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1 dead after 3 semitrailer truck crash on Tri-State Tollway near Hickory Hills

March 2, 2021 at 2:13 p.m.

Three semitrailer trucks crashed on the Tri-State Tollway early Tuesday, leaving the driver of one of the trucks dead after he failed to slow down and hit a truck in...

West Side man charged with killing ex-girlfriend in South Shore in April after they argued following downtown car crash

February 25, 2021 at 4:35 p.m.

A West Side man shot his ex-girlfriend to death near her South Shore home in April about an hour after he crashed a car downtown while driving around with the...

Man dies after Hazel Crest house fire that left 2 others injured, officials say

February 24, 2021 at 12:13 p.m.

A 44-year-old man died after being rushed to the hospital following a fire Wednesday morning in south suburban Hazel Crest that also left two other people hospitalized, officials say. About...

The CTA Pulaski Blue Line train station on Feb. 16, 2021.

Police investigating death on Blue Line tracks at Pulaski station

February 24, 2021 at 4:59 p.m.

Chicago police are investigating the death of a man who apparently fell on the Blue Line tracks Tuesday night at a West Side CTA station. According to the cops, an...

A jogger runs along the thawing Chicago Riverwalk on Feb. 22, 2021.

Sun and snow melt: Chicago warming up after bitter cold and heavy snow

February 24, 2021 at 8:26 a.m.

For Chicagoans accustomed recently to waking each morning to fresh snow and subfreezing temperatures, Tuesday morning might have taken a second to process. Is that ... the sun? Is the...

Metra BNSF train hits, kills pedestrian in La Grange

February 23, 2021 at 9:55 a.m.

A pedestrian was fatally struck by a Metra train at or near the La Grange Road station Tuesday morning in La Grange, leading to significant delays and canceled trains, officials...

A rat scurries near the Navy Pier Flyover in Chicago on Dec. 18, 2020.

Don’t let the wintry weather fool you, Chicago. The rats are still around. And when the temperature rises, they’ll be out in full force.

February 19, 2021 at 6:55 p.m.

Chicagoans hoping that brutal cold and epic snowfall would wipe out the rat population in America's "rattiest city" should know: Rats are much tougher than that. Pest control experts told...

‘She advocates for people on bikes’: Avid cyclist hit by carjacked Buick in Avondale, leaving her in critical condition and police searching for SUV

February 18, 2021 at 5:34 p.m.

Chicago police are asking for the public's help identifying the driver of a recently carjacked SUV that hit a bicyclist, running her over and leaving her critically injured last week...

2 teens arrested in unrelated carjackings, cops say

February 18, 2021 at 11:54 a.m.

Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with carjackings on Chicago's West and Northwest sides, police say. A 15-year-old boy was taken into custody Wednesday morning in relation to a...

2 people shot, 1 fatally, in fast-food parking lot in West Chatham

February 17, 2021 at 12:33 p.m.

Two men were shot, one of them fatally, in a fast-food parking lot in the West Chatham neighborhood Tuesday night, according to authorities. Officers responded to a call of shots...

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