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Scooter rider fatally struck on South Side in latest death

April 24, 2026 at 8:50 p.m.

A scooter rider was fatally struck on the city's South Side Friday afternoon, police said.

CTA service resumes after train derailment near Rogers Park station

April 24, 2026 at 8:16 a.m.

Chicago Transit Authority service was up and running Friday morning after a Yellow Line train derailed on the city’s Far North Side during the evening rush hour Thursday.

Police tape remains tied to a tree in the 5700 block of North Washtenaw Avenue in Chicago on Dec. 10, 2025, following the fatal shooting of Roberto Calvario Jr. by a Chicago police officer the previous day. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Family of man killed during police struggle files federal lawsuit

April 22, 2026 at 7:56 p.m.

The family of a young man shot and killed by Chicago police during a struggle on the city’s Far North Side last December has filed a federal lawsuit against the...

Aerospace engineering professor Joseph Gonzalez, of Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, speaks to his students while holding parts of a rocket model during his Aerospace Systems Design I, Space Launch Vehicles class at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on April 16, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

This Little Village native helped Artemis II go around the moon. Now he wants to see the stars for himself.

April 22, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Little Village native Joseph Gonzalez played an integral role in Artemis II, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century that dawned a new age of space exploration...

People walk in the rain in the Uptown neighborhood as a storm system moves through on April 21, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Chicagoans can expect more April showers this week as river levels across the state remain high

April 21, 2026 at 4:42 p.m.

After days of whirlwind weather, Chicagoans can expect to see conditions mellow out this week — but April showers aren’t over quite yet.

Teen girls arrested after ‘battering’ sheriff’s police in Woodlawn: cops

April 15, 2026 at 8:25 p.m.

Two teenage girls attacked Cook County Sheriff’s Police as officers tried to break up a fight on the city’s South Side late Wednesday afternoon.

Police: Boy, 16, killed, girl wounded near South Side high school

April 15, 2026 at 8:55 p.m.

A teenage boy was killed and a second was wounded on Wednesday afternoon in a shooting near a South Side high school just three blocks away from the planned Obama...

The Deer family pose with Mayor Brandon Johnson in an undated photo. From left are, Kanaan Deer, Kaleb Deer, Barbara Deer, Trinity Deer and Mayor Brandon Johnson outside the Dennis Deer Community Justice Center. (Rev. Chris Griffin)

Wife and son of former Cook County commissioner found dead inside West Side home

April 15, 2026 at 11:50 a.m.

The widow and son of former Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer were found dead inside the family's home on the city’s West Side Tuesday night, police said.

Piping plovers, including one named Pippin, tussle in the sand at Montrose Beach in Chicago on April 13, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Pippin and Imani are the 1st piping plover sightings of the season at Chicago’s Montrose Beach

April 13, 2026 at 8:06 p.m.

Another year, another chance to relish in Chicago’s favorite feathered fanfare. That’s right, piping plover season is back at Montrose Beach.

Police investigating camera found in bathroom of Village Discount Outlet

April 10, 2026 at 5:38 p.m.

Police are investigating a camera found inside the bathroom of a Logan Square thrift store last weekend.

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