Police: Assailants Attacked Man With Pepper Spray On State Street Bus At Roosevelt Road
Police on Monday were advising the public to watch for a dangerous duo who attacked a man on a Chicago Transit Authority bus.
Police on Monday were advising the public to watch for a dangerous duo who attacked a man on a Chicago Transit Authority bus.
Security concerns were mounting this New Year's Day after a series of robberies and attacks in the CTA Red Line subway in and around the downtown area.
CTA Red Line trains were snagged on the South Side due to debris on the tracks Tuesday afternoon.
Police were in a standoff with a man threatening to harm himself on busy Roosevelt Road in Oak Park late Tuesday afternoon.
Police released new surveillance photos Wednesday of several people they are seeking after an attack at the Roosevelt CTA Red Line station this past weekend.
There are a few bumps in Roosevelt Road, but one of the big ones comes with no heads up.
Crews will begin repairs and work to widen the Reagan Memorial Tollway bridges over Roosevelt Road.
The men, 24 and 27, were sitting in a parked van in the 3400 block of West Roosevelt Road at 2 a.m. when a dark-colored car pulled up, and someone inside fired shots, police said.
About 1:30 a.m., he was at the restaurant near the intersection of Roosevelt and Homan when several people walked in and a gunman among them opened fire, police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said.
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Delora Johnson, 24, walked up to Hillside Police Chief Joseph Lukaszek and asked for a cigarette about 7 p.m. outside the station in the 4700 block of West Roosevelt Road, Cook County prosecutors said at a bond hearing. When Lukaszek said he didn't have one, she offered to perform sex acts on him for $20, prosecutors said.
Illinois State Police said, around 2:50 a.m., a passenger in a gold Chevrolet Impala fired shots at a semi-tractor trailer headed north on the Dan Ryan Expressway near Monroe Street.
All the long-term traffic restrictions for the next phase of a $475 million reconstruction project have gone into effect, as crews begin 16 months of work on a new flyover connecting the northbound Dan Ryan Expressway to the westbound Eisenhower Expressway.
The woman was riding her bike near Roosevelt Road and Canal Street, when a pickup truck making a turn struck her, according to witnesses. She ended up pinned under the truck, and was having trouble breathing.
From its reindeer antlers and cinnamon scent to Santa's den and armchair, it's clear that this is no ordinary 60-foot CTA bus, although it will be operating in regular service, beginning Tuesday and Wednesday on the J14/Jeffery Jump.
Streets bordering Grant Park will be blocked off to traffic for at least three days, from Friday through Sunday, during the sold out festival, according to a statement from the Office of Emergency Management and Communications.
Broadview police are searching for two suspects after two people were shot in the west suburb Monday night.
A fire caused up to $300,000 in damage to a strip mall building in west suburban Lombard early Monday.
Two men were injured in separate shootings on the West Side Tuesday evening, police said.
One person was dead and two others were injured in a traffic accident Wednesday morning in west suburban Cicero.
Seven people were injured during crashes on I-90 early Tuesday -- just one of several accidents that police said occurred on Chicago-area expressways in the early hours of the new year.
A Chicago police officer was recovering Monday morning, after a man suspected of kidnapping his 2-year-old son struck the officer with his car on the West Side Sunday evening.
Gunfire over the weekend left three men dead and at least 26 others wounded, from Portage Park to Auburn-Gresham.
Chicago broke a 101-year-old heat record by midday on Thursday – and authorities determined that the heat has been responsible for two deaths.
A huge section of pavement on Columbus Drive buckled in the afternoon heat on Wednesday in the South Loop.
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Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
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The city's measles dashboard said a total of 63 measles cases have been confirmed in Chicago this year, with one new case this week.
The department said anyone who visited the Sam's Club at 9400 S. Western Ave. in Evergreen Park one day last week may have been exposed to someone with measles.
Health officials are warning consumers not to consume Infinite Herbs basil sold at some Trader Joe's and Dierberg's stores after 12 people were sickened.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson denied that the Bears' shiny new dome could end up costing taxpayers a pretty penny.
Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
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The Algonquin and Lake in the Hills Chamber of Commerce says the unexpected surge in attendance, fuelled by the beautiful weather, led to overcrowding, including a large number of unchaperoned teens who came to the carnival and shopping centers in the area.
Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca was shot and killed after returning home from his shift last Sunday. A $100,000 reward is being offered leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect.
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Xavier Tate Jr., 22, is charged with first-degree murder in an arrest warrant filed Friday.
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Police arrived at the scene sooner than if they had waited for the first 911 call.
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The warrant accused Xavier Tate of firing a .40-caliber handgun and killing Huesca.
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