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Petty Officer 1st Class James Strempel, lower left, checks the cabin of a boat belonging to Chicagoan Jonathan Gunn, right, during a safety inspection on July 18, 2015, in the "Playpen," a designated anchoring spot and popular party spot on the lake.

Man pulled from Lake Michigan’s ‘Playpen’ Saturday afternoon identified: officials

August 21, 2022 at 1:48 p.m.

A recreational boater in the Playpen spotted a man's body floating in Lake Michigan as the Chicago Air and Water Show wrapped up Saturday, Chicago police said. Spencer Williams, 29,...

Five shot, one fatally, in Homan Square drive-by, officials say

August 19, 2022 at 9:11 p.m.

Five men were shot, one fatally, in the Homan Square neighborhood on Friday evening, officials said. The men were standing outside a home in the 3300 block of West Flournoy...

2 people dead, 3rd in critical condition following possible overdoses in Lakeview alley

August 19, 2022 at 12:15 p.m.

Two people were found dead in a Lakeview alley Thursday morning and a third was taken to a hospital in critical condition, according to first responders. Police officers responded to...

People relax on their boats in the "Playpen" area between Ohio St. Beach and Oak St. Beach on Lake Michigan in Chicago on Aug. 10, 2019.

1 critical, 1 missing after falling from boat in second accident in less than week in Lake Michigan’s ‘Playpen,’ officials say

August 18, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.

In the second serious boating accident in Lake Michigan's "Playpen" in less than a week, one person was left in critical condition after falling off a boat and search units...

Officers work the scene where a 16-year-old and three 15-year-old boy's were shot while sitting on a porch on the 7300 block of South Union Avenue Aug. 17, 2022 in Chicago.

4 teen boys shot on South Side porch

August 17, 2022 at 9:14 p.m.

A 16-year-old and three 15-year-old boys were shot and injured while on the front porch of a home in the Englewood neighborhood, police said. About 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, police responded...

Officials: 2 women pulled from Lake Michigan after boating accident in ‘Playpen’

August 14, 2022 at 9:52 a.m.

Two women are in critical condition after a boating accident in the Lake Michigan 'Playpen' north of Navy Pier, officials said. About 5 p.m. paramedics responded to 800 North Jean...

Deon Willis, left, comforts Clarissa Glenn as they listen to their attorneys talk at a news conference at the law office of Loevy & Loevy in Chicago on Aug. 12, 2022.

‘No one would believe us’: Alleged victims speak out after newly released report details recommendation to fire sergeant who worked with convicted ex-cop Ronald Watts

August 13, 2022 at 12:33 a.m.

Police oversight investigators recommended last year that a Chicago police officer who worked under former Sgt. Ronald Watts — who went to prison for corruption — should be fired for...

Officer shoots armed man on Near West Side, Chicago police say

August 12, 2022 at 7:17 p.m.

A Chicago police officer shot a man Friday afternoon after officers stopped a car on the Near West Side, officials said. About 3:15 p.m. police conducted an "investigatory stop" on...

The 6300 block of North Cicero Avenue on Aug. 11, 2022, near where a 5-year-old boy was killed in a hit-and-run Wednesday night in Chicago.

Boy, 5, slips out front door, runs into street and is fatally struck by 2 vehicles in Far North Side hit-and-run, police say

August 11, 2022 at 7:41 p.m.

A 5-year-old boy who died Wednesday night after being struck by two vehicles in the Edgebrook neighborhood on Chicago's Far North Side, one of which fled after hitting the boy,...

Woodridge man, 29, arrested in Englewood with several loaded guns, ‘incoherent rants’ about mass shootings, officials say

August 6, 2022 at 7:46 p.m.

A suburban Woodridge man was arrested in the South Side's Englewood neighborhood earlier this week after police found several loaded weapons and notes with ramblings about mass shootings in a...

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