Cops: Victim's son taken into custody A 31-year-old man fatally stabbed his father inside the older man's Hegewisch neighborhood home, then confessed to a 911 dispatcher, Chicago police said. more
A 71-year-old man was stabbed to death during an argument with his son Sunday night in the Far Southeast Side Hegewisch neighborhood, police said. more
West Side alderman Jason Ervin rightly complains that the city's bike rental program will only serve neighborhoods close to the lake. more
Two 7-year-old children were wounded in separate shootings Thursday on the South Side, officials said. A girl was grazed in her thigh when a man arguing with another man after a basketball game fired a shot at 7:10 p.m. in the 13200 block of South St. Lawrence,... more
Two 7-year-old children were wounded in separate shootings Thursday on the South Side, officials said. A girl was grazed in her thigh when a man arguing with another man after a basketball game fired a shot at 7:10 p.m. in the 13200 block of South St. Lawrence,... more
Two children were shot before sundown Thursday in unrelated incidents in Chicago. more
While awaiting an eventual takeover by the Machines, we found this video clip while surfing the net: You have to admit that is kind of cool. more
Agency says Secret Service must decide plans With the NATO summit looming next month, Metra officials said Wednesday that they are looking at "different scenarios" to accommodate riders if rail service is affected or even shut down, but the agency was tight-lipped about discussing what options they might be considering.
A 37-year-old Evergreen Park man was pronounced dead after he was injured in a construction accident in the Hegewisch neighborhood, officials said. more
Two teenage boys were wounded in a Woodlawn neighborhood drive-by shooting Monday afternoon on the South Side. more
Judy Lihota, president of the Calumet Ecological Park Association, has been fighting for more than a decade to preserve the natural environment in the Calumet region of Chicago on the South East Side. In 1990, former Chicago Mayor Richard M.... more