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Lontray Clark, 23, is accused of intentionally starting a fire June 26 at an apartment building at 5222 W. North Ave., killing four people, including a 5-year-old boy and a pregnant woman, and injuring at least three others. Twenty-eight people were left homeless. Clark was arrested in Springfield.
The victim, a male whose age wasn’t known, was shot about 4 p.m. Friday in the 6200 block of South Rhodes Avenue, police said. He died at a hospital. No one is in custody.
President Donald Trump’s administration is proposing a ban on federally funded programs for anyone who can’t show legal status, including babies in the Head Start child care program.
Jeremy Miller, 35, was fatally shot and another man, 30, was wounded in a shooting about 2 a.m. Thursday in the 3700 block of South Wells Street, officials said. The second man is in good condition. No one is in custody.
But Chicago Public Schools says the majority will get hired at other schools within the district. The layoffs don’t help CPS close its $734 million deficit.
As elderly Americans begin to lose SNAP and Medicaid under President Trump’s new tax and spending law, providers brace for more senior citizens looking for enough to eat.
The Riverside-based artist has designed a delightfully detailed sheet of 20 Forever stamps, in honor of the Postal Service’s 250th birthday.
Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially save lives.
The Catholic religious order to which the Rev. Freddy Washington belongs says the allegations against him are “unsubstantiated,” but he’s identified as credibly accused by the Archdiocese of Chicago. His case illustrates the chaotic way the U.S. church still handles misconduct accusations against clergy, often to the detriment of the public.
The flood watch is in effect until 7 a.m. Friday for Cook County, the collar counties and the majority of northern Illinois, according to the National Weather Service.
The shots were fired Thursday afternoon in the 7600 block of South Lowe Avenue, striking the girl in her thigh, police said.
Daniel Alvarado, 20, is accused of fatally shooting a 47-year-old man July 5 in the 2600 block of South Central Park Avenue.
Every Chicago ZIP code appears on an Illinois Department of Public Health list requiring that children be tested for lead exposure.
The league hosted its first river-bound game Thursday, as athletes went head-to-head in a 3-on-3 exhibition for nearly three hours.
Eric Armstrong, 44, was found with a gunshot wound to his head Wednesday night by police in the 2600 block of West Wilcox Street.
Melvin Doyle, 59, faces gun charges for selling several firearms to confidential informants with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, a criminal complaint alleges.
The settlements would broadside an already severely cash-strapped City Hall, which ended last year with a zero balance in its operating checkbook.
Alexander Smith, of Evanston, was killed in the crash in the northbound lanes of I-94 at Cermak Road early Thursday, Illinois State Police said.
How do you fashion modern galleries to showcase objects from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries? Visitors will find out starting Friday.
“Freedom in Form: Richard Hunt” opens Friday at the Loyola University Museum of Art, spotlighting America’s most prolific public art sculptor.
Staff at one of Chicago’s largest hospital systems say they are seeing increased tick bite cases, but there’s not enough data to know if the city is having a spike in cases.
The shooting happened about 2 p.m. Wednesday in the northbound lanes.
The boy was on a sidewalk when someone in a car pulled up and an occupant fired shots about 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
Historically, few students could jump ahead, and most who did were from schools with few low-income students. Chicago Public Schools is trying to make the policy more equitable.
Tuesday’s incident unleashed panic in a community with many immigrants living in fear of raids and deportations and ahead of two popular festivals.
If it makes it through the approval process, the planned work would comprise a significant first step of a $241 million effort to turn the Field Building into a mixed-use tower.
The gun used in the shooting was purchased by a 21-year-old woman on behalf of her 18-year-old boyfriend, and employees should have been able to recognize the signs of a “straw purchaser,” according to the lawsuit.
“We literally carried some folks out on our backs,” Chicago Fire Department spokesperson Larry Langford said. The heaviest rain pummeled a five-block radius near the United Center.
The lawsuit, filed by 66 cities, challenges President Donald Trump’s administration initiatives that seek to withhold federal funding from cities that prohibit their police officers and other employees from enforcing federal civil immigration laws.