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Man charged with trying to kill 2 Chicago cops once went to prison for...

We’re learning more about the man accused of trying to kill two Chicago police officers while speeding away from a railroad car burglary in Englewood last week. Among the new details: he went to prison for pointing a gun at a Chicago cop while fleeing from police in 2014.
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South Shore shooting leaves man critically wounded

CHICAGO - A man was shot and critically wounded Thursday morning in the South Shore neighborhood. Around 6 a.m., a 54-year-old got into an altercation with someone he knew in the 7700 block of South Saginaw Avenue, according to Chicago police. The other man started shooting, striking the 54-year-old several...
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Gov. Pritzker urges school districts to support undocumented students

BERWYN, Ill. (WTVO) — Governor JB Pritzker visited Berwyn on Thursday to speak out against a pending surge of immigration enforcement, saying the actions affect school communities. During his visit, Pritzker highlighted the Illinois Trust Act, which restricts law enforcement from cooperating with federal authorities....
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Divers locate over 90 cars in Chicago River amid renewed search for couple who...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A renewed search for a couple at the center of a 50-year-old cold case has led to the discovery of nearly 100 cars that were submerged in the Chicago River. Edward and Stephania Andrews were a married couple from Arlington Heights who disappeared on May 15, 1970. The Chicago Tribune reports that the...
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Chicago man who shot his neighbor 2x in a year gets a decade in...

A Northwest Side man who shot his neighbor twice in less than a year has been sentenced to a decade in prison. John Kastanes, 60, pleaded guilty to aggravated battery by discharging a firearm in connection with the second shooting. Kastanes’ unusual case began around 3 p.m. on October 10,...
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Chicago Woman Calls Animal Control on Neighbors, Claims Jeep Is Scratched up Just Days...

When neighborhood arguments come to a head, some show up with casseroles. Others come seeking revenge. A TikTok creator who lives in Chicago, Illinois, suspects that her neighbors decided on the second option, scratching her car to get even with her after she turned in their dog. @kenpachis_gurl. #neighbors #drama...
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Instagram gun flex ends with federal machine gun indictment for Wicker Park man

Remember the guy who went viral earlier this year when video showed Chicago cops tackling him moments after he allegedly livestreamed himself with a gun and then fired the weapon inside a Northwest Side park?. Well, his week is going very, very badly: the ATF is taking his case to...
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Chicago mass shooting gunman is 14-years-old: police

Chicago police say a 14-year-old boy is responsible for a mass shooting that left four juveniles wounded in West Garfield Park this summer, making him one of the city’s youngest accused gunmen this year. Details are slim because the case will be handled in juvenile court, where proceedings are...
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Police issue alert after series of garage burglaries on Chicago’s South Side

Chicago police issued an alert after a series of garage burglaries on the South Side.
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Two charged in Chicago murders

Two Chicago residents have been charged in connection with separate murders on the city’s Far South and West sides. Diamond Steward, 31, a resident of the 1000 block of East 133rd Street, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with an Aug. 31 killing in the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood. Steward was...

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