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Three Chicago men have been charged with burglarizing a cargo train car early Oct. 29 near East 95th Street and South Cottage Grove Avenue, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. Norfolk Southern Railroad police used a drone to capture footage of the suspects breaking into a freight container...

Illinois State Police investigators arrested a 29-year-old Chicago man less than a day after a road rage shooting was reported on the Stevenson Expressway this week, officials said. Bowen Zhang is charged with attempted murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm in connection with the November 5 incident on...

No injuries were reported after shots were fired in a River North parking lot early Sunday morning. Officers on patrol heard loud, possibly automatic gunfire around 2:36 a.m., followed by a white sedan speeding south across the LaSalle Street Bridge, according to preliminary reports. Responding officers found shell...

This post features an OpenAI-powered summary derived from the NewsBreak users' discussions on Back-to-back armed carjackings earn two Chicago men lengthy federal sentences. Back-to-back armed carjackings earn two Chicago men lengthy federal sentences.

Chicago police are investigating at least five robberies and carjackings that unfolded overnight across the city, from Boystown to Lincoln Park and River North. Some of the incidents may have been carried out by the same armed crew. No arrests have been made. The spree began around 1:30 a.m. with...

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Burr Oak Cemetery — the Black-owned south suburban cemetery that’s the final resting place of Mamie and Emmett Till, singer Dinah Washington, rapper King Von and generations of other prominent figures — appears headed for a listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The Illinois Historic...

CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been arrested and charged after fatally stabbing a 55-year-old woman in the Logan Square neighborhood on Wednesday, according to police. Victor Hernandez, 25, of Chicago, was arrested by police on Wednesday around 6:30 p.m. Hernandez was identified as the individual who fatally stabbed a...

Chicago police are warning rideshare and food delivery drivers to be on alert in parts of North Lawndale after investigators determined a robbery crew has been targeting them in a series of holdups and carjackings over the past three weeks. According to a community alert from CPD, the same group...

A group of suburban moms were among more than a dozen people arrested outside the immigration processing facility in Broadview Friday, witnesses said. The arrests happened during the latest round of protests outside the facility. Protests have taken place outside the Broadview ICE processing facility frequently...