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Cook County Jail’s deadliest year in decades reveals repeated lapses and failed oversight
Content warning: This story contains descriptions of people dying by suicide, homicide, and drug overdose. The day before he died, Daniel Colon appeared in bond court via Zoom from a holding cell at 26th and California. The hearing was only a formality — his fate had already been decided — but as the judge was about to send him off, Colon spoke out of turn.
Food delivery courier shot in head on Southwest Side: CPD
CHICAGO — A food delivery courier is in critical condition after being shot in the head on the city’s Southwest Side. The shooting happened arond 12:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 1200 block of West 68th Street in the West Englewood neighborhood. Police said the 49-year-old man got in a verbal altercation with another man after […]
Tiffany Henyard faces more accusations • Riot Fest gets a makeover • New Chicago migrant shelter
WEDNESDAY NEWS FLASH - The head of the Dolton Park District claims embattled Mayor Tiffany Henyard is playing political games with their efforts to improve the town's parks. Dolton Park District President Cleo Jones said Henyard is retaliating after the park district allowed four of her political opponents to use a field house for meetings. Jones said part of the retaliation came in the mail last week.
Tracking the next chance of thunderstorms and severe weather
Current modeling suggests the greatest impact will occur along and south of Chicago Thursday afternoon as a cold front approaches… Thursday severe weather outlook Scattered thunderstorms are likely to bubble up Thursday afternoon or evening ahead of an approaching cold front over parts of the Chicago area. A few of those storms may be strong […]
14-year-old critical in Little Village shooting
CHICAGO — A 14-year-old boy was critically wounded in a Little Village shooting Tuesday night. The boy was on a sidewalk in the 2700 block of South Komensky just before 8:30 p.m. when shots were fired at him. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the body and was transported...
Man gets 5 years for concealing the murder of his half-brother (and 7 more years for something he did in jail)
CHICAGO — A man has been sentenced to five years in prison for concealing the murder of his half-brother, but he received an additional seven-year sentence for something he did while in the Cook County jail. After 19-year-old Myron Richardson was found dead in the trunk of his burned-out...
Chicago migrant shelter opens amidst rising eviction problems
CHICAGO — City of Chicago and Cook County leaders took to the Northwest Side this evening to celebrate the opening of a new migrant shelter at Portage Park’s St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, which came as the process transitioning new arrivals out of shelters has reached even more difficult heights.
Man, 49, shot while delivering food overnight on South Side, cops say
A 49-year-old man was shot overnight after getting into an argument with someone after trying to deliver food overnight in the West Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, the man was involved in an argument with a male after attempting to deliver food in the 1200 block of West 68th Street. Someone opened fire striking the delivery driver in the head. He was ...
Truck crashes into apartment building southwest of Chicago
MORRIS, Ill. (CBS) — A semi-trailer truck plowed into an apartment building in Morris, Illinois southwest of Chicago Wednesday morning.Around 9:30 a.m., the driver lost control while headed east on Interstate 80. The truck quickly left the road to the right, past the ditch on the shoulder and through a small tree line. The truck barely missed one building, and then hit the two-story, six-unit apartment building at 1887 E. Anne Ln.A total of 12 adults and one child live in the building, according to the fire district. It was not known how many were in the building at the time."It...
City approves $50M settlement to ‘Marquette Park Four,’ men wrongfully convicted in 1995 double murder
CHICAGO — The city council approved Wednesday a $50 million settlement to four Chicago men wrongfully imprisoned for a total of 73 years. LaShawn Ezell, Charles Johnson, Larod Styles and Troshawn McCoy, known as the “Marquette Park Four,” were exonerated in 2017 after spending decades in prison for a 1995 double murder. The settlement, which […]
Lawsuit ongoing after video shows police officer shoving student at TF South
LANSING, Ill. (June 11, 2024) – The mother of a TF South student has filed a lawsuit against the Village of Lansing, Thornton Fractional High School District 215, and School Resource Officer Kiara Bogan after viewing a security video that shows Bogan shoving her son in the TF South cafeteria.
Heat comes to Chicago Wed/Thur—but a real surge of heat is in sight…
It was a chilly start to the day Tuesday morning… High temps are to approach or even exceed 90 degrees in some areas Wednesday and Thursday before a bubble of high pressure brings cooler temperatures Friday and Saturday… Wednesday, June 12: Thursday, June 13: Friday, June 14: Saturday, June 15: Sunday, June 16: Monday, June […]
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