4 People Shot In Zion, Including 8-Year-Old Boy
An 8-year-old boy was among four people who were wounded early Sunday in a shooting in Zion.
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An 8-year-old boy was among four people who were wounded early Sunday in a shooting in Zion.
A man is dead after police say he opened fire on Lake County Sheriff's officers and United States Marshals as they tried to serve a warrant.
Justus Howell was shot in the back and killed while running away from police in Zion in 2015. The officer who fired the shots was ultimately cleared, but Howell's mother kept on fighting.
Last month, Kenosha County prosecutors charged Tolefree, 42, with three counts of felony sex assault by school staff and two misdemeanor counts of exposing genitals to a child.
Three suspects were arrested in Winthrop Harbor this week after police said they caught them trying to escape in a car wanted in connection to a shooting in Zion.
A child and a police officer were injured in an apartment fire in Zion.
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Curtiss Tolefree Junior was charged with three counts of felony sex assault by school staff and two misdemeanor counts of exposing genitals to a child.
The 62-year-old woman was transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with serious injuries, police said.
A man wanted in a murder led police on a chase from Kenosha, Wisconsin across the state line to Zion.
A car accident in Zion was caught on police dash cam, as a woman screamed in pain while trapped in a burning car.
It's back to school in far north suburban Zion, and there will be a lot of new faces, after nearly 50 teachers and staff resigned last week.
Nearly 50 teachers and staff in far north suburban Zion have handed in their resignations just days before the start of school.
A man was killed on Friday during a stabbing in Zion.
A 57-year-old Zion man has been charged with killing a man who was reported missing two months ago.
A body was pulled from a pond Monday in an apartment complex in far north suburban Zion, police said.
A Zion family is frantically searching for Corey Rhinehart, 28, who went missing Friday. Rhinehart's family told Zion police they last saw him at 9 a.m. Friday.
A Zion woman hit a police squad car and slammed into a CVS with her Jeep, just one day before she was supposed to start jail sentence for driving while intoxicated.
A police chase ended with a vehicle slamming into a CVS in Zion Friday night.
A wanted sex offender from north suburban Zion who has been on the run since August after cutting off his electronic monitoring device has been captured, thanks to the Lake County Sheriff's Office's 'Wanted Wednesday' program.
A man wanted on murder charges in Mississippi was apprehended in Zion on Tuesday, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
A 61-year-old Zion man who cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet last month and was wanted for sexually abusing a 16-year-old Illinois girl at a Wisconsin motel was arrested on Wednesday.
A former Marine who was sentenced to death for killing a sailor in Virginia has pleaded guilty to fatally attacking two young girls in a park in suburban Zion in 2005.
He is also suspected in an attempted bank robbery on August 25 at 12:45 at the PNC Bank at 2900 Sheridan Road in Zion.
Blackhawks forward Frank Nazar left in the second period after he was hit in the face by a puck.
Chicago threatened in the first inning when Andrew Benintendi doubled with two outs before Colson Montgomery flew out to end the inning.
The Crime Stoppers covered a busy part of Belmont Avenue, close to where police found the victim's body on March 25.
Pirates starter Braxton Ashcraft struck out a career-best nine in five innings while allowing a run on Hoerner's fifth-inning RBI groundout, which cut the Cubs' deficit to 3-1.
The armed carjacking happened on Nov. 2, 2023, in the Beverly neighborhood and was caught on Ring surveillance video.
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An attorney for ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan argued to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday that the former Democratic power broker's conviction on bribery and other corruption charges should be overturned.
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday met with David Axelrod, a longtime Democratic strategist and former senior advisor to former President Barack Obama.
Attorneys for imprisoned former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan were set to return to court Thursday, in hopes of getting his corruption conviction overturned.
A passenger on an American Airlines flight from New York to Chicago has been charged with making a false bomb threat that forced an emergency landing at Detroit Metro Airport last month, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Skyrocketing property taxes continue to be a hot-button issue in Cook County — particularly since last fall, when many residents saw their tax bills increase by 100% or more.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias this weekend issued a warning about a surge in text messages that falsely claim to come from his office or the DMV within it.
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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Northwestern Medicine and the American Red Cross teamed up for a community blood drive in Chicago on Monday morning.
Ending domestic violence is the goal of groups and advocates all over the world, and some experts in Chicago say it is time to become less reactive and more proactive when it comes to the people causing harm.
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.
A new restaurant has joined the busy stretch of Halsted Street toward the south end of Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood that is also home to Alinea and Boka.
The federal government is suing Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona over efforts to regulate prediction market operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
The owners of the popular Uncommon Ground restaurant, live music venue, and brewery in Chicago's Wrigleyville community announced this week that they're looking for a successor to take over the business.
Chicago consistently ranks in the top three cities in Fortune 500 company headquarters, and now a competition has been launched to build on Chicago's power in business.
The flagship Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community will be moving later this year, a restaurant representative said Tuesday.
The United States has long struggled with understanding and finding ways to help treat mental illness. A new documentary, which is screening Saturday in Chicago, examines the reality of living with mental illness in America.
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Mozart's "Don Giovanni," the local premiere of the 2022 opera "Omar," and a fresh production of "Guys and Dolls" are among the highlights of the 2026-2027 season for Chicago's Lyric Opera.
Federal magistrate Renee Harris Toliver told Pooh Sheisty that the evidence against him is strong.
A major music festival featuring the rapper formerly known as Kanye West was canceled after the U.K. government blocked Ye from entering the country.
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Damarri Conner, 23, pleaded guilty earlier this year to federal carjacking and gun charges.
The Crime Stoppers covered a busy part of Belmont Avenue, close to where police found the victim's body on March 25.
The armed carjacking happened on Nov. 2, 2023, in the Beverly neighborhood and was caught on Ring surveillance video.
A Wisconsin sheriff is suing an Illinois woman for $1 million, accusing her of defamation, saying her claims of being detained by federal immigration officials in the Dodge County Jail are a hoax.
A death investigation is underway after a man was found dead on a CTA Blue Line train in The Loop.
A teen and two men were injured after police said shots were fired into a crowd in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood on Friday night.
New proposed Illinois legislation would allow renters or people who can't install massive rooftop panels to also harness the power of the sun.
When a rusty light pole snapped and fell on a woman's car in Bucktown, causing thousands of dollars in damage, she thought the city would pay for it. She was wrong.
Financial exploitation is the leading type of elder abuse in Illinois. One Streamwood woman learned that personally, when her brother took hundreds of thousands of dollars from their parents' financial accounts.
One year after a teenage girl was shot outside her home in Country Club Hills, Illinois, and was told she would never walk again, she continued to defy the odds and reclaim her independence.
A Morgan Park family is still in shock after a staggering 300% spike in their latest property tax bill, and the man poised to take over as Cook County Assessor at the end of the year says it's an error he wants to make sure doesn't happen again.
Blackhawks forward Frank Nazar left in the second period after he was hit in the face by a puck.
Chicago threatened in the first inning when Andrew Benintendi doubled with two outs before Colson Montgomery flew out to end the inning.
Pirates starter Braxton Ashcraft struck out a career-best nine in five innings while allowing a run on Hoerner's fifth-inning RBI groundout, which cut the Cubs' deficit to 3-1.
Franz Wagner scored 25 points, Jamal Cain added 20 and the Orlando Magic remained in the running to avoid the play-in tournament by beating the Chicago Bulls 127-103.
Kris Bubic struck out a career-high 11, Carter Jensen hit his fourth home run and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0.
Federal magistrate Renee Harris Toliver told Pooh Sheisty that the evidence against him is strong.
A man was injured in a fight with a woman at a CTA the CTA Belmont Avenue Red-Brown-Purple Line station this week, but police said he didn't report until several hours later.
Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert about car break-ins targeting patrons of a gym in the city's Irving Park neighborhood.
Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert about a rash of car break-ins in Jackson Park on the city's South Side.
A shooting left a 16-year-old boy dead Tuesday morning in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood.
