Illinois Man Charged After Road Rage Attack Leaves 73-Year-Old With Dementia Severely Beaten in...
OAK LAWN, ILLINOIS — An Illinois man with a violent criminal history is in custody after police say he brutally assaulted a 73-year-old man with dementia during a road rage incident in the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn, leaving the elderly victim with serious facial injuries and fearing for his life.
Man charged with shooting man, beating woman, invading home in Englewood
A south suburban Chicago man stood charged Monday with shooting a man and beating a woman in the city's Englewood neighborhood this past weekend.
Chicago crime: 14-year-old shot in the foot on South Side, police say
CHICAGO - A 14-year-old boy was shot and injured while walking on the South Side early Sunday morning. What we know: — The incident happened in the 100 block of W. 95th Street inRoseland, according to the Chicago Police Department. Police responded to the scene shortly before 4 a.m.
Chicago weekend shootings leave 1 dead, 8 hurt, police say
The ages of the victims range from 14 to 48, according to Chicago police.
Shop with a Cop brings holiday cheer to kids in Chicago’s Southwest suburbs
In Country Club Hills, Santa made a stop for this year’s Shop with a Cop event. The list was checked twice, and everyone there had clearly been nice.
Cops found a gun in a convicted murderer’s car. Their chief ordered them to...
A convicted murderer now working as a violence interrupter was allowed to walk away without charges after cops found a firearm in his car during a routine traffic stop, according to records obtained by CWBChicago. That’s because the town’s police chief personally intervened and ordered cops not to prosecute the matter.
Firefighter, civilian injured in apartment fire in Humboldt Park
A firefighter and another person were injured in an apartment fire in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood overnight Saturday into Sunday.
Man charged with shooting at 16-year-old in South Austin neighborhood
Chicago police said Dawon Thompson was identified as the suspect who allegedly used a firearm to shoot at a 16-year-old boy on the same block on Nov. 18.
Last remaining residents move out of troubled South Shore building raided by feds
Some turned in their keys and walked off feeling relieved. Others were forced out by armed security personnel telling them they had 30 minutes to leave the building. The remaining residents of the South Shore apartment complex raided by federal immigration agents earlier this fall left the building Friday, scattering...
Rev. Jackson out of hospital, in nursing home temporarily
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. has been discharged from Northwestern Hospital and transferred to an acute nursing facility for continued care, according to his son, Attorney Yusef Jackson. Rev. Jackson was admitted on November 12 and released on Wednesday, December 10. “He is quite ill and fighting a terminal illness,”...
