Crime Not Declining In Every Chicago Neighborhood
Across the board, violent crime is on the decline and that includes homicides. But police and public officials said they're not satisfied. That's also the case with some in the community.
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Across the board, violent crime is on the decline and that includes homicides. But police and public officials said they're not satisfied. That's also the case with some in the community.
Police said the victim was home with his girlfriend when three men stormed into their bedroom.
Police said three men broke into a couple's apartment near 78th and Ridgeland around 2:15 a.m., and forced them out of bed. The victim started fighting with his attackers, and one of them shot him in the back.
A Chicago Fire Department engine is stuck on top of a parking garage in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood after the deck partially collapsed below the engine.
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services was investigating Monday after a 7-month-old baby was died after being left in a bathtub in the South Shore neighborhood.
Five people – including two children – were injured Monday afternoon in a multi-vehicle accident in South Shore.
Business owners in the South Shore neighborhood say gangs and drugs have taken over the streets outside their shops. They say authorities are not doing enough to crack down on the criminals.
Authorities said the incident happened around 4:00 Thursday afternoon in the 2800 block of East 77th. A 21-year-old man was allegedly in a verbal altercation with a group of other men standing across the corner from him.
An elderly man is missing after wandering off from his nursing home, and family members are blaming the nursing home for his disappearance.
Johnnie Calvin, 25, has been reported missing from the South Shore area, police said.
Police said officers were trying to pull over a green Cadillac STS for a broken tail light around 6:20 p.m. near 79th and Drexel, when the driver fled.
Train service on the South Shore Line in Northwest Indiana was disrupted after a train and SUV collided in Portage.
One person was injured in a high-rise fire that broke out in the South Shore neighborhood.
UPDATE: Beverly Turner, 66, who was reported missing Saturday, has been located and reunited with her family, Chicago police said Sunday.
Kelis Hibbler, 15, has been reported missing, Chicago police said.
The biggest roadblock seems to be money: 30 million in tax dollars would be needed just to build three underpasses so golfers won't have to cross roadways.
It's the last weekend before Election Day, and Chicago's mayoral candidates are making a final push to rally voters.
A CTA bus driver was punched by a passenger last week, even though she was sitting behind a protective shield.
A woman was trapped in her third-floor apartment fox a time Monday morning, after a porch and staircase collapsed in the South Shore neighborhood.
Chicago police are asking for help finding 52-year-old Joanne Nicholas, who has been missing since Monday.
"They're making us feel like we're idiots. We missed lots of stuff."
After it suspended service for three days last week due to the record cold temperatures, the South Shore Line is offering a break for monthly commuters who were left scrambling to find other ways to get to work.
Kenneth Seals says he doesn't have control over his apartment's thermostat and has to depend on a space heater at night to keep warm.
Five people were arrested early Monday in the South Shore neighborhood, in connection to a carjacking Sunday morning in the Austin neighborhood.
