Niña de 8 años muere de un disparo en la cabeza en La Villita
Una niña de 8 años murió el sábado por la tarde después de recibir un disparo en la cabeza, en el vecindario de La Villita, en Chicago, dijo la policía....
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8-year-old girl dies after being shot in the head in Little Village, police say
An 8-year-old girl died Saturday after she was shot in the head in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago in the afternoon, police said. A 26-year-old man was also shot...
Off-duty Chicago cop was allegedly intoxicated when he shot 3 men in Blue Island bowling alley’s lounge, prosecutors say
A Chicago police officer was drunk at the Burr Oak Bowling Alley in Blue Island on Tuesday when a brawl led to him shooting one man before the same bullet...
80-year-old man charged with arson in Arlington Heights apartment fire
An 80-year-old man was charged with aggravated arson on Tuesday after an apartment complex was set on fire late last week displacing several residents, officials said. Paul C. Strusiner, 80,...
Community leaders, new coordination center work toward addressing root causes of Chicago violence
Avanii Hazzard of Teamwork Englewood stood before dozens of leaders at a meeting in the neighborhood and implored them to dig deeper when they were discussing what the community needs...
Two new book shops — Da Book Joint, Rose Cafe — bring diverse options to folks on Chicago’s South Side
When Iesha Malone was young, she turned to books to escape reality. Malone grew up in Roseland, where she said her family sometimes struggled financially. Reading was her entertainment and...
Two men — one a Chicago firefighter — are being remembered fondly after perishing from a fire on Chicago’s Northwest Side
A little more than a year into working his dream job as a Chicago firefighter, the one he'd spent seven years waiting to be called up for, 30-year-old Mashawn Plummer...
2-year-old boy dead after house fire in West Pullman
A 2-year-old boy died Tuesday after the house he was in caught fire in the West Pullman neighborhood, a Chicago Fire Department spokesman said. Ace Jackson, 2, was pronounced dead...
Chicago firefighter dies days after being injured battling ‘wind-whipped … intense’ fire in Belmont Central neighborhood
A Chicago firefighter died Tuesday, days after suffering injuries while battling an apartment building fire, officials said. Mashawn Plummer, 30, was injured early Thursday morning in the Belmont Central neighborhood,...
U. of I.’s Urbana-Champaign and Chicago campuses to start next semester remotely. Students will need negative COVID tests before returning to classroom.
Two University of Illinois campuses will start the spring semester with remote learning and all three campuses will require a negative COVID-19 test before students, faculty and staff return to...