Crime and Public Safety – Page 35

Man found shot in hallway of Garfield Park building overnight dies from wounds

By Deanese Williams-Harris

October 10, 2026 at 9:54 a.m.

A 26 -year-old found shot multiple times lying in a hallway of a Garfield Park...

The Valparaiso Police Department. (Philip Potempa/for Post-Tribune)

Police: One dead after overnight shooting in Valparaiso, two in custody

By Post-Tribune

October 10, 2026 at 8:33 a.m.

One person is dead and two people are in custody after a fatal shooting and...

Feds warn of laser pointers after Hermosa man accused of pointing one at CPD helicopter

By Tess Kenny

October 9, 2026 at 4:55 p.m.

Federal and local authorities are cautioning the public to keep laser pointers out of the...

Gary teen charged after allegedly shooting at gas station attendant: records

By Meredith Colias-Pete

August 25, 2026 at 3:49 p.m.

A Gary teen is facing an attempted murder charge after he allegedly shot at a...

Loretto Hospital President George Miller speaks during a news conference at the hospital on March 12, 2021, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Ex-Loretto Hospital CEO gets diversion deal amid US attorney’s office scandal: ‘You got lucky here’

By Jason Meisner

August 25, 2026 at 5:58 p.m.

In the latest consequences of a grand jury scandal at the U.S. attorney's office, the...

Man fatally wounded in gas station robbery in Brighton Park

By Deanese Williams-Harris

August 25, 2026 at 8:03 a.m.

A 36-year-old man was fatally wounded during a robbery overnight at a gas station on...

In this screen grab from live stream video, Kyle Rittenhouse appears via video during a hearing at the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court in Waukegan, Ill., on Sept. 25, 2020, in his case. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wis., is fighting his return to Wisconsin to face homicide charges that could put him in prison for life. (Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court via AP)

Today in History: Kyle Rittenhouse taken into custody

By Associated Press

August 25, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Aug. 25, 2020, two people were shot to death and a third was wounded as...

Triton College board of trustees Chairman Mark Stephens in 2026. (Triton College)

Brother of Rosemont mayor, the chairman of Triton College, arrested on felony drug charge

By Finnegan Belleau

August 25, 2026 at 12:32 p.m.

Also the son of former former Donald E. Stephens, Mark Stephens has served as chairman...

The artist sketch depicts Assistant U.S. Attorney Erik Kenerson, front left, watching as Whitney Minter, a public defender from the eastern division of Virginia, stands to represent Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi, accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, in federal court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022.

Judge postpones US trial for Libyan man charged in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103

By Michael Kunzelman

August 24, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

A federal judge on Monday postponed a trial in the U.S. for a former Libyan...

A breakwall absorbs crashing waves from Lake Michigan near Garden Park, in the 500 block of Sheridan Square, on March 19, 2022, in Evanston.

Evanston responders rescue swimmer trapped against breakwall in Lake Michigan; two injured

By Claire Murphy

August 24, 2026 at 4:54 p.m.

Two first responders got minor injuries during water rescue of swimmer trapped by currents near...

The lights remain on Monday morning at Karmic Sunshine, a gift shop in unincorporated Lowell where police say a man shot and killed his girlfriend, shot her daughter in the arm, then turned the gun on himself. The daughter, who was taken to a Chicago hospital, remains in stable condition. (Michelle L Quinn/Post-Tribune)

Business owner details lockdown during Saturday’s suspected murder-suicide

By Michelle L. Quinn

August 24, 2026 at 3:59 p.m.

A typical night of entertainment at an all-ages country music club in unincorporated Lowell turned...

Portage man on trial for allegedly driving drunk against Lake Station July 4th parade

By Meredith Colias-Pete

August 24, 2026 at 3:56 p.m.

A Portage man is on trial this week after allegedly driving drunk the wrong way...

A protester and a federal agent face off in the McKinley Park neighborhood on Aug. 24, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Crowd in McKinley Park protests ICE after agents crash into truck and detain driver on I-55 ramp

By Evgenia Anastasakos

August 24, 2026 at 5:30 p.m.

Protesters gathered in the McKinley Park neighborhood after immigration agents Monday crashed into a pickup...