Slaying sparked by refusal to share blunt: prosecutors
A Lawndale man who allegedly shot a store clerk in the head for refusing to share his blunt was ordered held on $2 million bail during a Sunday court hearing....
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4 dead, 14 wounded in West, South side shootings
Four people were shot dead and 14 other people, including a 15-year-old boy, were wounded during shootings from Sunday to early Monday on the West and South sides. The most...
Police: Son dead, father wounded after shooting each other in fight over dog
A 22-year-old man was killed and his father critically injured Sunday morning in the city's Burnside neighborhood after the pair shot each other during an argument over the family dog,...
Indiana motorist accused of attempted murder, hit-and-run
A 22-year-old Indiana man who allegedly struck a man with his car as he fled the scene of a crash on the city's Far South Side appeared in court Sunday...
Des Plaines man accused of sexual assault
A judge Sunday set bail at $200,000 for a Des Plaines man who prosecutors said sexually assaulted a female relative. Luis L. Lucero, 59, of the 7500 block of South...
A rare look at life inside one of the Chicago area’s 2 ICE immigration detention centers
From a jail cell in McHenry County, Jesus Antonio Cruz-Martinez counseled his 15-year-old stepdaughter over the phone about a boy she likes at school. He penned letters to the family,...
‘Heart and soul’ of Catholic school surprised with Golden Apple award
Phyllis Cavallone-Jurek nearly fell to the floor Thursday when a room full of howling children surprised her with the Golden Apple Stanley C. Golder Leadership Award at St. Therese Chinese...
Activists create websites to track anti-Trump events in Chicago
How does a political activist keep track of the proliferating invitations to march, write postcards, knit pink hats or show up at congressional town hall meetings? Protests have heated up...
Some Chicago gangs turning to rifles for added firepower, police say
The first time 14-year-old Brisa Ramirez remembers hearing rifle fire was when a man was shot dead on a Sunday afternoon outside a Catholic church around the corner from her...
Eleven people shot — 2 fatally — around city Saturday into Sunday
Nine people were wounded from Saturday into early Sunday morning in separate shootings across the city.A 23-year-old man was killed in the 100 block of North Menard Avenue in the...