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Top Chicago news: City seeks repayment for false report from Smollett

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Published on March 29, 2019
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Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in Chicago, from an attack on a 9-year-old to an overturned semi on the Dan Ryan Expressway.

Man, 21, fatally shot in Austin

A man was shot and killed Thursday evening in the West Side Austin neighborhood.

Read the full story on the Chicago Sun Times. 

Attack on 9-Year-Old Caught on Video; Man, 57, Charged

A Chicago-area mother says she doesn’t want to see any other family experience what hers did.

Read the full story on NBC Chicago. 

Semitrailer hits bridge, overturns on Dan Ryan

Traffic was temporarily backed up on the Dan Ryan Expressway Thursday morning after a semitrailer overturned and spilled its cargo after hitting the Jackson Boulevard Bridge.

Read the full story on the Chicago Sun Times. 

15-Year-Old Boy Shot and Killed on South Side

A teenage boy was shot to death Thursday morning in the South Shore neighborhood on the South Side, according to police.

Read the full story on NBC Chicago. 

City of Chicago sends letter to Jussie Smollett demanding repayment for false police report

The City of Chicago has sent Jussie Smollett a letter demanding immediate repayment of over $130,000 in overtime hours spent investigating “a police report in which you falsely claimed that two men had attacked you while yelling racial and homophobic slurs.”

Read the full story on WGN Radio.