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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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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."...