Man robbed in Chicago, bound and gagged, found on porch in Harvey, police say
A man was robbed in Chicago before he was later found bound and gagged on the porch of a home in the south suburbs Friday afternoon, police said.
Humboldt Park Shooting Leaves 24-Year-Old Man Fighting for Life on Spaulding
A 24-year-old man was shot in the chest and left in critical condition Thursday afternoon after gunfire erupted in the 600 block of North Spaulding Avenue in Humboldt Park. Chicago police say the man was found around 1:30 p.m. and rushed to a hospital, and as of the latest update, no one has been taken into custody.
Chicago crime: 16-year-old shot, injured on NW Side, police say
CHICAGO - A 16-year-old boy was shot and injured on Chicago’s Northwest Side overnight while he was inside a car. Officers responded to the shooting around midnight in the 3800 block of W. Hirsch St. in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, according to the Chicago Police Department. The victim was...
Man charged with multiple Morton Grove burglaries, including condo in partially collapsed building
A suspect is facing multiple burglary charges after a surveillance camera captured footage of a man who allegedly burglarized a condo in a north suburban building that partially collapsed earlier this year.
Armed Crew Hits Four Chicago Stores, Beats Victims, Cops Release Video
A group of armed, masked suspects has robbed four Chicago businesses since early July, smashing glass display cases, beating victims and making off with cash, jewelry and a stolen wallet and cellphone, according to Chicago police. Investigators released surveillance video connected to the case Friday and are now asking
Inside the CMD Clock Tower in Chicago, IL: It Carried 250,000 Gallons Above Its...
Standing on West Pershing Road at Damen Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, sits an 11-story brick tower with a clock face on each of its four walls. It was finished in 1917 as the water tower for the Central Manufacturing District, the private industrial district that ran these warehouses. Two tanks...
Little Village Cleaning Worker Dies Days After Riding Home Into Gunfire
A 35-year-old cleaning worker died Wednesday, four days after gunfire tore through the car carrying him and three co-workers home from a night shift in Little Village, striking him in the head as they drove through the 2400 block of South Central Park Avenue around 2:40 a.m. Armando Viveros Cortes was riding in the bac
1 killed, 1 injured in early-morning crash along I-55
CHICAGO — Authorities say one person is dead and another is recovering in the hospital on Saturday morning following a crash along the Stevenson Expressway. According to Illinois State Police, the crash occurred along the southbound lanes of I-55 near Wentworth, at around 4:30 a.m. Saturday. While details surrounding w
Englewood Anti-Violence Founder Held Without Bail on Grooming, Assault Charges
A Chicago Public Schools counseling assistant who also founded a state-funded Englewood violence-prevention nonprofit is being held without bail after prosecutors say he groomed and sexually assaulted two girls over seven years. Charles McKenzie, 37, was taken into custody on August 5 and now faces charges of criminal
Chicago police searching for 4 suspects after man beaten with own cane, stomped on...
Chicago police are looking for a group of people who took a man's cane and then beat him with it in broad daylight on the city's South Side.

















