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chicago.suntimes.com > crime > 02/21/2026 > lawndale-homicide-keeler

Man found dead with gunshot wounds in Lawndale

59+ min ago  (116+ words) Police launched a homicide investigation in the 900 block of South Keeler. Why are we asking for donations? Man found dead with gunshot wounds in Lawndale Police launched a homicide investigation in the 900 block of South Keeler. A man was found…...

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chicago.suntimes.com > crime > 02/21/2026 > woman-killed-in-far-south-side-drive-by-shooting

Woman killed in Far South Side drive-by shooting

1+ hour, 28+ min ago  (130+ words) A woman was killed in a Far South Side shooting early Saturday. One woman was killed and another wounded in an East Side neighborhood drive-by shooting early Saturday on the Far South Side. Just after 1 a.m., both women, ages 29 and 37, were…...

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chicago.suntimes.com > crime > 02/20/2026 > man-found-dead-in-vehicle-in-streeterville

Man found dead in vehicle in Streeterville

12+ hour, 27+ min ago  (180+ words) A 22-year-old man was pronounced dead after police found him unresponsive inside a vehicle in a parking garage in the 100 block of East Ohio Street in Streeterville on Friday morning. Why are we asking for donations? Man found dead in…...

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chicago.suntimes.com > crime > 02/20/2026 > 2-girls-hurt-in-englewood-hit-and-run

2 girls hurt in Englewood hit and run

19+ hour, 25+ min ago  (157+ words) A 6-year-old girl sustained serious injuries and a 15-year-old girl was treated for scrapes after they were both struck by a white SUV heading westbound on West 69th Street on Friday morning. The driver is being sought. A 6-year-old girl is…...

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chicago.suntimes.com > crime > 02/20/2026 > arrest-made-in-deadly-carjackings-in-lake-view-bronzeville-source

Arrest made in deadly Lake View, Bronzeville carjackings: source

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (200+ words) No charges have been announced for the person arrested, an 18-year-old South Side man, according to a source. An arrest has been made in the slayings of two men that happened an hour apart during linked carjackings earlier this month…...

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chicago.suntimes.com > crime > 02/20/2026 > suspect-in-custody-after-arlington-heights-home-invasion-7-1-2-hour-standoff

Suspect in custody after Arlington Heights home invasion, 7-1/2 hour standoff

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (157+ words) Police responding to a reported burglary in progress at an Arlington Heights home Thursday morning rescued residents from an armed intruder, authorities said. The rescue preceded a 7-1/2 hour standoff that finally ended when the suspect surrendered after police arranged for…...

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chicago.suntimes.com > other-views > 02/20/2026 > naysayers-pretrial-fairness-act-would-worsen-crime-homicides-robberies-down-rep-lisa-davis

Marked decline in homicides, robberies proves critics wrong about Pretrial Fairness Act

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (595+ words) Since the Pretrial Fairness Act took effect in September 2023, 94% of the more than 130,000 people released pretrial have not been charged with new offenses against a person, data shows. Beginning two years ago, crime began plummeting across the country " including here…...

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chicago.suntimes.com > the-watchdogs > 02/20/2026 > heart-surgery-alaska-illinois-regulators-medical-license-cosmin-dobrescu

Chicago surgeon who oversaw heart operation in Alaska where patient died could now lose Illinois license

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (988+ words) Dr. Cosmin Dobrescu and Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage, where he performed a surgery in 2022 in which the patient died. With his medical license temporarily suspended in Illinois since 2023 following the death of a heart patient in Alaska, a Chicago…...

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chicago.suntimes.com > the-watchdogs > 02/20/2026 > dea-cash-forfeitures-trump-biden-gold-miner-civil-rights

DEA didn't arrest gold miner stopped at Union Station, but seized his $115K in a losing cash grab case

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1789+ words) Lawyer Stephen Komie, left, and his client Benjamin Ross in late January after they were given back $115,000 seized from Ross by a federal drug task force in 2021 at Union Station in Chicago. Benjamin Ross had a problem. The government thought…...

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chicago.suntimes.com > 02/19/2026 > olga-bautista-im-still-getting-notices-that-families-have-been-abducted-just-this-week

Olga Bautista - "I'm still getting notices that families have been abducted just this week."

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (20+ words) Why are we asking for donations? Olga Bautista - "I'm still getting notices that families have been abducted just this week."...