Category: Local News

Teenage boy charged in Thursday slaying of 43-year-old woman in South Shore

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A 17-year-old boy was charged in a Thursday fatal shooting of a 43-year-old woman in the South Shore neighborhood on the South Side, Chicago police said. The teenage boy was arrested about 10 p.m. Thursday in the 7000 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue after he was identified as the person who fatally shot the victim hours earlier in a residence in the 6800 block of South Cornell Avenue, police said. Tatanisha Jackson was inside her residence in the 6800 block of South Cornell Avenue shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday when a 17-year-old boy pulled out a gun and shot […]

Film on American Jews’ time in Israel canceled after Northbrook Library receives 8,000 emails

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The Northbrook Public Library’s director told Board members at their meeting Thursday that the library received 8,000 emails and 2,000 phone calls asking it to cancel a scheduled screening of a documentary that tells the story of two young American Jews who visit Israel for the first time. The organizers, including the nonprofit Jewish Voice for Peace and two other Jewish organizations, said the screening’s purpose was to “open the door to the difficult and necessary conversations that American Jews need to have,” but another group called Chicago Jewish Alliance accused the film of being antisemitic and organized social media campaigns with the aim […]

Woman seriously injured in stabbing Saturday morning on South Side, 1 in custody

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A 31-year-old woman was seriously injured when an argument escalated to a stabbing Saturday morning in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side, Chicago police said. Shortly after 6 a.m.. a 23-year-old woman was arguing with a 31-year-old woman in the 7900 block of South Hermitage Avenue when the situation turned physical, police said. The younger woman stabbed the older woman in the abdomen and left arm, and the wounded woman was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where she was listed in serious condition, police said. The 23-year-old woman was arrested at the scene. Police […]

Motorized bicycle struck overnight in hit and run leaving victim critically injured in Brighton Park neighborhood

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An unidentified male victim traveling on a motorized bike overnight in the Brighton Park neighborhood was in critical condition after being struck by a hit-and-run driver, Chicago police said. Shortly after 3:15 a.m. Saturday, the victim was traveling on a motorized bike in the 4000 block of South Cicero Avenue when he was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene, police said. The victim, whose age wasn’t immediately known, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and listed in critical condition. No one was in custody and the Major Accidents Investigation Unit was investigating.  

Boy Scout digitizes history of Glencoe homes as part of Eagle Scout project

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As he works his way toward earning his Eagle Scout badge, Collin Kastl has spent his summer digging. Not through a trench or a pit, instead through a mountain of paperwork going back at least a century. As he seeks to fulfill the community service requirement for his Eagle Scout badge Kastl, 15, has led an effort to digitize papers (sometimes going back until the 19th century) at the Glencoe Historical Society with the goal of allowing people a central place to learn about the history of a village property. “I wanted to make a bigger impact,” Kastl said. “I thought […]

Man fatally wounded and second man left in critical condition after argument Friday night on Southwest Side

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A 42-year-old man and a 33-year-old man were involved in an argument Friday night that escalated to a shooting that left one dead and the other in critical condition, Chicago police said. Shortly before 8:15 p.m., two men, 42 and 33 years of age were arguing in the Gage Park neighborhood in the 5500 block […]

16-year-old boy fatally shot Friday night in Little Village

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A sixteen-year-old boy was fatally shot Friday night in Little Village, Chicago police said. Police responded to the 2400 block of South Trumbull Avenue at approximately 11:20 p.m. Friday and found the teen lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to his lower back. He was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, where he was later pronounced dead. A witness told officers that they saw multiple men fleeing the scene after the shooting occurred, according to police. No one has been taken into custody.. Detectives are investigating the fatal shooting.