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Holy Name Cathedral, left, and St. James Episcopal Church, right, lay in ruins after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. Between them, in the background, stands the old water tower.

Op-Ed: Family lore, and lessons, live on 150 years after Great Chicago Fire

November 4, 2021 at 11:17 a.m.

Our family stories about the Great Chicago Fire are like many of Chicago's stories about itself. They lean heavily on romanticized fragments of memory. We learned about the fire when...

Gold Coast carjacking, shooting, leaves man critically wounded

June 18, 2021 at 7:20 a.m.

A man who had been standing with his girlfriend on a Gold Coast sidewalk late Thursday was shot and critically wounded in an attempted carjacking, police said. The man, 35,...

Teen killed two high school friends who went to Englewood thinking they were meeting car buyer, prosecutors say

May 17, 2021 at 12:41 p.m.

An 18-year-old man killed two young men who went to Englewood from Chicago's West Side last July thinking they were meeting someone to sell a car one of them had...

Soldier Field security firm worker shoots longtime acquaintance to death over worker’s wife visiting with her ex-boyfriend, prosecutors say

May 12, 2021 at 8:53 a.m.

A probationary security firm employee who worked at Soldier Field ended his shift and went to the home of a longtime acquaintance, then shot the man to death because the...

People use the completed Navy Pier Flyover trail on May 10, 2021.

Work on Navy Pier Flyover — key to improving Lakefront Trail — is complete, Chicago officials say

May 11, 2021 at 8:36 a.m.

Chicago has completed the Navy Pier Flyover trail, a much-touted project aimed at expanding spaces where the north and south sections of the Lakefront Trail connect, city officials said. The...

Woman’s body found in Lake Michigan near Navy Pier, officials say

May 7, 2021 at 11:04 a.m.

Chicago police Friday morning recovered a woman's body found in Lake Michigan near Navy Pier, officials said. Members of the Chicago police marine unit were dispatched to near Navy Pier...

Gas station clerk shot 3 times after confronting shoplifters at Far South Side gas station, police say

May 7, 2021 at 6:10 p.m.

A gas station clerk was shot in the leg as he wrestled with a man he suspected of shoplifting Thursday night in the Burnside neighborhood, police said. The 37-year-old clerk...

Stray bullets from gunfight hit unmarked Chicago police squad car, CTA bus shelter in West Englewood

April 30, 2021 at 8:14 a.m.

One person was in custody and at least one other was being sought after stray bullets from a gunfight between people in two cars hit an unmarked Chicago police squad...

A Chicago police officer at the scene of a shooting where a 1-year-old boy was shot in the head while he was traveling in a car near Grant Park on April 6, 2021.

Shooter in Lake Shore Drive attack that left Kayden Swann, 1, in coma charged; grandmother ‘key’ in finding suspect, police say

April 22, 2021 at 7:13 p.m.

The man who allegedly shot 1-year-old Kayden Swann in the head earlier this month on Lake Shore Drive has been charged, Chicago police said. Deandre Binion, 25, was charged with...

Police officers investigate a shooting in the parking lot of the Illinois secretary of state driver facility in Bridgeview on March 24, 2021.

2 charged in fatal shooting outside Bridgeview secretary of state’s office brought along boy, 6, during attack thwarted by failed Tesla carjacking, prosecutors say

March 26, 2021 at 5:38 p.m.

Two men charged with murder brought along one of their little brothers, age 6, to a fatal shooting Wednesday afternoon outside an Illinois secretary of state's driver facility in Bridgeview,...

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