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Former Glenwood cemetery employee charged with stealing more than $110K in funeral-related payments, sheriff’s office says

April 22, 2025 at 8:21 a.m.

A former Glenwood cemetery employee was charged with felonies after allegedly pocketing more than $110,000 in cash from families paying for funeral expenses, the Cook County sheriff’s office announced Saturday. ...

3 teenagers shot during argument in Austin home’s front yard, police say

April 19, 2025 at 3:31 p.m.

Three teenagers were shot, with one in critical condition, during an argument Friday night in a front yard in the Austin neighborhood, according to Chicago police. Officers responded to a...

1 dead, 1 injured after car crashes into Streeterville hotel, police say

April 19, 2025 at 8:00 a.m.

One person is dead and another injured after a Chevy SUV crashed into the Peninsula hotel in the Streeterville neighborhood early Saturday morning, according to Chicago police. A man, whose...

2 people attacked, stabbed inside South Deering restaurant, police say

April 19, 2025 at 7:57 a.m.

Two people were injured after they were attacked and stabbed inside a South Deering neighborhood restaurant early Saturday morning, according to Chicago police. Officers responded to reports of a stabbing...

Nabi Yisrael at Chicago’s Access Living in River North on March 25, 2025. Yisrael contacted the Salvation Army shelter in January and was told there were no available cots for him, he said. Two months later, when he called 311 for help finding an accessible shelter, he said the response was similar. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

People with disabilities struggle to find space in Chicago’s homeless shelters

April 14, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Disability and homeless advocates say the city’s sizable homeless disabled population faces challenges when trying to find shelter space.

Man, 61, killed in shootout near Blue Line station on Near West Side, police say

April 12, 2025 at 9:15 p.m.

A 61-year-old man was shot and killed Saturday evening during a fight on a Near West Side pedestrian walking bridge, briefly halting CTA Blue Line trains at the UIC-Halsted stop,...

Corniki Bornds, co-founder of an organization called H.U.G. (Help Understanding Grief), places pictures of people lost to violence on a table during a healing and peace circle event called Survivors Speak, in conjunction with National Crime Victims' Rights Week, at Grace Memorial Baptist Church, 1457 S. Kenneth Ave. in Chicago, on Saturday, April 12, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

‘We need a family afterwards’: Friends, family affected by gun violence remember lost loved ones

April 12, 2025 at 7:33 p.m.

When Elizabeth Ramirez was asked to pick a memento that best described her son, she didn’t reach for the teddy bears or dolls laid in the middle of a healing...

A pair of police officers are posted outside the AMC River East 21 movie theater complex at 322 E. Illinois St., April 3, 2025, in Chicago. Recent gatherings of teens in the area have resulted in violence. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

As teens ‘take over’ downtown once again, Chicago faces a choice

April 7, 2025 at 6:14 a.m.

As summer looms, a debate resumes over what to do about "teen takeovers" downtown after boy is shot in Streeterville.

Man, 78, dies in Englewood fire, police say

April 5, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.

The man was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

A Chicago Police evidence technician processes a scene in the 400 block of North City Front Plaza Drive where a 15-year-old boy was shot on March 28, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Debate resumes over 8 p.m. curfew for teens downtown after boy is shot during ‘teen takeover’ in Streeterville

April 3, 2025 at 7:49 p.m.

Residents, including a Streeterville neighborhood group, are calling on Mayor Brandon Johnson to stop the “reckless and unlawful behavior."

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