Alejandro Serrano

Columbus Park's Kyris Kyles, 10, celebrates his home run to win the game during a scrimmage against Moore Park on June 29, 2019.

‘We are bringing baseball back’: A West Side police sergeant’s plan to save kids, one game at a time

July 12, 2019 at 7:04 p.m.

It was the final inning and the game was tied. "This is our last chance to win the game," coach Brandon Wilkerson told his team of 8-to-10-year-olds, clad in bright...

2 men use van to tear open front door of restaurant, steal ATM on Far South Side

July 12, 2019 at 3:39 p.m.

Chicago police are searching for two men who used a rope and van early Friday to tear open the front door of a Far South Side restaurant and steal an...

1 injured in Wheeling plane crash

July 12, 2019 at 10:14 p.m.

The pilot of a light sports aircraft was taken to an area hospital after crashing in a forest preserve Thursday night while trying to land at Chicago Executive Airport in...

Police: Woman sexually assaulted at her Rogers Park home after being followed from CTA Morse station

July 11, 2019 at 1:28 a.m.

Chicago police say a man followed a 26-year-old woman from a CTA Red Line station to her Rogers Park home, where he sexually assaulted her Tuesday. The attack happened around...

Chicago police investigate a police-involved shooting incident where one person was shot in the 6200 block of W. Grand Ave. in Chicago on July 8, 2019.

Man fatally shot by Chicago police had arrest record that included fight with a cop and gun charges

July 9, 2019 at 9:53 p.m.

A man who was shot and killed by Chicago police Monday had a long arrest record over the past 20 years and once pleaded guilty to disarming a police officer...

Officers investigate a police-involved shooting in the 6200 block of West Grand Avenue in Chicago on July 8, 2019.

Man shot and killed by Chicago police on Northwest Side after couple say they were kidnapped

July 8, 2019 at 8:29 p.m.

A man was shot and killed by Chicago police Monday morning after officers entered a Northwest Side apartment building where a man and a woman said they had been held...

La Policía de Chicago investiga un tiroteo que involucra a los uniformados, en la cuadra 6200 W. Grand Ave., en Chicago el 8 de julio de 2019. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)

La Policía mata a un sospechoso de secuestro

July 8, 2019 at 9:37 p.m.

La Policía de Chicago disparó y mató a un hombre el lunes por la mañana después de que los agentes ingresaran a un edificio de apartamentos en el noroeste de...

A family huddles near a tree after three people were stabbed during an altercation outside Navy Pier after a Fourth of July fireworks show on July 4, 2019, in Chicago. Fourteen people were also hospitalized after being trampled while heading for the exit.

Families return to Navy Pier to try to reclaim strollers, other items abandoned in post-fireworks chaos

July 5, 2019 at 11:52 p.m.

The woman was among dozens of people on Friday searching for lost items at Navy Pier in the aftermath of a chaotic end to Chicago's annual fireworks show. On the...

Jill Swanstrom portrays Lady Liberty and waves to paradegoers at the 2019 Fourth of July parade in Chicago's North Mayfair neighborhood.

Chicago’s neighborhoods celebrate July Fourth: ‘I just tell her it’s the God Bless America day.’

July 4, 2019 at 11:00 p.m.

Two 6-year-old girls, dressed from head to toe in red, white and blue, pedaled their bicycles side by side Thursday while trying to keep up with North Mayfair's annual Independence...

Crime scene tape is placed around a shooting scene on the 7600 of South Green Street on July 12, 2015, in Chicago.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Chicago police outline plans to curb gun violence for Fourth of July weekend: ‘We’ll be all hands on deck’

July 4, 2019 at 12:08 a.m.

Ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and police leaders detailed their plans to combat violence over the weekend by boosting the number of cops on...

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