South Side Showdown: Chicago Leaders Rally To Make Gun Makers Foot The Bill
Gun-violence prevention leaders and local advocates are converging on St. Sabina Church in Auburn Gresham on Wednesday morning for a 9 a.m. press conference, pressing lawmakers to pass the Responsibility in Firearm Legislation (RIFL) Act. The proposal would require firearms manufacturers to obtain state licenses and...
Uptown 12-Year-Old Vanishes Near Lawrence Avenue As Cops Urge Public’s Help
Police on Chicago's North Side are asking neighbors to keep their eyes open for 12-year-old Arlina Russell, who was reported missing Tuesday from the Uptown neighborhood. She was last seen in the 800 block of West Lawrence Avenue and was last contacted that same day. Family members and detectives are appealing to...
Chicago Police Issue Safety Alert as Multiple Neighborhoods Face Surge in Burglaries and Armed...
Chicago neighborhoods are on high alert following a string of burglaries and armed robberies, as reported by the Chicago Police Department. The affected areas include Albany Park, Fulton River District, Lake View, Lincoln Park, and West Town within the 12th, 17th, and 19th Districts. The recent crimes have been...
Conflicting narratives in fatal ICE shooting
Joining us now to dig in is former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot who is also a former federal prosecutor and head of the agency now known as COPA that investigates police involved shootings.
Man pleads guilty to pushing Chicago chef face-first onto CTA Blue Line tracks
A man has pleaded guilty to pushing a Chicago chef onto the CTA tracks in Wicker Park while on his way home from work.
Oswego Man Arrested For Alleged Violent Robbery On CTA Train
A 19-year-old Oswego man is in custody after being arrested for his alleged involvement in a violent robbery involving a group of assailants on a Chicago Transit Authority train last October. According to authorities, the suspect was part of a larger group who, on October 12 of last year, physically...
40 year sentence for beating man to death with Grey Goose bottle
A Chicago man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for beating another man to death with a Grey Goose vodka bottle during a robbery on the Northwest Side. Oscar Cruz, 45, and Peter Krzystyniak, 55, were homeless when they entered a shed in the 5700 block of West Diversey Avenue on October 1, 2023, prosecutors...
Suburban Chicago man charged in violent CTA robbery
CHICAGO - A suburban man was charged in connection with a violent robbery on a CTA Red Line train last October on Chicago's South Side. Kendall Ross, 19, was part of a group who beat up and robbed a 23-year-old man on Oct. 12 near the 69th Street station, according to police.
Fatal Minneapolis ICE shooting recalls encounters during Operation Midway Blitz
The deadly Minneapolis shooting by an ICE agent that killed a woman Wednesday morning recalls shootings by federal immigration agents in Chicago during the height of Operation Midway Blitz in the fall.
Armed robbery spree hits multiple South Side neighborhoods
Chicago police are warning the public about a recent string of armed robberies in the Washington Park, Woodlawn and West Woodlawn neighborhoods.
