Police urge residents to be cautious after one's strange encounter.
Pedestrian stuck by commuter train in Beverly taken to hospital in critical condition. May have been looking something on tracks, witness tells Meta.
All Blue Island Branch trains on the Rock Island Metra line are stopped due to train vs. pedestrian incident in Beverly.
Chicago police officers will attend parole hearings for three men convicted of killing fellow officers in 1970s.
Blue Island man charged in Calumet City bank robbery, believed responsible for robbing banks in Evergreen Park, Mt. Greenwood and Beverly, FBI says.
Fire breaks out in home in 9400 block of South Utica Avenue late Monday morning.
23-year-old man fatally shot in Morgan Park on Saturday afternoon, Chicago Tribune reports.
Police say David Earner violated the sex offender registration act when he used false addresses during his weekly registration, Burbank Beat reports.
Oak Lawn police are looking into possible similarities with incident reported in Evergreen Park where a male Hispanic grabbed a young woman from behind.
Evergreen Park police say woman was able to knock man to ground after he grabbed her from behind on street corner Sunday evening.
Oak Lawn police continue to investigate accident in which a 57-year-old man died when he was struck by an SUV crossing 95th Street and Cicero Avenue on Saturday evening.
Summit residents report hawks are getting feisty in southwest suburb.
Daniel Vorberg, 31, sentenced to three years in Illinois Department of Corrections for Mt. Greenwood public indecency conviction.
"I have to kill you," attacker shouted as 8-year-old girl on her way home from school hits him with backpack and runs for her dad.
Robber knocks off TCF bank branch inside of Jewel, cops say.
Investigators say man passed note demanding money, fled on foot. Suspect did not appear to be armed.
The nose knows: 2 women arrested after drug-sniffing dog ruins trip home from a Jamaica vacation.
Gunman also wounded and taken into surgery.
Southbound lanes on Ryan expressway remain closed during Tuesday afternoon rush hour after a semi collided with a school bus, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Bail set a $125,000 for Worth man facing multiple charges for aggravated domestic battery and cruelty.
Witnesses tell cops unknown adult male left young boy on curb on city's South Side and then drove away, police say.
Police will be slowing traffic and pulling drivers off the streets of Morgan Park this weekend, May 30 and May 31.
Fitness hearing scheduled for June 4 for Oak Lawn grandmother charged with first-degree murder of baby granddaughter.
Cause of fire that heavily damaged home under investigation, Oak Lawn fire officials say.
Man told paramedics that he was "struck by a train" after he was found lying on CSX railroad tracks in Evergreen Park early Tuesday morning.
Sergeant could be suspended or fired for picking up the woman during a domestic dispute call and buying her more booze while on duty in 2009.
Bill to rename Mt. Greenwood post office after fallen Chicago firefighter, CFD Capt. Herbert Johnson, goes before U.S. House for full vote later this year.
Four men face charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest during large fight inside children' entertainment restaurant, cops say.
Police said 93-year-old man had been storing dynamite in his basement for past 60 years.
Danny Tallant is charged with aggravated robbery in connection with three crimes in Palos Hills and Worth, the first committed in April.
Oak Lawn police intervene between angry adults in front of popular children's entertainment Sunday evening, captured on video.
Bail set at $500,000 for South Side man accused of beating and robbing elderly priest in brutal home invasion. Second offender remains at large.
Multiple escort ads were discovered in the home of a Brother Rice teacher, where it's believed a prostitute stabbed him to death in January.
South Holland man cops guilty plea to felony criminal contempt of court charge for failure to make court ordered repairs before fatal fire in December 2010.
Burbank Police issue community alert for man who allegedly invaded home and tugged on a sleeping woman's clothing on April 26.
After a 90-year-old woman lashed out with a broom and her husband opened fire on an off-duty cop's wife with a shotgun, the cop shot back.
The accident occurred early Friday at 99th Street and Cicero Avenue in Oak Lawn. Police say driver wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from car.
Oak Lawn man was despondent over death of brother who died in home the day before. Filled home with natural gas in suicide attempt, police say.
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