Chicago mass shooting gunman is 14-years-old: police
Chicago police say a 14-year-old boy is responsible for a mass shooting that left four juveniles wounded in West Garfield Park this summer, making him one of the city’s youngest accused gunmen this year. Details are slim because the case will be handled in juvenile court, where proceedings are...
Police issue alert after series of garage burglaries on Chicago’s South Side
Chicago police issued an alert after a series of garage burglaries on the South Side.
Two charged in Chicago murders
Two Chicago residents have been charged in connection with separate murders on the city’s Far South and West sides. Diamond Steward, 31, a resident of the 1000 block of East 133rd Street, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with an Aug. 31 killing in the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood. Steward was...
A real-life treasure hunt unfolds on the North Side as collector drops coins, clues...
A Rogers Park coin collector is gradually leaving a collection of rare, early American coins around the neighborhood for residents to claim through the rest of the year. Jon Martin, 38, has “boxes and boxes” of coins, many of them from the early 1800s, that he’s amassed over his lifetime — so many that he’s decided...
$10,000 reward in shooting death of 22-year-old man on West Side
Anyone with information can give a tip anonymously and remain eligible for a cash reward.
Disc slices through roof, narrowly missing family: ‘It’s like Final Destination’
CHICAGO (WLS/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) — A disc sliced through the roof of a home, narrowly missing a family. Maggie Green, a local hair stylist, recounted a terrifying incident when a disc from a nearby power line sliced through the roof of her home, narrowly missing her and a friend's ten-year-old daughter.
North Side residents push back on former CPD officers opening dispensary: ‘It ain’t happening’
There's a dispute over a planned dispensary on Chicago's Far North Side.
Pilsen mourns community ‘icon’ caught in crossfire after years of homelessness, relatives say
Pedro Toledo's family and friends told ABC7 he was an innocent bystander, caught in the crossfire of gun violence after years of experiencing homelessness.
Gold chain snatchings spread across Grant Park, Riverwalk
It’s happening again in the Loop. Chicago police are warning the public about a series of gold chain snatchings that have unfolded across Grant Park, the Riverwalk, and nearby streets — a crime pattern strikingly similar to the outbreak of necklace robberies that plagued downtown one year ago.
Families of teens shot, 1 fatally, at Douglass Park file lawsuit
The families of two teenagers who were shot, one of them fatally, in Chicago's Douglass Park are now suing the park district and the suspect.
