Man Robbed Of Cash, Pants Near UIC Campus
UIC police said, shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, the victim was attacked by four men near 12th and Morgan streets. The men, dressed in all black, beat the victim and stole his money and his pants.
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UIC police said, shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, the victim was attacked by four men near 12th and Morgan streets. The men, dressed in all black, beat the victim and stole his money and his pants.
The Input 200 advisory committee at Barrington School District 220 has recommended a later start to the school day for Barrington High School and the district's middle schools, and an earlier start to the day for elementary schools.
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Authorities returned to a north suburban forest preserve on Wednesday as they continued their search for an Arlington Heights man who has been missing for more than two days.
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Carlos Verduzco, 40, hasn't been seen since Jan. 31, when he and his nephew asked a friend to drive them to northwest Indiana to collect a debt.
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The owners of some popular restaurants in the Chicago area have notified customers to monitor their credit and debit card accounts, after a data breach affecting more than 500 restaurants nationwide.
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Some leaders of the city's black community are demonstrating outside the annual Martin Luther King breakfast over what they say are the failures of Mayor Emanuel.
On a night in 2007, police stopped Eric Tonson and ordered him to the ground. Someone -- possibly Chicago Police Officer Kevin Fry -- shot him in the neck. CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports.
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A Chicago woman who hid her mother's body in her freezer for two years is now facing additional federal charges of Social Security and SNAP fraud.
The woman killed in a wrong-way crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive late Sunday night has been identified as a 35-year-old mother and nursing assistant.
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Madonna won Artist of the Year while Taylor Swift became the most awarded artist in Video Music Awards history.
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Yoketha Brown, a 35-year-old mother and nursing assistant, has been identified as the woman who was killed in a wrong-way crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive late Sunday night.
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Lindsay Clancy was back in court in Massachussetts Tuesday for the first time since her murder trial ended in a mistrial.
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The woman killed in a wrong-way crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive late Sunday night has been identified as a 35-year-old mother and nursing assistant.
A Chicago woman who hid her mother's body in her freezer for two years is now facing additional federal charges of Social Security and SNAP fraud.
The City Council on Tuesday approved a deal allowing Chicago's privatized parking meters to be sold to a new company, with the city receiving a share of the profits going forward.
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