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An 18-year-old fled a traffic stop the wrong way down West 11th Street before hitting a South Shore rail guardrail, police say.
Natiera Manor allegedly retrieved a knife from home and returned to stab a woman who intervened in a parking lot fight, leaving her hospitalized in the ICU.
A 39-year-old rider was hospitalized after a late-night stabbing at the South Loop Green Line stop, the third violent attack there in recent years.
Ogden Avenue shut down between Wenonah and Wisconsin as investigators worked the fatal scene. Police say the semi's role in the crash remains unclear.
A Kane County jury convicted Quinton Hawkins after a 7-year-old testified he threatened to kill her if she told anyone.
Three of five crash victims were rushed to South Side hospitals in serious-to-critical shape after the early Wednesday wreck near 75th and Cottage Grove.
Real Estate & Development in ...
The 1901 Beaux-Arts facades on Pine Grove Avenue are almost done, but the church's dome and interior are gone for good.
Two of three planned three-flats on West Lexington Street just got the green light, part of a mid-August permit surge across the neighborhood.
Vandy Projects wants to turn the long-vacant church at Spaulding and Pierce into rentals, with six units set aside as affordable.
Science, Tech & Medicine in ...
The new law could cut Illinois autism evaluation waits from two years to about one month for toddlers in early intervention.
A passenger fired from a passing sedan on South Central Avenue, leaving a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old fighting for their lives.
The boy was hit in the leg on South Emerald Avenue, a block with a violent recent history.
A judge ordered Don Williams Jr. detained after a juvenile and four others were found in his car during a wild I-290 chase.
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