$1.3M in stolen copper wire and data center equipment recovered near Chicago
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office recovered two stolen trailers containing more than $1.3 million in cargo after investigators located them at a truck yard in unincorporated Elk Grove Township. According to the sheriff’s office, the recovery was made by the Sheriff’s Police Organized Retail Crime Unit. Authorities said
South Shore Line commuter train disruption continues days after freight train derailment
South Shore Line train service through Northern Indiana will continue to run on a weekend holiday schedule through Friday, July 3.
Lower West Side Warehouse Inferno Sends Smoke Towering Over Chicago
A warehouse fire sent thick smoke rolling across Chicago’s Lower West Side late Saturday morning, darkening the neighborhood skyline and slowing traffic nearby. The blaze was reported around 11:30 a.m. in the 2500 block of South Paulina Street near South Blue Island Avenue, where witnesses recorded video of the smoke a
PALM CARD: Mayor Johnson’s answer to more gun violence: more government
PALM CARD: Mayor Johnson's answer to more gun violence: more government
Austin Block Turns Deadly as 22-Year-Old Gunned Down on West Side
A 22-year-old man who was shot early Tuesday in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood died later that night at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to Chicago police. Officers said he was struck in the back around 12:45 a.m. in the 700 block of North LaVergne Avenue and was taken to Mount Sinai in fair condition. He was pronounced
Scattered thunderstorms expected ahead dangerously hot and humid heat wave
Scattered thunderstorms are expected on Sunday ahead of a dangerously hot and humid week, according to the National Weather Service. Northern Illinois is expected to see the scattered storms during the afternoon on Sunday before the entire region heats up for the week, though no rain is expected to fall during the 55th
Five suspects wanted in robberies on CTA Blue Line platforms, police say
Chicago police are looking for suspects in two robberies that happened on CTA Blue Line platforms early Saturday.
Major turnout for Chicago’s annual Pride Parade
Positivity and pride took center stage at a Chicago tradition today.
Helicopter, emergency crews seen at Chicago’s North Avenue Beach
A helicopter and emergency response crews could be seen at Chicago's North Avenue Beach on Sunday morning, video showed. Around 11:45 a.m., video posted to social media showed a large emergency response at North Avenue Beach in the city's Lincoln Park neighborhood. Several fire trucks and at least one ambulance...
18-year-old with 11 pending juvenile cases robbed a Subway while on electronic monitoring, prosecutors...
A Chicago man who had eleven open juvenile cases and was on electronic monitoring walked into a Near West Side restaurant last month, threatened to shoot the employee, jumped the counter, and fled with the cash register, prosecutors say. But the local cops have arrested him so many times that they immediately recognize
