Police Warn Of Robbers Hitting The West And Southwest Sides
Chicago police are warning residents of the west and southwest sides about a series of armed robberies reported in February and March.
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Chicago police are warning residents of the west and southwest sides about a series of armed robberies reported in February and March.
A Garfield Park woman says she watched in terror as her dog was mauled to death, but the pit bull that did it was not immediately quarantined or examined by Cook County.
The incident occurred near Ferdinand and Hamlin just after 7:30 a.m.
Garfield Park's high crime rate usually draws more attention than the neighborhood's outdoor offerings, but one resident is working hard to make the neighborhood a better place to be.
The family of a 15-year-old fatally shot on a Garfield Park basketball court this summer has channeled their grief into a ray of positivity for a neighborhood plagued by violent crime.
A 13-year-old boy faces a felony weapons charge, after a shooting outside a basketball tournament left Marshall High School football player Kenwon Parker dead, and another teenager critically wounded.
A brawl during a basketball tournament led to a shooting outside the Garfield Park fieldhouse Thursday night, leaving one teenager dead and another seriously wounded.
Officers responded to a well-being check in Garfield Park around 12:30 p.m. Monday. When they arrived, they discovered an unidentified male body in the water.
Burglars are going into vacant buildings and taking materials in the East and West Garfield Park neighborhoods.
One man was shot and a woman was injured in a crash Sunday morning in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
Garfield Park Farmers Market Manager Angela Taylor manages those markets, and says they could be an even more plentiful resource to the community.
In Lawndale and nearby neighborhoods on the West Side, there have been six carjackings within a 20-week span.
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Saying the last two people known to have seen 2-year-old Kyrian Knox alive are not cooperating with police, detectives said they've become "extremely frustrated" in their efforts to find out how the toddler's dismembered head, hands, and feet wound up in the Garfield Park lagoon.
Chicago Police are searching for a person of interest wanted for questioning in connection with the death of a child found dismembered in the Garfield Park lagoon in September. The person of interest was not identified.
Chicago Police confirm that DNA from the remains of a toddler found in the Garfield Park lagoon matches that of a missing boy from Rockford.
DNA tests on the remains of a toddler found last month in the Garfield Park Lagoon have not yet led to an identity, but they have ruled out one possibility.
Police are checking to see if the child's remains found in the Garfield Park lagoon over the Labor Day weekend might belong to a Rockford toddler reported missing last week.
Chicago police have completed their search of the Garfield Park lagoon but did not find any additional body parts belong to a toddler.
Chicago Police are expanding their search to try to find more remains of a child found dismembered in the Garfield Park lagoon last weekend.
Chicago police have released a sketch of the toddler whose severed head, hands, and feet were found in the Garfield Park lagoon over the weekend.
Chicago police continued to drain the Garfield Park lagoon on Wednesday, searching for more evidence after a child's severed head, hands, and feet were found in the water over the weekend. Officers also were going door to door in the neighborhood, to try and gather information that might help them solve the mystery.
Police began draining the lagoon at Garfield Park as investigators continue their probe of the death of a child whose body parts were found there over the weekend.
Officials said Saturday evening that the body parts of a child, including a foot, had been recovered in the 200 block of McCrea Drive, but Monday's announcement offered additional detail about the victim.
According to the village president, about 50 homes are affected and have no water service as a result of the break.
Authorities said investigators found evidence that the child suffered long-term neglect, physical abuse, and mental abuse.
Friends, family, and elected officials spoke out as a judge decides in two weeks whether to deport 22-year-old Federico Alcantar.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest after a Chicago city employee was found shot to death Friday morning inside an apartment in the West Ridge neighborhood.
The footage is included in a video that promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump.
The FBI has arrested "one of the key participants" behind the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 that killed four Americans.
A new push to pass a GOP elections bill known as the SAVE America Act is underway in Congress, but Democrats warn the proposal could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
As immigration sweeps expand nationwide, the work of justifying detentions is overwhelming federal prosecutors, who are being forced to sideline a range of other cases in order to keep pace.
Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in October, plans to attend President Trump's State of the Union address to Congress later this month, according to her attorney.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
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The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.
Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early '70s has died. He was 83.
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
A fast-moving system heads towards Chicago on Saturday night, bringing a few snow showers.
Hundreds of people showed up to watch more than 30 participants strut their bad bunny stuff.
Sunday marks one week since Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today Show" co-host Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing from her Tucson-area home.
A week after Mayor Brandon Johnson’s "ICE on Notice" executive order, Cook County's top prosecutors said it may actually backfire.
The peaceful protest marked one month since Renee Good was shot and killed by ice agents in Minneapolis, and part of a National Day of Action with the city.
Authorities said investigators found evidence that the child suffered long-term neglect, physical abuse, and mental abuse.
Friends, family, and elected officials spoke out as a judge decides in two weeks whether to deport 22-year-old Federico Alcantar.
According to the village president, about 50 homes are affected and have no water service as a result of the break.
A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest after a Chicago city employee was found shot to death Friday morning inside an apartment in the West Ridge neighborhood.
The 2026 Chicago Auto Show kicks off at McCormick Place on Saturday.
Fewer Chicago kids are getting the dental care they need, and some dentists are blaming Chicago Public Schools.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel no longer will have to testify about an alleged "code of silence" at the Chicago Police Department, after a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling that would have allowed him to take the stand in a lawsuit over a botched police raid.
More than 35 local, state and federal agencies have been working for the last 18 months to prepare for Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California.
Two west suburban high schools have something extra to celebrate Sunday, when alumni from their schools make their Super Bowl debuts.
The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are underway after the lighting of the Olympic cauldrons and the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony.
Caleb Williams certainly had plenty of big throws to celebrate in 2025, but it wasn't hard to pick his most memorable one after he launched a 46-yard touchdown pass to DJ Moore to beat the Packers in overtime in Week 16.
Brandon Ingram scored 33 points, Immanuel Quickley had 24 and the Toronto Raptors beat the new-look Chicago Bulls 123-107.
Local and federal authorities said "investigators are actively inspecting the information provided in the message for its authenticity" regarding the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.
A South Side community came together on Friday, hoping for justice after a woman was shot and killed while her baby was in the back seat of their car earlier this week.
A Chicago city employee was found shot to death Friday morning inside an apartment in the West Ridge neighborhood.
Actor Timothy Busfield has been indicted on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child, officials said Friday.
A burglary crew smashed into a restaurant in Chicago's southwest suburbs, leaving the owner cleaning up a big and frustrating mess.
