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Chicago police Superintendent Matt Rodriguez announces his retirement on Nov. 16, 1997.

Matt Rodriguez, Chicago’s first Latino police superintendent, dies at 87

August 30, 2023 at 9:07 p.m.

Matt Rodriguez, a high-performing student who quickly rose through the ranks of the Chicago Police Department before becoming the first Latino superintendent, has died. Chicago police announced Rodriguez's death at...

Autopsy: Woman found dead at Hegewisch industrial area died from assault

August 30, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.

A woman who was found dead in an industrial area in the Hegewisch neighborhood died as the result of a violent assault, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office....

Cook County jury awards $10.5 million to estate of man who died after a speeding chase

August 24, 2023 at 3:41 p.m.

A jury awarded $10.5 million to the family of a 61-year-old man who was killed in a collision during a police chase in April 2018 on the city's North Side....

A photo from a federal court filing by the U.S. attorney's office allegedly shows Robin Lee Reierson, a welder for Argonne National Laboratory, who is accused of participating in violence during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.

West suburban man accused of shoving, trying to disarm police during Jan. 6 Capitol breach

August 23, 2023 at 5:30 p.m.

A Schiller Park resident and longtime Argonne National Laboratory welder is accused of shoving Washington, D.C., police officers and trying to disarm one during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on...

Boy, 12, drowns in lake off Jarvis Beach in Rogers Park

August 21, 2023 at 2:05 p.m.

An autopsy performed Saturday confirmed the drowning of a 12-year-old boy who disappeared beneath the waves of Lake Michigan just offshore of a Rogers Park neighborhood beach. The boy entered...

Teen ordered held in DuPage County for high-speed pursuit that topped 132 mph

August 17, 2023 at 7:03 p.m.

A DuPage County judge on Thursday ordered a teenager from Maywood held in custody on felony charges related to a high-speed chase through the western suburbs that reached 132 miles...

Police: Mother slain, young son, two others shot in Auburn Gresham neighborhood

August 2, 2023 at 9:14 p.m.

A young mother was fatally shot as her 2-year-old son, his father and another man were caught in gunfire Wednesday afternoon in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side....

Chicago police, Cook County sheriff's deputies and Illinois State Police converge on the area near West 91st Street and South Princeton Avenue in Chicago after a police officer was shot and wounded in the 5600 block of South Shields Avenue on July 24, 2023.

COPA: Officer shot in hand in Englewood was wounded by fellow cop

July 27, 2023 at 6:45 p.m.

A Chicago police officer shot and wounded in the hand earlier this week was accidentally struck by another officer's gunfire, according to the agency that investigates police-related shootings. In an...

Cops: Boy, 13, grazed by bullet while riding bicycle near Jackson Park

July 22, 2023 at 8:48 p.m.

A teenage boy was grazed by a bullet from a passing vehicle Saturday afternoon as he rode his bicycle near Jackson Park on the city's South Side, according to Chicago...

Autopsy: Death of infant last week due to child abuse

March 12, 2024 at 12:01 p.m.

An autopsy Friday determined that a child who died last week was the victim of child abuse. Ra'Niya White, a 4-month-old from the Grand Crossing neighborhood, was pronounced dead on...

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