Six Chicago Police Officers Injured in Garfield Park Crash
Six Chicago police officers are hurt, one seriously, after their squad cars collided on the West Side while they were trying to reach an officer who needed help.
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Six Chicago police officers are hurt, one seriously, after their squad cars collided on the West Side while they were trying to reach an officer who needed help.
Prosecutors said the suspect, identified as Walter Johnson, 35, also shot at an officer, hitting him in the wrist.
A Chicago Police officer was shot Wednesday afternoon in the West Garfield Park neighborhood by a man he had just seen shoot and kill someone else, police said.
Three people were shot, one fatally, during what police called a drug-related robbery on Wednesday afternoon in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
Five people were shot – three of them under 18 – at a barber shop on the city's West Side Thursday evening.
A woman from Schaumburg was found dead in the trunk of a car in West Garfield Park late Monday.
"Not too long ago, I was living on the West Side of Chicago. We moved because of the gun violence."
Two men were left in critical condition Saturday after being shot in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
A man was shot and critically wounded in West Garfield Park community, police said.
Police said there is no evidence at this point that the shootings were connected.
An officer shot an armed suspect in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on Wednesday night.
A man was acquitted Wednesday night of the murder of 11-year-old Shamiya Adams, who was felled by a stray bullet while at a sleepover in West Garfield Park in 2014.
Five people, including a Chicago Police officer and two young children, were hospitalized after a crash on the city's West Side Wednesday night.
Four people were shot in the West Garfield Park neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, and three of them later died.
Police were searching Monday night for a 16-year-old girl who has been missing since earlier in the day from the West Rogers Park neighborhood.
Records show the city inspected the building a few months ago and spotted 10 violations, including one for loose or missing bricks and washed out mortar.
The front wall, and parts of the top two floors of a three-story building collapsed Thursday morning at the corner of 5th Avenue and Pulaski Road.
Police are searching for the driver who fatally struck a 56-year-old cyclist in West Garfield Park on Sunday.
Police said officers on patrol spotted a silver BMW X5 speeding near Pulaski and Gladys around 3:20 a.m., before it crashed into a fence in an alley between a vacant lot and a taco shop.
People living in the 4400 block of West West End in West Garfield Park have been dealing with a nightly blackout for going on two months.
"We've always had a level of violence, but it really appears, that it has spiked."
A 16-year-old boy is dead after being found in the middle of a street in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
Six people, including two police officers, were injured in a three-car accident in West Garfield Park Saturday afternoon.
A 12-year-old boy who had been reported missing from the West Garfield Park neighborhood has been found safe.
Officials charged 35 people after a federal and state investigation into a heroin and fentanyl drug-trafficking ring in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood revealed a drug delivery service accessed by a "heroin hotline."
A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed Saturday night in the North Park neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side.
Two eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 were blocked just south of Tinley Park, Illinois, early Sunday after a semi-trailer truck rolled over.
The 48th annual South Side Irish Parade was set to step off Sunday in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood.
An on-duty Chicago police sergeant was shot overnight Saturday into Sunday while driving in the city's Pullman neighborhood.
Two people were killed early Sunday morning in a crash on the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago's West Loop.
TSA officers faced their first full missed paycheck Friday.
With oil markets paralyzed by the U.S.-Iran war, the Trump administration says it could escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz — a massive undertaking that experts say could already be in the preparatory stages.
A key City Council committee on Friday backed a $27 million settlement with the family of a mother of six killed in a crash during a high-speed police chase in 2017.
A federal judge has quashed a pair of grand jury subpoenas sent to the Federal Reserve Board as part of a criminal probe by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine briefed on Operation Epic Fury in Iran Friday.
Tenants at a South Loop luxury high-rise that has been plagued with problems like broken elevators are vowing to fight five-day eviction notices.
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For Cook County residents hoping to lower their property tax bills, applications are open for exemptions.
Officials in the north Chicago suburb of Wilmette issued a warning Tuesday about scammers who are impersonating representatives of village departments.
The war with Iran is causing gas prices to surge, with motorists in Chicago and around the country guaranteed to feel the impact at the pump Monday morning.
A new Iowa law bans local nondiscrimination protections on the basis of gender identity after the state became the first in the U.S. to roll back its civil rights code last year.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday announced a $1.5 billion investment from biotherapeutics company CSL for a new plasma therapy manufacturing plant in Kanakee.
When a doctor was told there was no cure for his daughter's condition, he was motivated to transform not only her health, but the lives of thousands of others.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
Despite a rash of restaurant closures, veterans of the plant-based food business pushed back against prophecies of doom — and in one case argued that such closures notwithstanding, plant-based eating is only growing.
Two popular Chicago craft breweries – Half Acre Beer Co. and Maplewood Brewery & Distillery – announced on Tuesday they are merging to create a new "premier Chicago beverage company."
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday announced a $1.5 billion investment from biotherapeutics company CSL for a new plasma therapy manufacturing plant in Kanakee.
Capital One is laying off more than 1,100 workers at the former Discover headquarters in north suburban Riverwoods.
A new development at the southeast corner of Chicago's East Lakeview community would clear away a medical office building and replace it with a residential high-rise.
Comedy power couple Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally are starring in the Goodman Theatre's new musical coming this summer.
A play inspired by the story of Emmett Till has now been extended twice past its initial run at Collaboraction Theatre in Humboldt Park.
Jennifer Runyon, a Chicago native who became famous as an actress appearing in "Ghostbusters" and "Charles in Charge," died last week.
A woman was arrested on Sunday for firing multiple shots at the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna, Los Angeles Police Department officials say.
Actor and filmmaker Bruce Campbell told fans that he is in treatment for cancer and will cancel some upcoming public appearances.
Suzanne Le Mignot spotted a man dressed as Pope Leo XIV in the crowd after the dyeing of the Chicago River on Saturday, while Mary Kay Kleist shows us some photos of the incredible tornadic activity in the area last week.
Fr. Ryan Brady of St. Christina Parish in Mount Greenwood tells Darius Johnson the community is ready for the South Side Irish Parade, even with wind and rain expected Sunday morning.
A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed Saturday night in the North Park neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side.
Two eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 were blocked just south of Tinley Park, Illinois, early Sunday after a semi-trailer truck rolled over.
All lanes of the inbound Kennedy Expressway were blocked in the West Loop early Sunday after a crash.
All lanes of the inbound Kennedy Expressway were blocked in the West Loop early Sunday after a crash.
An on-duty Chicago police sergeant was shot overnight Sunday into Monday while driving in the city's Pullman neighborhood.
Another round of storms are expected to hit the Chicago area on Sunday.
The 48th annual South Side Irish Parade was set to step off Sunday in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood.
A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed Saturday night in the North Park neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side.
Attorneys for the family of a woman killed in a crash during a high-speed police chase in 2017 say officers involved failed to activate their body cameras or turned them off during the pursuit.
A new specialized unit is being created to prosecute domestic violence homicides in Cook County, as these killings surged 15% last year, even as overall violent crime declined across Chicago.
After a year of water bill complaints in Lisle, Illinois, the village board is officially moving forward with a plan to review those issues and possibly have the village take over for the private utility that supplies water to part of the village.
Two separate child abuse cases in Lake County, Illinois, are prompting questions about the roles schools play in identifying warning signs and alerting authorities.
A Chicago senior citizen said his phone has been ringing off the hook with hundreds of unwanted spam calls that have made his beloved landline virtually unusable. New efforts in Springfield could bring real relief.
For Wheaton College's Tess Boyer, her prowess in the pool isn't the only impressive part of her story.
Vegas' Jeremy Lauzon and Chicago's Ethan Del Mastro were ejected in the third period after receiving roughing and misconduct penalties.
Neither team scored until the 81st minute when Cuypers sent a PK into the net after a foul on DC United midfielder Jackson Hopkins.
No. 3 Michigan beat Nick Boyd and No. 23 Wisconsin 68-65 on Saturday to advance to the Big Ten Tournament championship.
Purdue beat short-handed UCLA 73-66 on Saturday to advance to the Big Ten Tournament championship game.
A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed Saturday night in the North Park neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side.
An on-duty Chicago police sergeant was shot overnight Saturday into Sunday while driving in the city's Pullman neighborhood.
The attacker rammed a vehicle into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield and opened fire, but he was the only one killed, law enforcement officials said.
A new specialized unit is being created to prosecute domestic violence homicides in Cook County, as these killings surged 15% last year, even as overall violent crime declined across Chicago.
A man was shot and killed on the street in the midday hours Wednesday in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood.
