Firefighters work to contain fire at west suburban pallet yard
A massive fire tore through a Maywood pallet yard Saturday, keeping firefighters busy from the afternoon into the evening.
Teen Shot On Pre-Dawn Walk In Woodlawn As South Side Violence Mounts
A 16-year-old boy was shot while walking in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood early Saturday morning, according to police. Officers said the teen was hit in the leg in the 6400 block of South King Drive just after 4 a.m. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital, where he was listed...
Retired Chicago Swat Hero Gunned Down On Quiet Kentucky Call
A routine guardianship check in rural western Kentucky exploded into gunfire Thursday, leaving a retired Chicago SWAT veteran fighting for his life and the man he confronted dead at the scene. Crittenden County sheriff’s Deputy Rick Coyle was critically wounded when shots rang out at a home near Sturgis as...
Massive fire at Maywood pallet factory creates visible smoke in Forest Park, River Forest...
A large and smoky fire erupted Saturday afternoon at a pallet factory in Maywood. Fire departments from across the near west suburbs were on the scene fighting the blaze, said Nathaniel Booker, Maywood’s mayor, on social media. There were no immediate reports of injuries or the cause of the...
Adam Toledo Family vs. Chicago Police Department | The Chicago Report
On Monday-- the civil trial begins against the Chicago Police Department and former police officer Eric Stillman for the death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. The Toledo family’s attorney Adeena Weiss joins us now to give us an update before the trial gets underway.
Investigation continues into death of man found beaten on Avondale street corner
Chicago police are continuing to investigate the death of Alexander Kazanowski, a 25-year-old Avondale man who died days after being found badly beaten on a street corner in the Northwest Side neighborhood last week. A passerby found Kazanowski lying facedown on the corner of Belmont and Harding around 3:15 a.m....
One person dead following hit-and-run incident in Illinois
ILLINOIS — A bicyclist was killed and two women were injured in a hit-and-run crash early Sunday morning on Chicago’s Southwest Side, according to police. The crash occurred around 1:20 a.m. in the 6300 block of South Kedzie Avenue. Authorities said a man driving a red SUV was traveling eastbound when he allegedly...
Four killed in Chicago shootings
Four people were killed in recent shootings on Chicago’s South and West sides. A man was killed Thursday in an altercation on Chicago’s South Side. The 42-year-old man was involved in a verbal altercation with a male offender shortly before 5:35 p.m. Thursday on the 4500 block of South Drexel Boulevard in the city’s...
Mayor calls on parents to curb teen takeovers
New tonight, the mayor is calling on parents to keep track of their teenagers as the city is tracking five teen takeovers this weekend.
Scam court notice letter may arrive in your mailbox, Cook County officials warn
Cook County officials are warning residents that a scam court notice that falsely claims to be related to a parking violation could show up in their mailbox. Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Mariyana Spyropoulos announced Friday that a scam being sent both by text and by the U.S. Postal Service is designed...

















