Stephanie Casanova

A police sergeant walks through the lobby of a residential tower on July 19, 2022, in Chicago. A 3-year-old boy fell out of a window from the 18th floor of an apartment in the tower around 7 p.m. and was transported to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to police.

Boy falls to his death from 18th-floor window in Uptown, officials say

July 20, 2022 at 5:09 p.m.

A 3-year-old boy fell to his death from an 18th-story window Tuesday evening in Uptown officials said. He was identified as 3-year-old Chaise Binion who died of multiple blunt force...

Body of missing woman found in Lake County pond near Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital

July 19, 2022 at 6:13 p.m.

A woman's body was found in a pond near a Barrington-area hospital hours after she left the hospital mid-treatment and was reported missing, officials said. Around 7:15 p.m. Monday, Lake...

CTA staffer may have been electrocuted by third rail: Chicago police

July 16, 2022 at 8:38 p.m.

A CTA employee was found dead on the tracks early Saturday morning in the Loop neighborhood. Shortly before 1:50 a.m., the still-unidentified man's body was discovered on the tracks in...

A memorial on July 7, 2022, in Warren Park at the scene where Anthony Mendoza, a 15-year-old former student at Dever Elementary, was shot and killed Tuesday in the West Ridge neighborhood.

15-year-old boy killed in West Ridge shooting at Warren Park

July 7, 2022 at 7:27 p.m.

A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot while hanging out with friends at Warren Park on the North Side Tuesday, Chicago police said. Just before 2 p.m., Anthony Mendoza was with...

Stacey Portugal walks through the memorial for victims of the Highland Park Independence Day parade mass shooting with her son, Jacob Portugal, who lives in California, on Aug. 15, 2022.

‘Love will prevail’ and ‘Highwood strong,’ say neighbors during vigil for Highland Park rampage victims

July 6, 2022 at 11:42 p.m.

What's usually an upbeat Wednesday Evening Market in Highwood was converted into a candlelight vigil as the city showed its support for those affected by Monday's mass shooting during the...

Flowers are left at the Central Avenue crime scene on July 5, 2022, the day after a mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade.

‘It has just shattered our communities and shaken all of us,’ says official at church that Highland Park shooting suspect sometimes attended

July 6, 2022 at 4:39 p.m.

Members of the Highland Park community came together to grieve Tuesday after seven people were killed and more than two dozen others injured in a mass shooting during the town's...

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Boy falls to his death from 18th-floor window in Uptown, officials say

Body of missing woman found in Lake County pond near Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital

CTA staffer may have been electrocuted by third rail: Chicago police

15-year-old boy killed in West Ridge shooting at Warren Park

‘Love will prevail’ and ‘Highwood strong,’ say neighbors during vigil for Highland Park rampage victims

‘It has just shattered our communities and shaken all of us,’ says official at church that Highland Park shooting suspect sometimes attended

Man charged with attempted murder in connection to officer shot Friday

Four injured in West Garfield Park shooting

Community mourns brothers who died in West Humboldt Park house fire: ‘They were happy, beautiful little kids’

Pro-choice rallies continue in Chicago a day after Roe v. Wade is overturned