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Frank Looney poses with a picture of his son, Frank Davis Looney Jr., at his home in Chicago's East Chatham neighborhood, on Oct. 22, 2019. Looney's son, who turned 16 in September, was fatally shot on Oct. 19.

Youngest victim of last weekend’s Chicago violence had been a freshman at school where loss is nearly constant. ‘My students are brave warriors.’

October 23, 2019 at 7:09 a.m.

Frank Looney was named after his father, and the two were so close that they shared the same nickname too: Frank Nitty. "He wanted to be like his pops," the...

Electronic sign on Lake Shore Drive changed to read, ‘Kill cops’

October 18, 2019 at 1:56 p.m.

An electronic message board along Lake Shore Drive near Soldier Field was changed overnight to read, "Kill cops," according to Chicago police. The vandalism was reported about 6:20 a.m. Friday,...

Scanning devices are rolled away at the Metra Van Buren station in Chicago on Oct. 16, 2019, following testing by Metra police.

Metra testing scanners designed to detect guns and explosives in crowds

October 16, 2019 at 2:19 p.m.

Those who bothered looking up from their phones at Millennium Station Tuesday morning found themselves being scanned by two white boxy detectors swiveling back and forth as crowds passed. It...

Dr. Patricia Lee, beloved Illinois Masonic emergency room physician, dies at 68

October 16, 2019 at 7:54 a.m.

Dr. Patricia Lee is so influential in Chicago medicine that when medical professionals are faced with a difficult situation, often they'll ask: "What would Pat Lee do?" The simple refrain...

Chicago police investigate a fatal shooting in the 700 block of the alley between North Spaulding and North Sawyer avenues in Chicago on Oct. 14, 2019.

Man fatally shot in East Garfield Park

October 14, 2019 at 1:47 p.m.

A man was fatally shot Monday while walking in an alley in East Garfield Park, according to authorities. The victim, identified by police as a 25-year-old, was walking in an...

Normal service resuming on northern Metra lines after report of pedestrian struck by train

October 14, 2019 at 10:54 a.m.

Service is resuming after Metra Union Pacific-Northwest and Milwaukee District-North lines were heavily delayed during Monday morning rush hour because of a police investigation of a pedestrian possibly struck by...

Relatives and friends of 15-year-old Marshawn France release balloons during a gathering to remember him, on the street where he lived until recently, in the 11500 block of South Perry Avenue on Oct. 11, 2019.

Boy, 15, shot dead walking to bus stop on way home: ‘Why somebody would want to put a light out’

October 12, 2019 at 7:43 a.m.

Marshawn France had just said goodbye to a friend and was walking to a bus stop not far from his home on the Far South Side Thursday night when a...

Deputy Chief of Patrol Ernest Cato III along with other officers investigate a crime scene in the 1800 block of South Drake Avenue, where an officer was injured Oct. 10, 2019.

Chicago police officer struck by cop car while running after gun suspect at West Side gang funeral

October 10, 2019 at 4:56 p.m.

A Chicago police officer was seriously injured when he was struck by a cop car while running after a gun suspect on the West Side Thursday afternoon, according to authorities....

Pasó más de la mitad de su vida en prisión, sus abogados dicen que detectives de Chicago la forzaron a confesar

October 10, 2019 at 12:33 p.m.

Marilyn Mulero tenía sólo 21 años cuando fue condenada a muerte en 1993 por los asesinatos en venganza de dos pandilleros. La pena de muerte se cambió luego a una...

She’s spent more than half her life in prison. Now her lawyers say she should be freed because Chicago detectives coerced confession

October 10, 2019 at 6:56 a.m.

Marilyn Mulero was just 21 when she was sentenced to death in 1993 for the revenge murders of two gang members. The death penalty was later changed to a life...

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