A 30-year-old woman was found strangled Wednesday in an abandoned far South Side building, according to an autopsy performed today. The death of the victim, identified as Siobhan Hampton, was also ruled a homicide, said the Cook County medical examiner’s office, citing the autopsy results.
Emily Koulis is awarded a silver medal for the Spirit of Community Award by Prudential representative Lori Linkimer during an assembly at Minooka Junior High on Friday.
The Homewood firefighter killed in an extra-alarm house fire Tuesday night had been on the job less than two months, his father said this morning.
Backtalk has already amassed more than $170000 in graded earnings, which is likely already enough to secure him a slot in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) starting gate.
A man in his 20s was shot and seriously wounded Monday night in the Riverdale neighborhood on Chicago ‘s Far South Side , police said.
WASHINGTON–Vice President Joe Biden will deliver a keynote speech Wednesday at a brunch in Peoria hosted by an anti-violence group. Biden will speak at the Peoria Civic Center, 201 S.W
Crime Stoppers of Grundy County is seeking information on two burglaries in Minooka.
WBBM-AM reports: Bond was set at $275,000 today for Quiny Miller, 46, who’s charged with stealing bleacher seats from Orr Academy High School’s athletic field on Chicago ‘s West Side . Get the full story: wbbm780.com .
Authorities have reopened the inbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive after a minor traffic accident temporarily blocked traffic. The collision in the 1500 block of North Lake Shore Drive on the city’s Gold Coast brought both a fire truck and ambulance, which blocked southbound traffic for less than a half hour while emergency crews assessed the scene, officials said
Charges of obstructing police and driving with a suspended license were dismissed against Roger King, 37, Joliet .
The National Weather Service has issued a gale warning for southern Lake Michigan this afternoon and evening, with predictions of high winds and high waves to go along with cool temperatures on a rainy, overcast day. The agency’s warning is in effect from 4 p.m.
An 86-year-old motorist was ticketed Friday for his involvement in an accident that killed a teenage bicyclist from Chicago and injured two schoolmates riding with her, according to the Illinois State Police. John Hillyard, of downstate Enfield, was ticketed for improper lane usage in the Wednesday crash that killed 17-year-old Faith Dremmer and injured two of her friends, Julia Baird and Kaia Tammen, both 18
Democratic leaders are meeting in Springfield today to select a running mate for Gov. Pat Quinn. More than half-a-dozen finalists get to make their case before the votes are cast by the 38-member Democratic State Central Committee
The Cook County sheriff’s office is asking for the public’s help in finding a teenage girl who went missing Thursday from her home in an unincorporated area near southwest suburban Bridgeview.
An off-duty Chicago police officer shot someone breaking into his South Side home, a police source said.
MINOOKA POLICE arrested four people following a traffic stop at Ridge and Midpoint roads about 2 a.m. Wednesday, March 16.
Two men were critically wounded Thursday night in a shooting in the city’s Lawndale neighborhood, authorities said. Details were sketchy on the shooting in the 1900 block of South Sawyer Avenue at about 9:55 p.m., Chicago police said. Both men were rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, a fire department spokesman said.
The Daily Herald reports : Charles Knight, 47, of Chicago was sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday for wounding two people during a botched Dec.
A VIP list maintained by Chicago Public Schools included admissions requests by Patrick Daley Thompson, Mayor Richard Daley’s nephew, on behalf of a longtime supporter of the family’s political organization, the Tribune has confirmed. At least two other attorneys from Thompson’s powerful law firm also lobbied to get students into the city’s best schools
The family of a missing Park Forest woman was awaiting word on whether a body found Tuesday in south suburban Thornton was their loved one. The decomposed body of an unidentified female was discovered in a field in the 300 block of Armory Drive, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. A spokesman said the identity hadn’t been verified and an autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday morning
