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Residents and businesses along the Fox Chain O’ Lakes face mounting damage and uncertainty as floodwaters submerge docks, shut down waterways, and threaten homes with more rain on the way.

CHICAGO - A man died after being shot Monday night on the city's West Side, according to police. The shooting happened around 7:59 p.m. in the 4900 block of West Ferdinand Street in the Austin neighborhood. Police said a 28-year-old man was outside when someone shot him in the neck....

CHICAGO - An undocumented immigrant with a history of weapons convictions admitted Monday to firing shots "in the vicinity of" immigration agents as they ran enforcement raids in Little Village near the end of the controversial deportation operation in Chicago last fall. The guilty plea by Hector Gomez, 46, marked...

On Saturday, April 25 around 10 a.m. a fire flared at The Daly Bagel, 130 Chicago Ave. in Oak Park. Though the flames were limited to inside an oven and were quickly extinguished, damage will take some time to set to rights. The flames appear to have been kindled by...

Evanston police are investigating the third gun-related incident in six days after gunshots were reported Sunday. Officers heard gunshots Sunday while on patrol near Dodge Avenue and Lyons Street at approximately 9:43 p.m., police spokesperson Cmdr. Chelsea Brown said in a statement. Additional officers responded after dispatch received several calls...

A middle-aged woman in thin red glasses carried two binders bursting at the seams with photos of her missing daughter. She showed picture after picture of a little girl with bright pink glasses and an even brighter smile to Chicago Police Department officers. It was when she showed the officer a photo of her holding her daughter close that she broke down into...

When accused cop killer Alphonso Talley vanished from Cook County’s electronic monitoring system for more than 17 hours last month, then disappeared entirely after letting his ankle bracelet battery run dead, a series of safeguards were supposed to kick in. A judge was supposed to be notified within 24...

Oak Park’s police officers’ union made a vote of no confidence in Police Chief Shatonya Johnson last month, village officials confirmed to Wednesday Journal on Monday. The Fraternal Order of Police Oak Park Lodge #8 forwarded the results of the vote to Oak Park’s village board in late March, but village officials said they are standing “firmly in support of Chief Johnson” in a...

Reports of two stolen cars in northwest Indiana led to a police pursuit and crash on the Dan Ryan Monday morning.

Police responded to Walmart on Des Plaines Avenue on April 26 after the store manager flagged them down to report a man wearing a clown outfit threatening to “shoot up” the store. An employee told police that three customers approached him about the man’s threats, and the store manager wanted to sign complaints against the man for disorderly conduct. Police reported the man was...