CBS Chicago reports: A 39-year-old woman, a 6-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy were injured in a hit-and-run accident in the intersection of 63rd Street and King Drive on Chicago’s South Side this afternoon. Get the full story: chicago.cbslocal.com .
A 19-year-old man was fatally shot Saturday in the Far South Side Roseland neighborhood, officials said. David Rodger Jr
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) April 16, 2008 Illinois real estate isn’t selling like it used to and that means sellers and their agents are being more proactive. According to RE/MAX real estate agents around Chicago, a slower economy means more open houses than ever in Illinois. “To see what we mean, just [...]
UPDATE: Late Saturday police said Nyiah had been located safely by her family. No other details were released. A 13-year-old girl disappeared from a South Side neighborhood Friday and Chicago police need the public’s help in finding her. Nyiah Cook was last seen in the area of the 1700 block of West 81st Street in the [...]
A crowd several blocks long is lining up waiting to get into a Democratic rally featuring President Barack Obama in his first public appearance in Chicago since his 2008 election-night victory event in Grant Park . The president is on Air Force One headed to Chicago from Connecticut, criss-crossing the country in an effort to energize core Democrats and remind voters that his agenda relies on the party’s ability to retain control of Congress. More in Clout Street
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A second gunman has been charged in the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old girl in the Roseland neighborhood in August, according to police. Marcus Cocroft, 16, of the 10900 block of South Wentworth Avenue, was charged as an adult for the first-degree murder of Tanaja Stokes, police said this morning. Cocroft was arrested Friday in Winnebago County and charges were filed at 11:15 p.m
Firefighters were on the scene of a second fire in South Austin early this morning that displaced 12 people and sent at least two others to the hospital, officials said.About 12:30 a.m., firefighters responded to a three-story apartment building at 32 N. Mason Ave., according to Fire Media spokesman Quention Curtis. The fire was elevated [...]
A firefighter was seriously injured late Friday while fighting a fire in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side, officials said. At 11:45 p.m., a fire broke out in a vacant building near the intersection of West Ferdinand Street and North Leamington Avenue, according to Fire Media spokesman Quention Curtis. The fire transferred to [...]
Police in Palos Hills say an Oak Forest man has confessed to more than 75 burglaries throughout the southwestern suburbs. Officers told the SouthtownStar on Friday that 24-year-old Jeremy Ochoa was arrested Oct
Dignitaries from first lady Michelle Obama to Mayor Richard M. Daley were among more than 3,000 people who attended funeral services Friday for Bishop Arthur Brazier, a longtime civil rights activist and minister who devoted much of his life to transforming the Woodlawn community
Meghan Harte Chicago, IL (PRWEB) March 27, 2009 Today the Illinois Medical District (IMD), the nation’s largest urban healthcare, educational, research and technology district, announced Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley’s appointment of Meghan Harte to its Commission. Harte comes to the IMD with a strong background in public service. Harte [...]
Thousands of Illinois schools are like mediocre students: Most of their pupils are passing — but not distinguishing themselves — on state achievement exams. Illinois Standards Achievement Test results set to be released Friday reveal that pushing students to think and perform at higher levels has been elusive for the vast majority of public schools, [...]
The Daily Herald reports: Juan Bueno, 39, of Gurnee was sentenced to 22 years in prison Thursday for committing a 2009 residential burglary in Addison . He has a record of multiple arrests for burglaries since the 1980s.
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WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama and White House advisor Valerie Jarrett will travel Friday to Chicago for the funeral of Bishop Arthur M. Brazier, a White House official said.
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A male was critically wounded and three other people were injured when the car they were in crashed into a pole and flipped on the West Side early this morning, police said. About 12:45 a.m., a Ford Crown Victoria was traveling west on West Jackson Blvd
The Daily Herald reports: Prospect Heights Police Chief Bruce Morris resigned suddenly Wednesday, just days after the suburb’s city council held a meeting to consider police layoffs. Get the full story: dailyherald.com Chicago Breaking News
Chicago fire fighters are on the scene of a fire in a garage in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood, officials said. Fire fighters were called to the fire on the 4300 block of West Division Street at 2:10 p.m., said Richard Rosado, a spokesman for the department.
