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A 32-year-old woman was grazed by a bullet but refused treatment after a car pulled up and opened fire on South Sangamon Street.
A Lake County judge cleared the courtroom for a rattled witness before a juror's medical emergency scrapped the trial entirely.
An officer and two suspects were hospitalized after a Weber Road arrest attempt turned into a cross-town chase into Plainfield.
Chicago police say the East Garfield Park block has seen repeated shootings, including one that wounded two officers in 2022.
The crash near Christus Victor Lutheran Church cut power to five homes and shut the road for 4.5 hours.
Two suspects fled on foot after one pulled a gun near East 55th and Cottage Grove. No one was hurt, UCPD says.
Police released photos of four suspects accused of kicking and punching a man before stealing his cane in broad daylight on South Constance Avenue.
A 16-year-old boy was shot while riding in a car on Hirsch Street around midnight. He is now listed in good condition at Stroger Hospital.
The wild cat has been loose for weeks after slipping away from its owner in Reddick. Officials want sighting texts, not selfies.
Kylah Allen, 11, was last seen Friday evening near Sherman and Glendale wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.
A southbound Stevenson Expressway crash near Wentworth Avenue killed one person and sent another to the hospital before dawn Saturday.
Charles McKenzie ran a city-backed Englewood nonprofit while allegedly grooming two girls over seven years, prosecutors say.
A pre-dawn Rockwell Street stakeout ended with a 25-year-old man in Cook County Jail, awaiting extradition to Georgia.
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