Deadliest start to year in Chicago in nearly two decades
The number of homicides so far this year in Chicago climbed past 100 over the weekend, the deadliest start to a year in the city in nearly two decades, according...
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3 wounded in Chicago shootings
At least three people have been shot in Chicago since mid-afternoon Sunday, police said. A 24-year-old woman was grazed in her face at 7:28 p.m. in the 1100 block of...
City moves to fire 911 dispatcher after domestic abuse arrest
The city of Chicago is seeking to fire a 911 dispatcher accused of pistol-whipping his girlfriend and has reprimanded his older brother — a deputy director — who covered for...
Slain cabbie had been working long hours to help daughter through school
Rahman Damani started his overnight shift Sunday in Flash Cab 5365. Driving past a favorite free spot on Devon Avenue east of Ridge Avenue, he noticed his friend and fellow...
Man killed in Austin, 4 including boy wounded in shootings
A man was killed, and four others, including a 12-year-old boy, were wounded in separate shootings Thursday on the West, South and Southwest sides, Chicago police said. In the first...
Teen girl rescued from West Side fire
Firefighters rescued a 15-year-old girl hanging from the window of a burning building Wednesday night in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. The fire was reported about 5:20 p.m. in the...
Missing man found dead near South Side park, more than month after police first called
A man in his 20s was found dead near Avalon Park on the South Side more than a month after someone first called police to report seeing his body there,...
Girl, 15, among five people wounded in shootings in Chicago
A 15-year-old girl was among at least five people wounded in shootings in Chicago Monday through early Tuesday, according to police.The girl was on a sidewalk in the 5100 block...
About 20 puppies taken from Back of the Yards home after fire
About 20 puppies were taken from a home in the Back of the Yards neighborhood after firefighters extinguished a small fire there Monday afternoon, according to authorities. Firefighters were called...
Meteorologists union warns of more flight delays in Chicago because of cutbacks
The National Weather Service has scaled back a pilot program designed to reduce weather-related delays at Chicago, New York and Atlanta airports, and the union representing meteorologists is warning that...