March 9, 2022 Inmate at large after escaping custody at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, authorities say An inmate being returned to Wisconsin to face drug charges escaped a transportation officer at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Tuesday after the officer turned away to get the inmate some food, authorities said.
March 9, 2022 4 dead in Chicago suburb after SUV hits freight train Four people died early Wednesday in a south Chicago suburb when an SUV hit a moving freight train at a crossing and caught fire, an official said.
March 8, 2022 Philadelphia approaching 100 homicides so far this year, on pace with Chicago for murders in 2022 Philadelphia, known as the City of Brotherly Love, has had 96 homicides so far this year, falling one murder short of the notoriously violent Chicago three months into 2022.Â
March 8, 2022 Chicago teachers vow to fight order to drop mask mandates, Puerto Rico lifts restrictions With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continuing to fall significantly across the U.S., local, state and territory governments and schools have begun to remove mask mandates.Â
March 7, 2022 Chicago-area mayor running for Congress rips Kim Foxx: 'Putting rest of us at risk' Keith Pekau, the mayor of Chicago suburb Orland Park, is criticizing Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and the court system for nearly letting a federal attempted murder and armed robbery parolee out on bond.
March 7, 2022 Chicago teen with multiple felony charges allegedly stabbed bartender to death Chicago teen with three pending felony juvenile cases is accused of first-degree murder and armed robbery in the February death of a well-known bartender.
March 7, 2022 Russia-Ukraine war: How American cities are helping their Ukrainian sister cities The U.S. has approximately 18 official Ukrainian sister cities, according to the Sister Cities International membership directory.
March 4, 2022 2 charged in killing of Chicago man hanging Christmas lights Pedro Mendiola and Moises Barrios were charged with murder and other felonies Friday in the December attacks on 14 people in Chicago.
March 4, 2022 2 Chicago officers wounded in shooting, suspect caught Two Chicago police officers were shot and wounded Friday by a gunman who dropped a handgun while waiting in line at an outdoor hot dog stand with one of the officers, picked it up and opened fire, police said.
March 3, 2022 Chicago Mayor Lightfoot launched into expletive-filled rant during Columbus statue dispute, lawsuit claims Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot launched into an expletive-filled tirade before blocking a deal the city made with an Italian American group regarding the display of a Christopher Columbus statue, according to a lawsuit reportedly filed Tuesday.