Uptown man, 59, dies of heat stroke
Weeds, wildflowers and other plants overwhelmed the front yard of a sweltering Uptown home where a 59-year-old man lay unresponsive Saturday. A relative of David Nikuni found him about 7:30...
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Highland Park man missing since 1979 surfaces in Nevada
Police feared foul play when Arthur Jones disappeared in 1979, leaving behind a wife and three children. At the time, his wife told investigators he had a history of large...
ACLU: Racial disparities in state police searches
The Illinois chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint today asking the federal Department of Justice to investigate the Illinois State Police's use of consent searches, arguing...
‘To die over an iPhone? Senseless’
Sally Katona-King's friends found tragic irony in her death: A woman who dedicated her life to helping the disadvantaged and downtrodden died because someone coveted an expensive cellphone. Katona-King died...
Woman who died from CTA fall ‘worked diligently’ with homeless
A woman known for her work among the homeless in Logan Square has died, a day after being knocked down a stairwell at a Lincoln Park "L" station by a...
DUI charges in fatal Burbank crash
A man has been charged with drunken driving in connection with the crash late Sunday that killed a 38-year-old man in southwest suburban Burbank, police said. Leo Stevens, of the...
Des Plaines teen killed in hit-run crash
Word spread fast Friday night among northwest suburban Maine West students: A student had been hit on Algonquin Road in Des Plaines. Chance Taylor, 17, was out with friends, heading...
Officer’s quick action helps save child
Chicago police Officer Thomas Norberg had just started his afternoon shift when a car pulled alongside his squad car on Montrose Avenue near Kimball Avenue. While its horn blared and...
No bail for man charged in 2007 slaying of girl
Shortly after 17-year-old runaway Marlaina "Nicki" Reed's body was found in an alley stuffed inside a Casio keyboard box in 2007, a Northwest Side man pawned a Casio keyboard, authorities...
Cyclist struck, killed on Dan Ryan Expressway
Christopher Hippchen didn't own a car and often commuted by bicycle between his home in Edgewater and his job as a cook at Soldier Field, a friend said. But Hippchen...