Blue Island mom shares heartbreak after weekend crime leaves her son without his wheelchair

Along with her 2019 black Hyundai Elantra, which Rodriguez said was locked at the time, her son’s specialized car seat and wheelchair were stolen. The equipment costs tens of thousands of dollars.

Woman's car stolen with son's wheelchair inside
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A suburban mom is sharing her heartbreak after a weekend crime leaves her son without his wheelchair.

2 people in custody after police chase through Chicago's South Side

Two minors were arrested after fleeing troopers in a stolen car on I-57 just south of Chicago Friday night, state police say.

Chicago man shot dead during fight at Blue Island bar

Two people were shot, one fatally, during a fight at a bar in south suburban Blue Island early Sunday, according to police.

Metra train derails in Blue Island; no injuries reported

Metra spokesperson Michael Gillis said the locomotive and the first car had their wheels come off the track.

Man charged with kidnapping, sexual assault of chained woman
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A Blue Island man was charged in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman who was found handcuffed and chained up last month inside a vacant West Pullman home.

Blue Island man charged with shooting robbery victim, then trying to carjack woman

A man is facing several charges in connection with a robbery, shooting and attempted carjacking Wednesday in the Woodlawn neighborhood on Chicago's South Side

911 calls released of Blue Island shooting involving former CPD officer: 'I think the bullet is in my hand'

"There was gun shots fired. There was an altercation, shots were fired, one shot was fired.  I'm currently hit in the hand. I think the bullet is in my hand," said a Burr Oak Bowl employee to a dispatcher.

Off-duty Chicago cop opened fire in Blue Island bowling alley during drunken fight over restroom: prosecutors

Tate pulled the trigger once, the bullet grazing the man’s right ear and then traveling across the room and hitting a 52-year-old man in the chest, prosecutors said. The bullet exited the man’s back and lodged in the left hand of a 33-year-old manager of the bowling alley.