19-year-old killed in South Austin shooting, Chicago police say
A 19-year-old man was shot to death on Wednesday morning on Chicago's West Side, police said.
Driver who plowed into CTA bus, killing his passenger, had blood alcohol level 2x...
A Westchester man’s blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit when he sped through a red light and collided with a CTA bus, killing his passenger, prosecutors said. Maximino Rivera, 42, remains in a wheelchair due to injuries he suffered in the early morning crash at North and Central avenues around 5:03 a.m. on...
Man who got shot in the head after pointing gun at off-duty cop gets...
A man accused of flashing gang signs and pointing a gun at another man in a McDonald’s parking lot two years ago, only to get shot in the head because the other man was an off-duty Chicago police officer, just got a little salt in his wound: an 18-month prison sentence for illegally possessing the firearm.
Man, 18, charged in alleged armed carjacking of woman on SW Side
Camani Montgomery, 18, was identified as one of the suspects who carjacked a 24-year-old woman in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood this week.
Smash-and-grab burglars break into South Shore business, Chicago police say
Thieves broke into a business in the South Shore neighborhood Thursday morning, Chicago police said.
Investigation underway after infant found dead at Near South Side apartment
CHICAGO — A death investigation is underway following the death of an infant who was found unresponsive inside an apartment on the Near South Side on Wednesday morning. Officers said the baby, a 6-month-old girl, was found unresponsive inside an apartment in the 2000 block of South State Street, on the Near South...
2 boys shot, critically injured on South Side: Chicago police
Two boys were seriously wounded Thursday afternoon in a shooting on Chicago's South Side, Chicago police said.
Remembering Emmett Till 70 years later
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Tonight, we’re looking back at history — really disturbing history. 14-year-old Emmett Till from Chicago was abducted, beaten and lynched in 1955, while visiting family in Mississippi. The murder happened after Till allegedly whistled to a white woman inside of a grocery store.
When local police act like ICE agents, we’re all less safe
This spring, a 19-year-old university student named Ximena Arias-Cristobal was sent to an immigrant detention center in Dalton, Georgia, for an alleged traffic violation. The traffic charges were eventually dropped, but it was too late. Authorities in Dalton had already called Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Vance: Milwaukee, Chicago Should Invite D.C.-Style Federal Assist on Crime
Vance: Milwaukee, Chicago Should Invite D.C.-Style Federal Assist on Crime
