CHICAGO (AP) — Laquan McDonald‘s life seemed to be headed nowhere. A ward of the state who had been shuffled between relatives’ homes and foster care, he was 17 when, high on the hallucinogenic drug PCP, he wandered down the street slashing tires with a knife. This week marks the one-year anniversary of the release […]
Kamel Harris, 41, was arrested on Monday for murder charges related to Kyrian Knox’s killing.
CHICAGO (AP) — Chance the Rapper has led hundreds of people from a concert he headlined through Chicago’s business district and to an early voting site. Chance and other entertainers performed Monday afternoon at Petrillo Music Shell in Grant Park. The event sponsored by his nonprofit group Social Works was geared toward millennial voters, who […]
Joshua Beal's family says an off-duty officer with road rage fatally shot their loved-one, who was only trying to protect his teenage cousin after the officer threw her to the ground and pointed a gun in her face.
NEW YORK (AP) — “America’s Got Talent” judge Melanie Brown will soon remind Broadway audiences what kind of talent she’s got when she joins the musical “Chicago ,” playing jailed killer Roxie Hart. Brown, also known as Scary Spice during her time with the 1990s pop group the Spice Girls, starts Dec. 28 at the […]
This weekend was the deadliest so far this year in Chicago. Between Friday afternoon and early Monday morning, nearly a dozen and a half people died, and 42 were injured by gun violence, outpacing last year in shootings and homicides. Of the 17 people who were killed, seven were younger than 20.
Willie Bell, a 44-year-old Chicago man, is accused of murdering his romantic rival, Timothy Lawrence, 48, by dressing as a meter reader to gain access to his home.
Angela Ferguson, 58, of Chicago, used a crowbar to fend off an attempted rapist.
UPDATE: AP reports that the strike is averted for now and there will be classes on Tuesday. CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago teachers and officials in the nation’s third-largest school district reached a tentative agreement late Monday to avert a strike that would have affected about 400,000 students. The Chicago Teachers Union said its members […]
A mother was fatally shot in Chicago. Authorities said she was caught in the crossfire while standing outside with her 1-year-old daughter.
CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel appealed to Chicago residents for help fighting the troubling rise in city violence, announcing youth mentoring efforts, policing strategies and gun legislation as his plan to fight and prevent crime. He used the invitation-only speech Thursday to cap off announcements in recent days that the city will add nearly […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Police Department plans to add 970 new positions over the next two years as it struggles to deal with a violent year full of killings and gun crimes. Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Wednesday that the number includes 516 new officers, 92 field training officers, 200 detectives, 112 sergeants […]
