Chicago Man Arrested In Oak Brook For Punching Man In The Face And Fleeing
A motion to deny pre-trial release for a Chicago man accused of leading police on a high-speed chase after punching another man in the face has been granted. Ulises Mejia, 26 (d.o.b. 3/2/1999) of the 3100 block of N. Luna Lane, appeared in First Appearance Court Thursday morning charged with two counts of Aggravated...
Bill allowing terminally ill adults to choose medically assisted death heads to Gov. Pritzker
A controversial bill allowing terminally ill adults to choose when they want to die is heading to the Illinois governor's desk.
Contentious Dialogue: Brandon Johnson Asserts that Labeling Migrants as ‘Illegal Aliens’ Equates to Referring...
This post features an OpenAI-powered summary derived from the NewsBreak users' discussions on Brandon Johnson: If You Call Migrants ‘Illegal Aliens’ Then You Must Call Black People ‘Slaves’.
Rogers Park woman charged in South Loop Wingstop shooting
A Rogers Park woman is facing felony charges in connection with a shooting that wounded another woman outside a South Loop restaurant earlier this week. Shaquita Brown, 39, is charged with aggravated battery by discharging a firearm, Chicago police said. She is scheduled to appear in court for a detention hearing on...
Tinley Park boy to hold Chicago food giveaway for 8th birthday
There is someone in Tinley Park who is rolling up his sleeves to help fill a need.
Chicago father of cancer-stricken teen released on bond from ICE custody
Ruben Torres Maldonado, who is in ICE custody while his daughter battles cancer, has been released on bond and is requesting to stay in the U.S. due to hardship for his family.
Man charged with dragging woman from SUV during Old Town carjacking
A West Side man has been charged with carjacking a woman near a busy intersection in Old Town earlier this year. Chicago police found the victim’s car on fire just minutes after the hijacking occurred around 2:41 a.m. on April 26. Judge Luciano Panici Jr. detained Tyron Rivera, 32,...
Gunman wearing ankle monitor fired shots at Chicago cop during pursuit: prosecutors
A man accused of shooting at a Chicago police officer during a pursuit in Jefferson Park on Monday afternoon was wearing a court-ordered electronic monitoring bracelet from an earlier case at the time of the incident, prosecutors said Thursday. Isaiah Martinez, 25, is charged with attempted first-degree murder of a...
One man acquitted, another convicted of murder in River North nightclub shooting
Two men accused in the 2019 shooting death of a River North nightclub bouncer received sharply different jury verdicts this week, more than six years after the shooting. Prosecutors said the altercation originated in late February 2019 when Michael Matthews became angry about how the doorman patted him down at...
17-year-old shot while walking on Chicago’s West Side
A 17-year-old boy was shot and critically injured while walking in Chicago's North Austin neighborhood on Wednesday night.
