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Stolen SUV crashes on Michigan Ave., 3 children among 7 hurt
Three children were among seven injured when a stolen Jeep ran a red light and caused a four vehicle crash Wednesday night in Streeterville on the Near North Side.
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Multiple Metra lines face delays due to signal and train control problems
Multiple Metra lines faced “unknown” delays Monday morning due to a string of signal and train control problems.
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Illinois' 1st 2024 human West Nile virus case reported in suburbs
A suburban Cook County woman was identified as Illinois’ first human case of the West Nile virus this year, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Wednesday.
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CPD, Mayor Johnson to provide update after violent Fourth of July holiday weekend
In 2023, 11 people were killed and 62 wounded over the Fourth of July weekend in Chicago, which stretched over four days.
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Man shot, wounded in Little Village near scene of triple shooting
A man was wounded in a shooting in Little Village on Sunday afternoon, just hours after another shooting on the same block left one person dead and two others injured, police said.
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Chicago Skyway users overcharged? Lawsuit seeks $3 million in refunds on tolls
“It’s nickels and dimes to some people. But if I was overcharged a couple hundred bucks over the course of the last two years, multiply that out by how many millions of people are using that Skyway,” one driver said. “It’s significant.”
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Retired CPD officer who was ordained preacher killed on West Side: ‘He was the kindest man you knew'
A retired Chicago police officer who was also an ordained minister and Transportation Security Administration explosives specialist was shot to death Thursday morning in West Garfield Park, authorities said.
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Owners of West Town pallet firm assess damage after massive fire: ‘Looked like a war scene'
The fire sent giant plumes of black smoke into the air, visible for miles
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Northern lights to illuminate skies Friday. Will they be visible in the Chicago area?
The sunspot cluster that illuminated the Chicago area’s sky with the aurora borealis three weeks ago will return this weekend.
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2 found shot to death at soccer field in Little Village
Two men were found fatally shot in a soccer field at La Villita Park early Thursday in Little Village.