Boy, 14, critically wounded in shooting Tuesday evening in Auburn Gresham neighborhood

A 14-year-old boy was in critical condition after being wounded Tuesday evening on the South Side in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly after 7:30 p.m., officers responding to a call of a person shot in the 7800 block of South Marshfield Avenue and found a boy struck by gunfire. The boy had suffered multiple wounds to the body, and was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital where he was listed in critical condition, police said. No one was in custody, and detectives were investigating.  

Early voting off to strong start in Chicago suburbs: ‘There’s excitement in the air’

Turnout for early voting in some Chicago suburbs is off to a strong — and, in at least one county, record-breaking — start, leaving some election officials hopeful for high voter turnout in a close election.  Officials in the collar counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will have begun tallying up early voting, which […]