Chicago police released video footage Saturday of two people wanted in relation to the fatal shooting of retired CPD officer Larry Neuman in Garfield Park on Thursday.
Day: June 22, 2024
As U.S.-supplied weapons show impact inside Russia, Ukrainian soldiers hope for deeper strikes
Weeks after the decision allowing Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied weapons for limited strikes in Russian territory, the country is having some success in halting Russia’s new push along the northeast front, but military commanders are clamoring for restrictions on long-range missiles to be lifted.
Judge orders teen detained in slaying of 7-year-old boy on Near West Side
A teen accused of fatally shooting Jai’Mani Amir Rivera was ordered held in detention Saturday as a risk to the general public.
‘It’s a matter of when’: Roof design leaves suburban apartment buildings vulnerable to fire
The fire that gutted a Mount Prospect apartment building last week, leaving some 100 residents without homes, has something in common with several similarly devastating blazes in recent years – a mansard-style roof. Here’s why fire experts say they’re a problem.
Column: Chicago White Sox enjoy a rare win, beating the Detroit Tigers 5-1 after a clubhouse visit from Jason Benetti
A pregame visit to the Chicago White Sox clubhouse by former broadcaster Jason Benetti changed the team’s luck, and Drew Thorpe earned his first career victory in a 5-1 win over the Detroit Tigers.
‘They’re basically saving our wonderful community’: Sylvan Lake dam modification finally underway
After years in the making, a $3.4 million project to modernize the 100-year old Sylvan Lake dam is underway.
Can the Chicago Sky earn their first win against rookie star Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever on Sunday?
The Chicago Sky lost their first two matchups against Caitlin Clark and the Fever, both of which were in Indiana. Game 3 of the season series is Sunday at Wintrust Arena.
‘For Boogie’: March, street sign pay tribute to Pilsen activist killed 51 years ago
The course of David “Boogie” Gonzalez’s life changed when, in 1971, he lost his older brother Jacob, a year home from Vietnam, to Pilsen’s gang violence. “I guess that was his wake up call,” remembered his sister, Annabelle Gonzalez-Falcon, 72. “That’s when he made up his mind he was going to change things.” Boogie Gonzales, the second youngest of five siblings, had been in a street gang in his youth. But with his brother’s death, he dedicated himself to the Chicano Movement that at the time sought to unify PIlsen’s Mexican American community. As an outreach worker with a Pilsen […]
Three Dog Night concert in Aurora brings back musical memories of the 1970s: ‘The stuff never gets old’
Friday night at RiverEdge Park in Aurora, thousands of music fans took a trip back in time as a revamped and much more venerable version of Three Dog Night took the stage to revisit songs that once ruled radio airwaves.
44-year-old man fatally wounded Saturday morning near the Dearborn Homes on South Side
A 44-year-old man was fatally wounded Saturday morning near the Dearborn Homes on the South Side, Chicago police said. Around 10:40 a.m., the victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the 2900 block of South State Street near the CHA Dearborn Homes, police said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead. No noe was in custody and detectives were investigating.