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Officers work the scene where a 8-year-old boy was killed and a 5-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting inside a home on the 1400 block of East 71st Place, March 20, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Father accused of leaving loaded gun unattended before sons, 5 and 8, were shot

March 22, 2025 at 5:44 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Saturday ordered a South Shore father detained after authorities said he left a loaded handgun unattended where his sons played with it and were shot....

A fire heavily damaged an apartment building in the 2700 block of West Granville Avenue in Chicago on Feb. 14, 2025. A young boy was killed in the fire and three others were injured, including the boy's mother and two firefighters. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Unattended cooking started large blaze that killed 6-year-old West Ridge boy, fire officials say

March 11, 2025 at 4:23 p.m.

Chicago Fire Department investigators say that unattended cooking caused the extra-alarm fire in the West Ridge neighborhood last month that killed a 6-year-old boy and injured his mother along with...

State police: Crete man sent threatening email to Gov. JB Pritzker

February 26, 2025 at 7:53 p.m.

A Crete man is facing felony charges for allegedly sending a threatening email to Gov. JB Pritzker last month, according to Illinois State Police. The email containing "a message of...

Man disarms guard, fires shot in Little Italy, triggers SWAT response: police

February 22, 2025 at 3:11 p.m.

Charges were pending Saturday against a young man after he disarmed a security guard and fired a shot near Fosco Park in the city's Little Italy neighborhood, according to Chicago...

Boy killed, woman and two firefighters hurt in West Ridge apartment fire

February 14, 2025 at 6:04 p.m.

According to Chicago Fire Department officials, fire crews were called to the blaze in the multi-story brick apartment building in the 2700 block of West Granville Avenue just after 11...

Chicago police investigate after two Innovations High School students were fatally shot on Wabash Avenue between Madison and Washington streets on Jan. 26, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Second man charged in deadly 2024 ambush of two high school students in Loop

February 4, 2025 at 5:24 p.m.

James Allison, 20, faces two counts of first-degree murder and one of attempted murder related to the Jan. 24, 2024, fatal double shooting.

O’Hare tug driver critically hurt after aircraft wing flipped his vehicle: police

February 1, 2025 at 8:59 p.m.

A 64-year-old driver of an O'Hare airport tug truck was critically injured Saturday evening after his vehicle collided with an aircraft as it tried crossing a runway, according to Chicago...

Heavy rains moving into area could raise river levels: weather service

January 30, 2025 at 5:51 p.m.

Heavy rainfall expected to move into the Chicago area Friday could raise area river levels, prompting a warning to conserve water from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago....

Closed signs are posted at the entrance to the McCormick Bird House at Lincoln Park Zoo following an April 2022 avian flu outbreak. On Wednesday, zoo officials confirmed that a young Chilean flamingo named Teal and a 7-year-old harbor seal named Slater died of avian flu. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Lincoln Park Zoo says harbor seal and Chilean flamingo died of avian flu

January 15, 2025 at 8:59 p.m.

Officials at Lincoln Park Zoo confirmed Wednesday that a harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo each died of highly pathogenic avian flu earlier this month. In a statement, zoo officials...

Career scammer sentenced to 14 years for hotel sex assault, identity theft

December 18, 2024 at 6:27 p.m.

A South Side man with a long criminal record as a conman, thief and scammer was sentenced to 14 years in prison in connection to two very different felony cases.

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