CHICAGO — Three men have been charged following an armed carjacking Friday on the Southwest Side. At around 8:10 p.m., Occia Johnson, 21, Emanuel Cash, 21 and Marvin Barber, 20, were arrested in the 200 block of North Latrobe Avenue. Read more...
At least 15 people were shot, two of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago. ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times reports that the two fatalities occurred Friday just after 2:00 p.m. in a residence “in the 9500-block of South Bennett Avenue.” Read more...
Massive protests took place across the country Friday night following the release of the Tyre Nichols bodycam footage. One demonstrator was spotting hurling a firework at an LAPD cruiser during a huge march in the city. Read more...
HARVEY, Ill. — The food service director for an impoverished south suburban school district is accused of stealing $1.5M worth of food – mainly chicken wings – according to court documents reviewed by WGN Investigates. Vera Liddell, 66, worked for Harvey School District 152 for more than a decade, according to a LinkedIn account associated [...]
OAK FOREST, Ill. — A 17-year-old boy is dead after he was shot Saturday afternoon in Oak Forest, according to police. The shooting was reported around 1:20 p.m. in the 15500 block of Cicero Avenue. Read more...
Six students were arrested after what school officials called a “disturbing” fight that broke out Thursday afternoon at Warren Township High School O’Plaine Campus in Gurnee. A Gurnee police school resource officer reported a fight in progress shortly after dismissal around 3:15 p.m. Thursday at Warren Township High School O’Plaine Campus, 500 North O’Plaine Road [...]
BARTLETT, Ill. — Two people were shot while driving Saturday evening in Bartlett, according to police. The shooting happened around 7:40 p.m. on Lake Street near Roma Jean Parkway, according to a news release from the Bartlett Police Department. Read more...
LISLE, Ill. — Two men from Michigan were arrested on weapons charges early Saturday morning in Lisle after police said they were standing outside a gas station with guns. Lisle Police Department officers were called around 2:15 a.m. to the Speedway on Ogden Avenue near the Veterans Memorial Tollway ramp on the report of a [...]
An investigation is underway after company officials said a fire was intentionally set inside the Walmart in Waukegan Sunday evening, forcing the store to temporarily close. The Waukegan Fire Department and Waukegan Police Department responded around 10:30 p.m. Sunday to the Walmart, 3900 Fountain Square Place in Waukegan, for a report of a structure fire. [...]
A legal challenge to the Illinois assault weapons ban will head to court Monday. The McHenry County state's attorney filed a lawsuit arguing that the ban is unconstitutional. Read more...
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