Charles J. Johnson

The Rev. Donovan Price, center, leads a prayer circle outside Comer Children's Hospital in Chicago, where 11-year-old shooting victim Ny-Andrea Dyer was being treated on March 5, 2021.

Man ordered held without bail in killing of Ny-Andrea Dyer, 11-year-old girl struck by bullet in gas station shootout

April 2, 2021 at 5:48 p.m.

The man accused of killing an 11-year-old girl in a gas station shootout last month told police he started firing because he was drunk and high, and he thought another...

Men dressed in black smash windows at Bronzeville auto dealership

April 2, 2021 at 8:17 p.m.

Chicago police were investigating a brazen break-in at a South Side auto dealership early Friday morning that a witness described as straight out of a movie scene. A witness told...

Activist Andrew Holmes joins University of Chicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital's nurses in an informational picket and rally outside the hospital in Harvey on June 25, 2020.

Community activist Andrew Holmes hit by CTA bus after it goes through red light, police say

April 1, 2021 at 3:36 p.m.

A community activist best known for his work consoling and advising the families of the victims of gun violence was involved in a traffic crash Wednesday when a CTA bus...

Oak Park and River Forest High School student shot at Gold Coast hotel: Chicago police

April 1, 2021 at 7:06 a.m.

An 18-year-old student who was shot late Tuesday at a hotel just off the Magnificent Mile had attended a large gathering in a hotel room prior to the shooting, according...

Peter Rosengren pictured with his wife, Maura, and their children.

Daily Herald executive dies saving kids in Florida rip current: ‘We need more Petes’

March 31, 2021 at 8:13 a.m.

Peter Rosengren died Sunday when he ran into the Gulf of Mexico to save children caught in a rip current. The Batavia man's death in Florida was shocking to those...

More parish consolidations announced in south suburbs as footprint of Chicago-area Catholic Church shrinks

March 11, 2021 at 9:47 a.m.

The Archdiocese of Chicago's consolidation of its faith communities continued Wednesday, with an announcement that several parishes in the south suburbs will combine under shared names and clergy. St. Ann...

Cardinal Blase J. Cupich Archbishop of Chicago, Monday, Mar. 2, 2020. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

More Catholic parishes forced to merge by Chicago Archdiocese, with further consolidation announcements expected this week

March 10, 2021 at 5:08 p.m.

Several South Side and south suburban Catholic parishes will consolidate this summer, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced, as part of the ongoing Renew My Church initiative aimed at more efficiently...

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