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A pre-dawn Rockwell Street stakeout ended with a 25-year-old man in Cook County Jail, awaiting extradition to Georgia.
Suspects broke display cases and stole cash and jewelry across three Chicago neighborhoods since July. One store on South Cicero was hit twice.
A judge in Markham found Brian Harris and Jahlil Robinson posed a danger to the victim and the community after a 100 mph chase.
A 1994 California sex conviction and a Verizon cloud tip led to Robert Reese's arrest at his Hartford Avenue home.
Elease Tolar, 69, died after a multi-vehicle wreck on I-57 near Ludlow. State police are still piecing together how it happened.
Police say a 1:32 a.m. call on North Franklin Street led them to a second scene on Swisher Avenue, where a search warrant turned up more evidence.
An outbound morning train struck and killed a pedestrian near Forest Glen station, snarling Northwest Side service for two hours.
Armando Viveros Cortes, 35, was heading home from work when at least 27 shots rang out. His co-workers drove to police for help.
A blown tire forced buses onto the O'Hare tarmac as United Flight 455 aborted its climb to Phoenix, snarling flights airport-wide.
Police found the wounded man shot in the chest near 600 North Spaulding Avenue Thursday afternoon. No one is in custody.
DNA and a modified Glock finally tied Alexander Hoegner to Joseph Kalamaris's death — more than a year after his body turned up in a parked SUV.
Jurors took just 25 minutes to convict Gregory Hamilton in the deadly 2025 robbery setup near 43rd and Good Hope.
A 21-year-old faces a mandatory 21-year minimum if convicted, while his teen co-defendant stays shielded in juvenile court.
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