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Minnie Minoso broke the color barrier in Chicago baseball when he debuted with the White Sox in 1951, hitting a home run in his first at-bat. He also blazed a trail as the first star ballplayer from Cuba.

Illinois State Police said that Armonii M. Russell, 24, opened fire at a trucker on I-94 near 59th Street on April 27. The trucker was not injured, but the semi was hit.

Illinois State Police said that Arrington Bell, 33, of Chicago, was found on I-94 near I-290 with a woman around 3 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day.

JUSSIE SMOLLETT ON TRIAL: The actor who claimed that he was the victim of a racist, homophobic attack goes on trial this week on charges that he staged the attack.

Video provided by witnesses shows shots being fired as people run. A video of the aftermath shows a car upside down.

The Niles Police Department has identified the man that was struck by a minivan near a Home Depot as Kimball C. Jacks, 68, of Park Ridge. Police say the man was struck by a car that fled the area, prior to the minivan striking him. 

Chicago police have recovered a U-Haul truck that was reported stolen a week ago. 

Millions of people are hitting the road, rails and air.

Two men were struck by a train in Indiana Saturday night, according to Schererville Police. 

At least one person was killed and a 16-year-old boy among 22 others wounded in citywide shootings since Friday 5 p.m.

A man has been charged with stabbing a CTA bus driver who caught him attempting to pickpocket another rider in Lincoln Park.

A man was shot while walking Sunday morning in Cragin on the Northwest Side.

Two people were wounded, one critically in a shooting Saturday night in Lithuanian Plaza on the South Side.