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Shards of broken glass cut firefighter’s face when shots fired in Ravenswood Manor

February 16, 2022 at 1:44 p.m.

An off-duty firefighter driving home from work was cut by broken glass from his own car when someone fired shots in the Ravenswood Manor neighborhood Wednesday morning. An assailant in...

Firefighters take away a ladder after extinguishing a house fire that injured at least seven firefighters, in the 200 block of West 112th Place in the Roseland neighborhood on Feb. 12, 2022, in Chicago. None of the firefighters' injuries were considered life-threatening, according to fire department spokesperson Larry Langford.

‘Look at my house,’ sobs woman who took cigarette break at the right time as house erupts into backdraft-style blaze that left at least 7 firefighters injured

February 12, 2022 at 7:58 p.m.

Tomorra Watts is grateful she walked over to her brother's house for a cigarette Saturday afternoon in their Roseland neighborhood. After chatting with him, she stepped outside and spotted a...

Man, 19, charged after fatal shooting of 16-year-old boy in Woodlawn neighborhood, police say

February 10, 2022 at 10:46 p.m.

A 19-year-old South Side man is accused of gunning down a 16-year-old boy earlier this week in the Woodlawn neighborhood, Chicago police said. Sir Mario Ford was charged with first-degree...

Nancy Rish is interviewed at the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, Illinois, on April 28, 2014.

‘It is bittersweet,’ says attorney for Nancy Rish, who walked free Thursday after winning appeal on life sentence for infamous 1987 killing

February 10, 2022 at 9:07 p.m.

Nancy Rish, who was originally serving a life sentence for the 1987 kidnapping and murder of Stephen Small, a Kankakee businessman who suffocated after being buried alive, walked free Thursday...

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Shards of broken glass cut firefighter’s face when shots fired in Ravenswood Manor

‘Look at my house,’ sobs woman who took cigarette break at the right time as house erupts into backdraft-style blaze that left at least 7 firefighters injured

Man, 19, charged after fatal shooting of 16-year-old boy in Woodlawn neighborhood, police say

‘It is bittersweet,’ says attorney for Nancy Rish, who walked free Thursday after winning appeal on life sentence for infamous 1987 killing

Man charged after theft of $1 million in high-end watches from Gold Coast car dealership

Storm that dumped up to 8 inches of snow in Chicago area ending; weekend looks cold and dry, forecasters say

3 men charged after shootout with cops on Lower Wacker Drive, police say

‘I lost my princess,’ says mother of 8-year-old Melissa Ortega as officials announce charges in child’s slaying

Acusan a sospechosos en relación con el tiroteo fatal de la niña Melissa Ortega, de 8 años

Hay detenidos tras tiroteo fatal de Melissa Ortega, de 8 años, aseguran fuentes