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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.
A timeline of potential severe storms in Chicago area this week
The Chicago area is seeing a blast of summery heat this week, but it could end with the threat of severe thunderstorms. According to the Storm Prediction Center, most of the Chicago area is at a slight risk of severe storms on Thursday, the second of five prediction levels used by the SPC. The far western suburbs, including parts of DeKalb, LaSalle, Kendall and Grundy counties, are at an enhanced risk according to the latest guidance.
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 […]
Wanted people seen running from police after crash on Chicago's Northwest Side
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Ring camera captured several suspects running away after a car crash in the Northwest Side's Portage Park neighborhood Tuesday night.Neighbors near Lavergne and Cornelia avenues said the wanted people were trying to get away from police after crashing into several parked cars.According to police dispatch reports, the car that crashed had been involved in a shooting on Lawndale Avenue near Fullerton Avenue in Logan Square.Three suspects were taken into custody about half an hour after the pursuit, according to dispatch reports.
Urgent Search for Missing 14-Year-Old Trishona Thomas Continues in Chicago
Chicago police are actively searching for a 14-year-old girl, Trishona Thomas, who has been missing since May 24, 2024. Thomas was last seen in the 3300 block of W. Fulton, as reported by the Chicago Police Department's news release. She is described as a female with a dark complexion, brown eyes, and black hair, standing 5 feet 2 inches tall, and weighing 100 pounds.
Riot Fest bids Chicago goodbye, moving to the suburbs
After nearly 20 years of bringing punk rock music fans together in Chicago, Riot Fest is headed to the suburbs. In an announcement Wednesday morning, festival officials said Riot Fest will move to Bridgeview’s SeatGeek Stadium starting this year.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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...
2 men robbed, 1 pistol-whipped while walking in Lincoln Park
CHICAGO — Two men were robbed at gunpoint in Lincoln Park overnight, according to Chicago police. The robbers struck one of the victims in the face with a firearm, but no other injuries were reported. According to a Chicago police spokesperson, the men, ages 21 and 23, were walking...
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 ...
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