Drunken Driver Charged In Crash That Killed Bicyclist In Pilsen
Authorities have charged a man with slamming into a bicyclist and killing him in the Pilsen neighborhood, then driving off.
Authorities have charged a man with slamming into a bicyclist and killing him in the Pilsen neighborhood, then driving off.
A driver has been arrested, after police say he struck and killed a man on a bicycle in the Pilsen neighborhood early Tuesday.
Two months after the Illinois DREAM Act passed the General Assembly, Gov. Pat Quinn is expected to sign it into law Monday.
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Illinois and local officials will be available Saturday for residents of the Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods of Chicago to discuss the mortgage crisis.
Chicago's lower West side community of Pilsen has a strong Hispanic and artistic presence and is known as an affordable place to raise a family. It's a great neighborhood to wander around and explore, with loads of public art and storefront galleries...
An elderly woman is in the hospital this morning, injured in a fire in the Pilsen neighborhood.
An elderly woman was injured in an extra-alarm blaze which appeared to be sparked by children playing with fireworks in the Pilsen neighborhood.
Parents sitting in at the Whittier Elementary School fieldhouse let a construction deadline come and go Tuesday.
The latest sit-in at the Whittier Elementary School, in Pilsen, is in its third day, as protesting parents formulate a response to a warning from new Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard.
For the second time in less than a year, parents have begun to mount an around-the-clock sit-in at the field house adjacent to the Whittier Elementary School, in the Southwest Side Pilsen neighborhood.
One 17-year-old boy is dead following a drive-by shooting in the Pilsen neighborhood near the Dan Ryan Expressway. Six others were shot and wounded between 5 p.m. Thursday and 5 a.m. Friday.
A two-mile by two-mile section of the city that includes Pilsen does not meet the nation's air quality standard for lead, according to a preliminary determination released Wednesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
City inspectors watched a mouse run past them just before shutting down a dollar Pilsen store that had more than 350 mice droppings inside.
Eight Greenpeace activists who perched high above the city on a smokestack for more than 24 hours before being charged with felonies after they climbed down were released on bail from the Cook County Jail on Thursday evening.
Eight protesters who spent more than 24 hours on a perch on a power plant smokestack on the city's Near West Side were arrested as soon as they came down Wednesday morning in bad weather.
Eight Greenpeace activists who rappelled under a Southwest Side bridge to prevent a coal barge from passing were arrested and charged with reckless conduct late Tuesday.
People in the Pilsen neighborhood are calling on the federal government to clean up toxic lead near a school.
Residents in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood complained for years about metallic-tasting smoke rolling down their narrow streets but had little evidence it was harmful.
A noisy demonstration outside a Chicago School Board meeting today indicates that the controversy over an old field house at Whittier Elementary School is not over.
The continued unseasonably warm weather made for another violent night in Chicago.
Two men were ordered held on $75,000 bond each Sunday charged with arson for allegedly torching a car belonging to one of their former coworkers in the Pilsen neighborhood on Thursday.
A woman was killed and two other people were critically injured in an early Saturday crash in the Pilsen neighborhood.
Someone burglarized the Pros Arts Studio in Pilsen this past weekend, and the arts organization is looking for the public's support to help replace the 14 computers stolen from its youth computer lab.
"Pay attention in the red flags, because there's always red flags," said Enidt Martinez.
This is part of a massive recall that includes nearly 12 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and chicken.
Visitation for Starks is set for Tuesday, followed by a funeral service on Wednesday.
The male driver was cited for distracted driving.
All the victims were taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County, police said.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republican challenger Eric Hovde repeatedly accused each other of lying during an often testy and confrontational debate.
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Voters in the 9th Precinct of the 47th Ward in Chicago are being asked if a liquor ban in place for 117 years should continue.
O'Neill Burke said her agenda focuses on getting guns off the street and addressing the root causes of crime.
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This is part of a massive recall that includes nearly 12 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and chicken.
The study said the unique difficulty finding a place in suburban Chicago was the result of a number of factors, including the growth of hip suburbs, big businesses relocating to the area, and high occupancy rates and slow construction.
Experts raised concerns about people in already underserved communities losing easy access to drug stores.
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Only people who had contact with a bat have reason to be concerned. A bat flying overhead cannot give anyone rabies.
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Experts raised concerns about people in already underserved communities losing easy access to drug stores.
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Magnicity is still mum on what exactly it has in mind for the space, though 360 CHICAGO earlier said a restaurant will not be back.
Jeep is recalling more than 194,000 plug-in hybrid SUVs worldwide because they can catch fire with the ignition turned off.
A Black man alleges in a lawsuit that an Iowa trucking company fired him as a driver because he wouldn't cut off his dreadlocks.
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Liam Payne, 31, died Wednesday after falling into the interior patio of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Visitation for Starks is set for Tuesday, followed by a funeral service on Wednesday.
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Vice President Kamala Harris spent her 60th birthday campaigning in Georgia, while former President Donald Trump got behind the scenes at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania Sunday.
All the victims were taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County, police said.
A police source said a pursuit was underway before the boys – ages 14 and 15 – crashed their car into the front of a store near 75th and Vincennes just after midnight.
"Pay attention in the red flags, because there's always red flags," said Enidt Martinez.
No one was injured in the shooting, and the off-duty Chicago police officer did not return fire.
This is part of a massive recall that includes nearly 12 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and chicken.
"Pay attention in the red flags, because there's always red flags," said Enidt Martinez.
O'Neill Burke said her agenda focuses on getting guns off the street and addressing the root causes of crime.
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Experts raised concerns about people in already underserved communities losing easy access to drug stores.
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Tawee Walker ran for 126 yards in another big performance, Braedyn Locke threw for a touchdown and ran for a score, and Wisconsin beat Northwestern 23-3.
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Jay Cutler was arrested for a DUI, gun possession and other charges in Franklin, Tennessee on Thursday evening, an official confirmed to CBS News.
The male driver was cited for distracted driving.
All the victims were taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County, police said.
In one incident, the suspects forced a victim into a car and drove them to an ATM, forcing the victim to take out cash.
The three suspects approached the victim on board a train at the 47th Street station, displayed a knife, maced the victim, and tried to take their belongings.
No one was injured in the shooting, and the off-duty Chicago police officer did not return fire.