Family IDs woman set on fire on CTA; some question electronic monitoring system after...
There are growing questions about the electronic monitoring operation in place in Cook County, after last week's attack on a CTA train.
Safety issues exposed at South Side school after mother attacked by kids
Corshawnda Hatter and her children were attacked by a group of kids after picking them up from school in South Deering earlier this month.
2 Venezuelan migrants, ages 14 and 16, murdered a homeless man in the Loop,...
Editor’s note: Additional information about the allegations is included in our updated report here. Three Venezuelan migrants, all juveniles, were part of a group that attacked, murdered, and robbed a homeless man in the Loop over the weekend, according to prosecutors and a Chicago police report. The victim, who...
3 Venezuelan migrant teens randomly robbed and murdered a homeless man in the Loop,...
A 16-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy, both Venezuelan migrants, have been charged with murdering a homeless man during an early morning random attack in the Loop on Sunday, according to a detention proffer filed by prosecutors. In the filing, Assistant State’s Attorney Todd Kleist said the older boy, Wuinayker...
Da Pope Beer Summit: Pritzker Gifts Leo XIV Brew as They Blast ICE Raids
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Chicago leaders have let teenage criminals take over the city
Chicago refuses to treat teenage criminals like criminals. Over the weekend, a 14-year-old boy was murdered and eight other teenagers were shot in two shootings in Chicago’s “Loop” shopping center. That same weekend, a homeless man was stabbed to death by three teenage boys in the Loop as well. The shooting was the...
Gunmen rob 4 women in Boystown
Four women were robbed in two incidents minutes apart in the Boystown neighborhood early Tuesday morning, according to Chicago police. Officers said both holdups involved armed men who targeted pedestrians shortly after midnight. The first robbery happened in the 600 block of West Stratford. Three women, a...
Man accused of murdering wife at his South Loop condo pleads guilty to violating...
A man accused of killing his wife in a South Loop high-rise last year pleaded guilty to contempt of court in a Michigan courtroom.
CTA robber beat victim with meat tenderizer: prosecutors
A 36-year-old man accused of beating and robbing a Red Line passenger with a metal meat tenderizer has been ordered detained. Prosecutors say he assaulted the commuter while already on pretrial release for two other cases. They said the attack began around 7:20 a.m. on September 19 as a 31-year-old...
‘Slender Man’ stabbing assailant waives extradition hearing in escape case
A prosecutor said Geyser needs to be sent back to a mental institution.
