handgun during the home invasion, and opened fire, chasing off the suspects.
Delta Air Lines has resumed a limited number of flights Monday morning, after a major computer outage brought its operations to a stop.
Police in south suburban Country Club Hills were searching for a man wanted for shooting his girlfriend, after he fled the scene with his 8-year-old son.
As soon as firefighters arrived on the scene in the 1400 block of West Marquette Road around 9:30 p.m., they smelled an accelerant, indicating the fire inside the vacant home was deliberately set.
Police said the robbers sneaked up behind the couples, and knocked the women to the ground.
