Glass falls from 29th floor of building in Streeterville
The glass fell just before 5 p.m. from a building at Huron and St. Clair streets. It almost hit the people on the sidewalk below.
Mayor Johnson signs executive order to curb smoking on CTA
While smoking is already banned on the CTA, a group of Chicago alderpeople called for stricter enforcement of the ban last month.
Tent set on fire, man burned in north lakefront homeless encampment
A man is accused of setting another man's tent on fire in a homeless encampment alongside DuSable Lake Shore Drive in the Uptown neighborhood.
Sunday was busiest day ever for passenger screening at O'Hare
According to the Transportation Security Administration, a total of 115,962 people passed through security checkpoints at O'Hare on Sunday alone.
2-year-old boy shot with unsecured gun inside home in Humboldt Park
A toddler suffered what was believed to be an accidental gunshot wound Monday evening in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
Oak Park firefighters come to rescue snake gets stuck on CTA train
The Oak Park Fire Department was called to the Harlem/Lake Green Line terminal after a ball python named Lucius got away from his owner.
3 teenage girls struck, injured by SUV on West Side
A sport-utility vehicle struck and injured three teenage girls in the South Austin neighborhood Sunday night.
Alan Thompson, CBS Chicago writer and producer, dies at 63
Thompson died Sunday, July 20, after a year's battle with esophageal cancer.
Man gets trapped under tractor in water near Harvard, Illinois
An elderly man was hospitalized Sunday evening after a tractor rolled over and left him trapped in a creek near Harvard, Illinois, for hours.
4 CTA Red Line stops reopen after rebuilding
A ceremonial train busted through a banner Sunday morning at the Berwyn station, above Berwyn Avenue just east of Broadway in the Edgewater neighborhood, to celebrate the reopening.
Maury Ettleson, former Celozzi-Ettleson Chevrolet auto dealer, dies at 93
Maury Ettleson passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 16, at his home in north suburban Lincolnshire, his family wrote in a published obituary.
4 men wounded in shooting on West Side
The four men were on the sidewalk in the 4900 block of West Ferdinand Street when three armed people got out of a vehicle and shot them.
Boy, 16, fatally hit by Metra Electric train on South Side
Metra said just before 7 p.m., Metra Electric train No. 345, scheduled to arrive at 93rd Street/South Chicago at 8:38 p.m., hit a pedestrian around 27th Street.
Nobel Laureates, experts gather at University of Chicago, call for action to avert nuclear war
Experts warned at a panel discussion Wednesday that the threat of nuclear war is increasing — but unlike in years past, many are oblivious to the threat.
More than 900 people now allege abuse at Illinois, Cook County juvenile detention facilities
Attorneys on Wednesday announced that 107 additional names have been added to a class-action lawsuit alleging abuse in juvenile detention.