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CHICAGO - A South Side alderman says he intervened after witnessing an illegal scrapyard operation in his ward Sunday evening. The incident occurred shortly after 5:30 p.m. at the site of the former Oooh Wee It Is restaurant, located on East 83rd Street in the Chatham neighborhood. Sixth Ward Alderman...

PULLMAN — Redevelopment plans are underway for a historic South Side home that’s sat vacant and in disrepair for two decades, according to the Chicago Housing Authority’s interim CEO. The announcement comes more than a year after Block Club Chicago reported that the home in the 10500...

The Chicago Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing teenager, Martin Ziko, who was last seen on the 4300 block of West Ford City Drive on August 1, 2025. Known by his nickname Marty, the 17-year-old is described as a white male with blonde hair and hazel eyes, standing 4 feet 7...

UPTOWN — Ferris, a piping plover chick hatched this summer at Montrose Beach, was killed by a red-tailed hawk Saturday. The update was shared by the Chicago Piping Plovers group, whose members have closely watched over Ferris and the other two chicks since they were eggs. “It is with...

Violence disrupted the relative calm of two Chicago neighborhoods on a Friday afternoon, leaving two men wounded in separate shootings. In Logan Square, two 29-year-old men found themselves the unintended canvas for the all-too-common brush of urban violence: one in the arm, the other in the shoulder, the Chicago...

The Chicago Police Department is appealing to the public for assistance in locating a missing 14-year-old girl, Priscilla Zavala. According to a news release on their official website, Priscilla was last seen on August 1, 2025, in the vicinity of the 3700W block of 79th Place. She is described as a White Hispanic...

Chicago police issued a warning about armed thieves targeting food delivery workers in a South Side neighborhood.

The 2025 edition of Lollapalooza has been full of happy surprises, from pop royalty Robyn performing with Gracie Abrams on the first day, to Olivia Rodrigo marking her Lolla Chicago debut on the second day with a little help from Weezer, the first band she saw in concert. And Saturday was no exception, with Twice...

CHICAGO - Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law that aims to increase pension benefits for some Chicago police and firefighters, but that could cost the city billions in new costs. Pritzker signed the bill into law on Friday, a spokesperson confirmed. What we know:. The new measure essentially...

Shootings left 23 people wounded and two people dead in Chicago over the weekend, the fewest victims for the same weekend since at least 2015, according to HeyJackass, a site that independently tracks city crime data using open-source and official databases. The victims, 20 men and 5 women, ranged in age from 18 to 65.