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Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo tweets support to 7th-grader badly injured at South Elgin school

May 23, 2019 at 4:03 a.m.

As a South Elgin seventh-grader recovers from a vicious attack by a classmate, the avid Cubs fan is getting support from ace first baseman Anthony Rizzo as well as hundreds...

Woman gives birth in Blue Line station in the Loop

May 23, 2019 at 3:45 a.m.

A woman gave birth to a baby girl inside a CTA Blue Line station in the Loop early Monday, Fire Department officials said. The woman, 26, delivered the baby herself...

Newborn girl in good condition after being found in Chicago Heights field

May 23, 2019 at 3:33 a.m.

A newborn girl just two or three hours old was found in a field near residential and commercial buildings in Chicago Heights on Tuesday, according to police, who are seeking...

Children play in the water from a fire hydrant in the 600 block of North Saint Louis Avenue July 21, 2016, in the East Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago.

Dangerous mix of heat, humidity today as storms approach

May 23, 2019 at 3:25 a.m.

Very hot, humid conditions will be in place over the Chicago area for a stormy Wednesday, with dangerous heat indexes likely exceeding 100 degrees in the afternoon across much of...

People attend a prayer vigil for Nykea Aldridge on Aug. 28, 2016, in Chicago. Aldridge was shot in the head and killed when a stray bullet struck her while she was pushing her baby in a stroller near an elementary school on the South Side.

Dozens attend funeral for Nykea Aldridge

May 23, 2019 at 3:25 a.m.

Dozens of people on Saturday attended the funeral of Nykea Aldridge, a 32-year-old mother of four who was fatally shot last week as she pushed her newborn baby in a...

UPS truck struck, killed woman crossing street

May 23, 2019 at 3:22 a.m.

A 78-year-old woman was killed after a UPS truck hit her Monday evening in the Pulaski Road neighborhood on the Northwest Side. The woman was crossing the street in the...

2 hurt when Postal Service semi, SUV collide in Elmhurst

May 23, 2019 at 3:16 a.m.

The northbound lanes of Route 83 in Elmhurst were closed after a U.S. Postal Service semi collided with an SUV early Wednesday, police said.The crash happened around 1 a.m. at...

Naked man crashes stolen truck on Lake Shore Drive

May 23, 2019 at 3:09 a.m.

A naked man stole a landscaping truck and crashed it on Lake Shore Drive near Randolph Street on Monday morning, according to police.The man got out of the truck and...

Girl, 4, hit by car in Lawndale

May 23, 2019 at 3:05 a.m.

A 4-year-old girl was hurt after being struck by a car Tuesday evening in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side, police said. The girl was in the 700 block...

Workers hospitalized after solution spills at Willy Wonka candy plant in Itasca

May 23, 2019 at 3:01 a.m.

Nestle's Willy Wonka candy manufacturing plant in Itasca was evacuated and about a dozen people were hospitalized early Friday after a chemical solution used to control humidity burst from a...

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