A fatal fire broke out overnight at a home in north suburban Zion where three people were reported dead and a woman was injured, officials said.
3 dead, 1 injured overnight in house fire in north suburban Zion
Category: Crime and Public Safety
14-year-old girl wounded Tuesday evening on Far South Side
A 14-year-old girl was reported in good condition after she was wounded Tuesday evening in a shooting in the Roseland neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly before 7:15 p.m., the girl suffered a gunshot wound to the left leg in the first block of West 110th Street. She was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital where she was listed in good condition, police said. No one was in custody and detectives were investigating.
Man serving 30 years for attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband gets a life term on state charges
The man who was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for attacking the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer in their California home was given a life term without the possibility of parole on Tuesday following a separate state trial.
Liberty Township woman charged in death of foster child submits guilty plea
The Liberty Township woman who, according to charging documents, sat on her foster son until he stopped breathing while conducting video calls with her husband and the boy’s caseworker submitted a guilty plea Tuesday to reckless homicide, a Level 5 felony.
Police, school investigating report of racial slur written on Naperville Central student’s locker
Naperville police and school officials are investigating a racial slur discovered on a Naperville Central High School student’s athletic locker earlier this month.
Man who shot one, traded gunfire with police in West Rogers Park is ordered held pending trial
The man charged in a North Side weekend shootout with Chicago Police officers was ordered detained pending trial Tuesday during a brief hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse.
Ex-ComEd lawyer testifies about Juan Ochoa’s appointment to utility board in Madigan trial: ‘It was important that the speaker referred him’
The former general counsel for Commonwealth Edison testified Tuesday that he had “reservations” about selecting Juan Ochoa for the utility’s board after a background check turned up some significant political baggage.
Man, 18, found shot outside Naperville apartment building near Jefferson and Ogden
Naperville police say they have detained a man they believe could be responsible for a Monday night shooting in which an 18-year-old man was injured.
Gunfire from armed robbery outside veers into residence wounding woman in Chatham apartment
Shots fired during an armed robbery Monday night in the Chatham neighborhood traveled into an apartment building wounding a 23-year-old woman, Chicago police said. Shortly after 9:30 p.m., a 34-year-old man was approached by three armed robbers at a bus stop in the 8200 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue when they demanded his property. When the robbers started removing his property the victim ran and shots were fired in his direction, police said. One of the gunshots veered into an apartment iin the 8200 block of South Evans Avenue, striking a woman to the shoulder. She was taken in […]
4 displaced Monday night after building fire on Far South Side
A resident of a building alerted officers on patrol in the Brainerd neighborhood that a building was on fire Monday night, Chicago police said. About 9:40 p.m., officers were alerted about a fire at a building in the 9000 block of South Laflin Street and they discovered the rear of the structure was on fire. Officers entered the building and alert residents it was on fire and evacuated the building as the fire was beginning to spread. Chicago firefighters put out the blaze and were investigating the cause, police said. Four residents of the building were displaced.