Three people found dead in car in Gresham alley
Three people were found dead in a car illegally parked in a South Side alley in the Gresham neighborhood early Monday, officials said. Chicago police were called to the 8600...
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Eat this: Heavenly chocolate-peanut butter pie from The General
Grandmothers are required to have a dessert specialty. For me, it was chocolate-peanut butter no-bake cookies from Nanni (a surprisingly secret recipe I still can't crack) and dense, creamy cheesecake...
Owner ordered to vacate, secure unsafe Englewood home where 9 children were found
The owner of an Englewood home where nine children, including a 3-month-old, were found living in squalor Sunday appeared for an emergency court hearing Thursday that continued the city of...
City seeks to demolish Englewood building where 9 children were found
For nearly four years, the city of Chicago has threatened to tear down a two-story home in Englewood owned by relatives of former 16th Ward Ald. Shirley Coleman because of...
‘The smoke was so bad’: Woman whose West Side home went up in flames
Sixty-year-old Glories Williams-Schaeffer was watching television with her family when a fire suddenly erupted at their Humboldt Park neighborhood home Thursday afternoon. The fire left her and 14 of her...
A Chicago bar for every occasion
Excuses to drink are great and many. You got a new job? Start poppin' bottles. It's your cat's birthday? Raise a glass! You got out of bed today? Hey, bottoms...
Baby dies 5 months after premature birth when mom fatally shot; grandmother says, ‘Put the guns down’
A day after watching her 5-month-old grandaughter take her final breaths, Crystal Jones had a simple message for the city. "Chicago, put the guns down," Jones said. "That's all I...
Pregnant woman among 7 killed in Chicago’s deadliest day this year
Wilteeah Jones had reason to celebrate Wednesday — it was her grandmother's 75th birthday, and she and her boyfriend, Malik Bingham, were expecting their first child next month. The couple...
Woman finds husband of 40 years fatally shot in garage: ‘He did no harm to anybody’
Catalina Correa remembers the moment 40 years ago when she fell in love with her husband Jose."He was playing soccer with friends, and when he kicked the ball, his shoe...
1 dead, 1 in custody after standoff, SWAT response on West Side
One man is dead and another was arrested following a SWAT response to a Little Village home early Monday, officials said. Police launched a death investigation after initially being called...