Man charged in killing of Calumet City teen
A 19-year-old man was ordered held on $2 million bail Saturday after he was charged in the shooting death last weekend of a teenage boy in Calumet City. Jameaund Jones,...
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13 to hospitals after air conditioning fails at Near North post office
Thirteen post office employees were hospitalized Saturday morning because of warm conditions at a Near North Side office, delaying mail delivery services in parts of the city until at least...
Deadly party shooting: ‘How do you tell a child their momma is not coming home?’
Lisa Armond stood in front of the house where she and her sister grew up in the Back of the Yards and started counting down the block.She stopped at a...
18-year-old killed, two other teens, 13 and 17, wounded in Austin
Neighbors turned their heads at the sound of screeching tires in the intersection of Lavergne Avenue and West End Avenue in the Austin neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. A woman frantically parked...
Witness describes moments before shooting that killed man, wounded cop
A violent confrontation on the Near South Side that left a man dead and a police officer wounded began when a woman walking her dog became suspicious as the man...
Facing the heat without air conditioning, by circumstance or choice
As sweat-covered residents across the Chicago area anxiously wait for high temperatures to subside, many of them can seek refuge in the cool indoors. That's not the case for Patricia...
Chicago braces for intense heat wave not seen since 2013
Scorching temperatures and muggy air will make the Chicago area feel like a giant sauna over the next several days, sending emergency responders into high alert while prompting pop-up community...
Police shoot man during West Side raid
A man was shot by police Saturday night in the West Garfield Park neighborhood during a raid on a business suspected of storing illegal weapons, authorities said. An ambulance took...
Shots fired near Pilsen park during summer camp
Someone fired shots from a car near a park in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood while a summer camp was in session Thursday afternoon, authorities said. Officers responded to the 1100 block...
Climate activists try to engage millennials using ‘Pokemon Go’
Aiming to register millennials to vote, members of NextGen Climate Illinois held a "Pokemon Go" event at Logan Square on Saturday, using the popular gaming app to help spread the...