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Human head reportedly found in box on Chicago's West Side, investigation underway: officialsFox 32 Chicago6 hours ago
Illinois man receives 10 years in prison for high-speed chase that ended in shootout12NewsNow8 hours ago
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Human head reportedly found in box on Chicago's West Side, investigation underway: officials
CHICAGO - A human head was reportedly found on Chicago's West Side, prompting an investigation by law enforcement. Chicago police were called just before 6 p.m. Thursday to the 2600 block of West Taylor Street. A witness told officers they were on the sidewalk when they discovered a box containing...
‘It’s amazing to see where we’ve come:’ Suburban burglary suspects apprehended after police deploy tracking dart
OAK BROOK, Ill — Authorities in the west suburbs stopped a burglary in progress on Thursday morning, leading to a police pursuit on the Eisenhower Expressway, but officers were eventually able to catch the two suspects thanks to the help of a police tracking dart. The GPS tracking dart called “Star Chase” is a small […]
Chicago Man Smiles for Mugshot After Being Charged With First-Degree Murder
A Chicago man appeared to be all smiles for his mugshot after he was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. The Chicago Police Department charged Ashanti Randolph, 29, with first-degree murder and aggravated assault/discharge of a firearm/motor vehicle. Randolph was arrested Monday after police said he was identified as the...
Black Middle School Students Given Cotton Pick And Clean During Slavery Lesson
A federal lawsuit accuses the Oak Park Elementary School District in Illinois of racial discrimination. The district sparked outrage after two Black students were given cotton as part of a class assignment about slavery. RELATED STORIES: Suge Knight Slams J. Cole For Waving White Flag In Kendrick Lamar Beef: ‘That Quitter Attitude Would’ve Kept Us ... Read more
Ohio man, 21, charged after cache of guns found inside rooms at Chicago’s Trump Tower
CHICAGO — A 21-year-old man has been charged after causing a SWAT incident at Trump Tower in River North. Brandon Peck, a resident of Oakwood (near Dayton), Ohio, faces two felony counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon/no Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card, and one citation. At a detention hearing Wednesday, prosecutors said police found […]
Girls' flag football team at west suburban high school has season canceled
HILLSIDE, Ill. (CBS) -- Girls' flag football is now an official high school sport in Illinois, but a controversy at a west suburban high school has forced the girls to give up their season.At Proviso West High School in Hillside, the girls were excited to get to play flag football, with this being the Illinois High School Association recognizing it as a sport. Miracle Perkins and Damiyah Yard trained hard to play this year for the Panthers."I love football," said Miracle, a freshman at Proviso West, "like, that's one thing I wanted to grow up and do."Damiyah, a junior, saw...
Employee ordered detained in shooting that killed 2 in Southwest Side fast-food restaurant
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Surveillance video shows two men being shot and killed in a fast-food restaurant on Chicago's Southwest Side—and an employee is now charged with the murders.The accused gunman in the shooting at the JJ Fish & Chicken on Western Avenue, Mehdi Medellel, was in court for the first time for a detention hearing Wednesday.Medellel, 42, was charged with two felony counts of first-degree murder. Police said he was arrested just before 11 p.m. Monday in the shooting at the JJ Fish & Chicken location at 7828 S. Western Ave. around half an hour earlier.In the surveillance video, two...
Man killed while inside car in drive-by shooting in Austin neighborhood
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 32-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting Wednesday morning on the city's West Side. Chicago police say just before 9:30 a.m., the man was sitting inside a car in the 500 block of North Pine Avenue when a silver sedan, possibly a Chevy Equinox, approached, and multiple people inside fired shots in his direction.The offenders then fled southbound on Pine, police said. The victim was taken to Mt Sinai Hospital in critical condition with multiple gunshots throughout the body and later died. As of Wednesday, no arrests were made.Area 4 detectives are investigating.
La Niña latest: New forecast released by NOAA and what it means for Chicago winter
A new La Niña forecast has been released as winter nears, but what does that mean for the Chicago area?. According to the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center, La Niña is favored to emerge and is expected to persist through sometime between January and March of 2025, though chances dropped from 71% down to 60%.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: 10 infamous people condemned to Stateville prison
More than 2,000 people traveled to the outskirts of Joliet on Dec. 6, 1925, for the dedication of the new Illinois state penitentiary at Stateville. Legislators were greeted with a luncheon at what was then known as the world’s most modern prison. Though not yet completed, construction costs were then estimated to top $10 million (or more than $180 million in today’s dollars). Warden John L. ...
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