Caitlin Tracey case: Cook County coroner reveals primary cause of death
CHICAGO - The Cook County Medical Examiner has ruled Caitlin Tracey died from a fall, but said the manner of death remains "undetermined." This New Outlander Left Us SpeechlessFind and Compare New Outlander ModelsSearchPad | search ad |. What we know:. The Cook County Medical Examiner announced Caitlin Tracey, 36,...
Bystanders apprehended killer who fatally stabbed woman outside CTA station: prosecutors
Witnesses to a fatal stabbing outside the Central Green Line station stepped in and detained the killer until police arrived, officials said. Emily Carlson, 25, of Glendale Heights, died from a single stab wound she received to her upper back around 1 p.m. on April 24. Prosecutors said 54-year-old Willie...
Chicago homicides in 2025: 116 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years.
6Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a death by Chicago police. The homicide figures do not include killings that occurred in self-defense or in other...
Chicago mayor taps new commissioner to oversee city’s airports
CHICAGO - Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the appointment of Michael McMurray to lead Chicago's Department of Aviation, which oversees the city’s two major airports. McMurray has over 25 years of experience in the transportation and infrastructure industries and as an attorney in the private and public sectors,...
2 men, juvenile charged with robbing Red Line passenger of electric scooter in Uptown
Two men and a teenage boy face robbery charges after they allegedly attacked a CTA passenger and took his electric scooter in Uptown. Officials said one of the accused men had just started probation for possessing a machine gun two weeks before the robbery occurred. The 21-year-old victim was riding...
Wrigleyville Hat Wars: Boutique Owner Accuses Sports Shop Of Selling Knockoffs Of Signature Cap
WRIGLEYVILLE — A Chicago boutique owner is accusing a Wrigleyville sports merchandise store of selling knockoff versions of her company’s signature hat and using photos from her website to market the dupe as their own. But the owner of the Wrigleyville store, Sports World, said he bought the...
Cook County Report Uncovers $2 Billion Tax Shift from Businesses to Homeowners, Exacerbating Racial...
Revelations from a recent report by Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas have brought to light an unsettling disparity within the county's property tax appeals system. According to an analysis released by the Chicago Sun-Times, this system has shifted a $2 billion tax burden from businesses onto homeowners between 2021...
Homeless woman shot, killed in Near West Side vacant lot: police
A homeless woman was shot to death in a vacant lot on the near West Side Sunday evening, according to Chicago police. Police said an unknown man approached the woman, who hadn’t been identified as of Sunday night, and shot her in the head at 1515 S. Laflin St. just before 5:30 p.m. Emergency workers found the woman,...
Suburban high school senior killed in car crash hours after prom
A suburban high school senior was killed in an early morning car crash Sunday on the Bishop Ford Freeway, with school officials calling the incident a "tragic loss." The single-vehicle fatal crash occurred at 4:31 a.m. Sunday morning in Calumet City, on the Sibley Boulevard ramp to I-94 northbound, Illinois State...
65-year-old man found shot on West Side street, but nobody called 911 to report...
A 65-year-old man found yelling and waving his hand for help on a West Side street overnight was suffering from a gunshot wound, police discovered. Exactly when the man was shot as he walked is unclear because nobody called 911 to report gunfire, and Mayor Brandon Johnson disconnected the city’s ShotSpotter network,...
