Reward grows to $30,000 in murder of Chicago 911 calltaker Natalia Rodriguez
The reward for information leading to the arrest and indictment of whoever killed a respected Chicago 911 calltaker grew to $30,000 on Saturday, after the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives added $20,000 to the $10,000 previously offered by Cook County Crime Stoppers. Natalia Rodriguez, 50, was
Man dies after shooting in West Pullman, Chicago police say
A 33-year-old man died after he was shot in the chest on the South Side and took himself to a hospital, Chicago police said.
South Side Couple Beat Their Squatter, Now Face Losing Their Home to Foreclosure
Marcia and Carlon Lee finally got their South Side house back after a monthslong fight against a woman prosecutors say occupied the property, produced fraudulent paperwork, and refused to leave. Now the couple is staring down foreclosure, after the ordeal left them so far behind on mortgage payments that Marcia Lee say
‘Temperature roller coaster’ in store for Chicago area, officials warn
The Chicago area is likely to feel some weather whiplash through the weekend and into the start of the week, the National Weather Service warned. "A bit of a temperature roller coaster is in store through Tuesday," NWS said in a post on social media on Saturday. Saturday brought humid,...
Suburban woman dies after being pulled from Lake Michigan near Grant Park
A suburban woman was pronounced dead after she was pulled from Lake Michigan near Chicago's Grant Park on Friday evening, police said. Around 8:30 p.m., Chicago police marine officers responded to a call of a person in the water near the 300 block of South Lake Shore Drive and recovered an unresponsive woman from the w
Woman stabbed while trying to break up fight on West Side
The woman was stabbed in her right arm while trying to stop a fight, according to Chicago police.
Woman lured man to carjacking trap, officials say. Now it’s federal prison time
A 19-year-old Chicago man has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in federal prison for an armed carjacking that prosecutors say was set up by a woman who arranged to meet the victim, then secretly recruited men to rob him. The woman and another accomplice will be sentenced in the coming weeks.
Dozens of Cars Smashed at UIC Parking Garage, Students Left Fuming
About 40 vehicles were broken into at a University of Illinois Chicago parking garage on Friday, according to a student estimate, with shattered windows reported and students upset about the break-ins. The break-ins struck the garage at 1100 West Harrison Street, a facility at UIC. One student told reporters she...
Judge has threatened at least 6 deputies with jail over his practice of letting...
In Courtroom 208 at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on 26th Street, things run a little differently. Presided over by Judge John Lyke, it is a courtroom where cop killers and other violent crime defendants can embrace their families while victims’ grieving relatives, some of whom will never touch their deceased loved
The Rundown: When a Chicago mayor demolished an airport
Good afternoon. It’s Friday, and the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Here’s what you need to know today. As concertgoers stream onto Northerly Island this weekend to catch a show by South Side rapper Chief Keef at an outdoor theater, they may not realize planes used to take off and land there at a litt
