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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.
Daniel O'Neill allegedly chased two apartment workers with a machete before a hours-long standoff on North Charles Avenue.
Ladvim Memisovski, 47, avoided prison after recording 400-plus calls that helped bring down Cook County Assessor's Office colleagues.
A congressional letter says Roblox logged over 65,000 exploitation reports in 2025 alone as senators demand answers.
Simo “Sam” Krneta funneled bribes to ex-Mayor Jeff Tobolski for years — but a federal judge cited his health and reform in sparing him prison.
Beverly, Morgan Park and Washington Heights get nighttime insecticide trucks Thursday as positive mosquito pools climb past 165.
A Martin Luther King Drive search warrant turned up three guns and over 100 grams of cocaine, Cook County officials say.
A judge ruled Benjamin Morris poses too great a danger to release, even after his family offered to sell his house to fund bail conditions.
Michael Triplett faces four felony counts after shots fired near the Flame nightclub injured two people early August 8.
Trent Arbuckle, 56, once ran the control room at McLean County's jail. He's now locked up in a different county's facility.
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