Father, 2 sons were killed in fire in West Ridge, family says
A woman remained in critical condition after a fire left her husband and two sons dead in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood last week, according to family.
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A woman remained in critical condition after a fire left her husband and two sons dead in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood last week, according to family.
A GoFundMe said two young brothers were killed in the fire in an apartment building on Rockwell Street, along with their father.
Police said the man initially refused to get into a car with a woman, then jumped in front of the car after the woman drove off in it.
The Chicago Fire Department said crews were called to a house in the 5700 block of South Rockwell Street around 5:30 a.m.
The fire broke out in a house in the 5700 block of South Rockwell Street.
The CFD said the victims were all juveniles under 18, but their specific ages were not immediately learned.
The 16-year-old boys were shot at Rockwell Street and Hollywood Avenue in Arcadia Terrace.
The shooting happened on Fitch Avenue near Rockwell Street.
At 4:40 p.m., the victims were in a vehicle on Estes Avenue east of Rockwell Street when they were hit by gunfire, police said.
Police both Tased and shot a man they said was brandishing a knife at officers in West Rogers Park Sunday evening.
Police were investigating Saturday after a man was shot and wounded in broad daylight near Indian Boundary Park in the West Rogers Park neighborhood a day earlier.
A woman found stabbed to death in the North Branch of the Chicago River over the weekend has been identified as Yesenia Vargas.
A man was shot and wounded Thursday evening in the West Rogers Park neighborhood.
A symbol of hate was found plastered on a Logan Square homeowner's fence in the middle of the day.
A man was shot and killed in an alley in Logan Square Saturday afternoon.
Friends and family on Saturday remembered a teenage girl who was shot and killed in Little Village.
A 16-year-old girl is dead after being shot in Little Village over the weekend.
A man was shot and wounded early Sunday while returning to his home in the Logan Square neighborhood.
A man returning home from a wedding was attacked early Sunday morning, according to Chicago police.
The fire started around 7:45 p.m. at a three-story warehouse in the 3000 block of North Rockwell Street. The first crews to arrive found flames on the second floor. The building was quickly engulfed.
Two teachers were hospitalized Friday morning, after they were sickened by a carbon monoxide leak at a Brighton Park neighborhood elementary school.
About 10:15 p.m. on Oct. 2, four teens riding 10-speed bicycles rode up to a person in the 3200 block of North Campbell Avenue and demanded their cell phone, according to a community alert from Town Hall District detectives.
Ruben Quispe-Trujillo, 24, faces a count of first-degree murder for the attack that happened about 3 a.m. Monday outside a home in the 1900 block of North Rockwell Street, according to Chicago Police.
Shortly after 3 a.m., a 25-year-old man was stabbed in the chest during an argument with another man in the 1900 block of North Rockwell Street, police said.
About 9:50 p.m., the 19-year-old was walking in the 2300 block of South Rockwell Street when a black SUV pulled up and someone inside opened fire, striking him several times, police said.
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A study conducted in part by Chicago's Northwestern Medicine found that tanning beds not only triple the risk of melanoma, but can also damage DNA across nearly the whole skin surface.
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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 band announced Perry Bamonte's death on their official website on Friday.
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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.
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Lawmakers in Springfield are looking to address the high water bills being reported in some suburbs from customers of Illinois American Water.
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Three women were wounded in a shooting on Christmas night on Thursday in west suburban Aurora.
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.
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