Chicago/ Community & Society
Published on January 07, 2020
Top Chicago news: 18 shot, 3 fatally, on weekend; teens admit to assaulting, robbing pregnant womanPhoto: iStock

Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in Chicago.

2 teens admit to stomping, robbing pregnant woman on train

Officers said the 15- and 16-year-old girls turned themselves in on Saturday. The teens admitted to attacking a 28-year-old woman after seeing themselves on surveillance footage, according to the Chicago Police Department.

Read the full story on ABC News.

Boy kidnapped in 1964 found through ancestry sites

A Michigan man recently identified as the newborn snatched from his mother in 1964 by someone posing as a maternity-ward nurse was found through commercial ancestry websites after the man or a child of his submitted DNA to the sites to learn more about their family tree.

Read the full story on Chron.com from the Houston Chronicle.

School employees caught living outside Chicago limits and lying about it face dismissal

The inspector general recommended dismissal for several teachers who for years lied about where they lived.

Read the full story on Chicago Tribune.

18 shot, 3 fatally in weekend violence

Eighteen people were shot, three fatally, across Chicago in the first weekend of the year. Gun violence the previous weekend left six people dead and 23 others wounded across the city.

Read the full story on ABC Chicago, WLS.


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