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Teen killed after gang dispute at Rogers Park gas station: Prosecutors

May 22, 2019 at 11:58 p.m.

An exchange of words and gang signs outside a Far North Side gas station led to the killing of a 17-year-old boy earlier this month, according to prosecutors. Gervase Pruett,...

Man pistol-whipped ex-girlfriend, shot her boyfriend and pointed gun at cops: Prosecutors

May 22, 2019 at 11:58 p.m.

A South Shore man broke into his ex-girlfriend's home, pistol-whipped her and shot her new boyfriend, leaving the couple's infant covered in blood, then was fired on by police after...

Blues musician Buddy Guy sings at Buddy Guy's Legends on Sept. 18, 2017, during a fundraiser to support PCa Blue and raise awareness of prostate cancer.

Buddy Guy enlists blues artists, families to help promote prostate cancer awareness

May 22, 2019 at 11:57 p.m.

Like many men, respected guitarist and vocalist Phil Guy kept his health struggles a secret from his family, relatives said. In his final days, he appeared fatigued and sluggish but...

Feds: Chicago gang members killed six in conspiracy to control drug trade

May 22, 2019 at 11:57 p.m.

For two decades, members of the Four Corner Hustlers gang dealt drugs, robbed competitors and killed rival gang members in a sophisticated yet brutal criminal enterprise on the city's West...

Eugene Jones, 18, has been charged with murder and robbery in the death Sept. 17, 2017, in Indianapolis of Deante Williams, 18. Jones is the son of Chicago Housing Authority CEO Eugene Jones Jr.

CHA chief’s son charged with murder in Indianapolis

May 22, 2019 at 11:57 p.m.

The son of the Chicago Housing Authority CEO was charged Wednesday in a homicide in Indianapolis, according to authorities. Eugene Jones, 18, has been charged with murder and robbery in...

Chief judge names acting public guardian for Cook County

June 2, 2018 at 8:25 a.m.

A longtime attorney with the Cook County public guardian's office will take over as acting public guardian, Chief Judge Timothy Evans announced Wednesday. Charles Golbert has been an attorney for...

No body found after report of Metra train hitting pedestrian on West Side

May 22, 2019 at 11:57 p.m.

Authorities were unable to find a body when Metra Milwaukee District-West Line trains were stopped Tuesday afternoon after a train was thought to have hit a pedestrian on the West...

Chicago marks 500th homicide of the year: ‘It’s never over’

May 22, 2019 at 11:56 p.m.

Bullet holes pocked the driver side of the Toyota Corolla. The side windows were shattered and the windshield was streaked with blood. A pile of bloody clothes lay about 20...

An evidence marker is placed next to a bullet casing at a crime scene in the 2300 block of South Blue Island Avenue on Sept. 16, 2017.

Neighbors shot to death in attacks hours apart and miles from each other

May 22, 2019 at 11:56 p.m.

A woman was shot to death near her Southwest Side home Sunday night, hours after a man who lives on the same block was gunned down nearly nine miles away...

A cyclist rides past a homeless encampment on Wilson Avenue on Sept. 18, 2017, in the Uptown neighborhood.

Uptown tent city homeless move west of viaduct as city plans renovations

May 22, 2019 at 11:56 p.m.

As joggers and families walked through the Uptown neighborhood on a sunny Sunday morning, Carol Aldape sat in an electric wheelchair and sorted through a storage bin of her belongings...

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