Crime

Rogers Park Fire Leaves Resident Injured, Several Dogs Dead in Apartment Blaze

Rogers Park Fire Leaves Resident Injured, Several Dogs Dead in Apartment Blaze

ROGERS PARK, CHICAGO — A Monday evening fire tore through a residential building in Rogers Park, leaving multiple dogs dead and one person hospitalized, ...

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Edgewater Train Fatality Disrupts CTA Red and Purple Line Service During Morning Commute

Edgewater Train Fatality Disrupts CTA Red and Purple Line Service During Morning Commute

EDGEWATER, CHICAGO — Red and Purple Line CTA service was disrupted Tuesday morning after a man was fatally struck by a train at the ...

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Cook County Jury Awards $20.5M to Family of Girl Who Died From Morphine Overdose

Cook County Jury Awards $20.5M to Family of Girl Who Died From Morphine Overdose

CHICAGO — A Cook County jury has awarded $20.5 million to the family of 11-year-old Ava Wilson, who died in her sleep in 2020 ...

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Chicago Man Charged After $400K in Stolen Fitness Equipment Recovered by Sheriff's Task Force

Chicago Man Charged After $400K in Stolen Fitness Equipment Recovered by Sheriff’s Task Force

CHICAGO — A 57-year-old man from Chicago is facing felony charges after authorities say they recovered nearly $400,000 worth of stolen fitness equipment and ...

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CCL Holder Fatally Shoots Attempted Armed Robber in Humboldt Park

CCL Holder Fatally Shoots Attempted Armed Robber in Humboldt Park

CHICAGO — A 36-year-old man with a concealed carry license fatally shot a robbery suspect who allegedly tried to hold him up at gunpoint ...

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Repeat Offender Charged After Armed Carjacking of Security Guard Near Wicker Park

Repeat Offender Charged After Armed Carjacking of Security Guard Near Wicker Park

CHICAGO — A 20-year-old man with a record of violent carjackings and robberies has been charged again — this time for allegedly targeting an ...

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Auburn Gresham Shooting Turns Into 7-Hour SWAT Standoff — But Suspect Escapes

Auburn Gresham Shooting Turns Into 7-Hour SWAT Standoff — But Suspect Escapes

CHICAGO — An attempted car sale on Chicago’s South Side took a deadly turn early Wednesday, leading to a seven-hour SWAT standoff in the ...

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Skyline Viewing Turns Dangerous: 3 Adults, 2 Juveniles Charged in Logan Square Robbery of Suburban Visitors

Skyline Viewing Turns Dangerous: 3 Adults, 2 Juveniles Charged in Logan Square Robbery of Suburban Visitors

CHICAGO — A group of suburban young men enjoying a view of the Chicago skyline from a Logan Square rooftop were violently robbed Monday ...

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Armed Robbers Target Construction Workers in Portage Park and West Side, CPD Warns

Armed Robbers Target Construction Workers in Portage Park and West Side, CPD Warns

CHICAGO — A series of armed robberies targeting construction workers and contractors has police on high alert across Chicago’s Northwest and West Sides, including ...

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Woman Ejected, Multiple Injured in Peoria Rollover Crash at Glen Oak Intersection

Woman Ejected, Multiple Injured in Peoria Rollover Crash at Glen Oak Intersection

PEORIA — A violent rollover crash at the intersection of Spalding and Glen Oak Avenue in Peoria sent multiple people to the hospital early ...

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