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Workers from a body removal service transport a 48-year-old man was who fatally shot inside a home on the 8600 block of South Aberdeen Street, July 5, 2021, in Chicago.

Fireworks, heat and violence: First Fourth of July weekend without restrictions since the pandemic began

July 6, 2021 at 2:39 p.m.

Chicagoans celebrating their first relatively normal Fourth of July in two years were met with the usual markers of a long holiday weekend in the summer: scorching heat, fireworks, crowds...

19-year-old National Guard member killed in Belmont Cragin shooting Saturday

July 5, 2021 at 4:13 p.m.

A 19-year-old National Guard member was one of at least 15 people killed by gun violence over the holiday weekend, according to Chicago police. Chrys Carvajal, of Portage Park, was...

Fire and police officials stage near a burned building in the 900 block of East Benton Street on June 30, 2021, in Morris. The building caught fire on Tuesday and contains an estimated 100 tons of lithium batteries, according to city officials. Area residents have been evacuated.

Illinois EPA urges legal action against battery company over Morris fire

July 1, 2021 at 6:57 p.m.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is recommending the state attorney general's office pursue legal action against Superior Battery, the unlicensed business that was storing as many as 200,000 pounds of...

Fire and police officials stage near a burning building in the 900 block of East Benton Street on June 30, 2021, in Morris. The building caught fire the previous day and contains an estimated 100 tons of lithium batteries, according to city officials. Area residents have been evacuated.

Morris mayor says officials were unaware battery business was operating in building that’s still on fire. Thousands remain evacuated.

June 30, 2021 at 10:34 p.m.

As a fire at a building housing tons of lithium batteries continued to burn Wednesday in Morris — forcing the evacuation of about 3,000 people from their homes — Mayor...

People walk on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago on a rainy morning on June 25, 2021.

High winds in Thursday’s forecast, life-threatening rip currents in Lake Michigan heading into holiday weekend

June 30, 2021 at 6:46 p.m.

Hazardous lake conditions are anticipated for the first part of the July 4 holiday weekend, according to the National Weather Service. High winds will create dangerous swimming conditions in Lake...

Volunteers Richard Calhoun, left, and John Lattyak prepare food for distribution at Harmony Community Church in Lawndale in Chicago on Dec. 9, 2020. The food pantry at Harmony Community Church in Lawndale is supplied by the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Google launches feature to help Chicagoans find food banks, pantries, free lunches

June 30, 2021 at 4:02 p.m.

Chicagoans can now find food banks with the ease of a Google search. Google launched its "Find Food Support" feature Tuesday, an interactive database on Google Maps to locate nearby...

Tri-State Tollway semi crash kills Montgomery man, injures woman near Countryside

June 30, 2021 at 2:12 p.m.

A man was killed and a woman injured Wednesday when two semitrailers crashed heading south on the Tri-State Tollway near southwest suburban Countryside, according to Illinois State Police. A 68-year-old...

Calumet City man charged with murder in girlfriend’s Chatham killing changed story three times, prosecutors say

June 28, 2021 at 4:02 p.m.

A Calumet City man charged with murder in the shooting death of his 30-year-old girlfriend and mother of his son over the weekend changed his story about the death three...

Por lo menos cuatro personas resultaron heridas en Naperville, donde una docena de viviendas quedaron dañadas y varios árboles quedaron en el piso la tarde del domingo, informó el Servicio Nacional de Meteorología.

¿No escuchó la sirena de tornado o la alerta el domingo? Esto es lo que debe hacer

June 24, 2021 at 2:51 p.m.

Muchas personas buscaron refugio el domingo por la noche después de que las sirenas y las alertas telefónicas les advirtieran sobre tornados en el área de Chicago, y las autoridades...

South Austin man charged with murder in death of 17-year-old in West Garfield Park

June 24, 2021 at 6:53 p.m.

A South Austin man was charged with first-degree murder and ordered held without bail Thursday in connection with the 2020 killing of a 17-year-old in the West Garfield Park neighborhood...

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