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The man called out to the female, who saw him touching himself “inappropriately” while leaning against the van, police said.

One suspect grabbed the man while the other punched him in the face and threw him to the ground, police said. The suspects took the man’s property and sped off in his vehicle.

In just one police district, carjackings are up more than 130 percent. Now, Chicago police are deploying a carjacking task force.

The man known as the “Starved Rock Killer” has been released from prison and is now living in Chicago.

Terrence Wallace is the founder of the InZone Project, which is a program that allows kids from violent neighborhoods to relocate and receive focused mentoring and tutoring as they make their way through school.

Ashley Dixon, who also goes by the alias Kayla Love, was last seen February 21, 2020 in the 3100 block of West Marquette Road in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.

The driver lost control, swerved into oncoming traffic and hit three people at the intersection before crashing into a parked car, police said.

High B. Fowler is charged with a count of production of child porn for soliciting sexually explicit images and video from a 16-year-old girl, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern Illinois District.

Jerryelyn Jones, an administrator-in-charge at Lincoln Park High School, sent parents a letter Thursday informing them about the removal of the temporary staffer, who wasn't named.

The three deaths happened as early as December 2019, but their autopsy results were announced Friday. The deaths happened in Beverly, Bronzeville and Lincoln Park.

New ramp beams will be installed at the interchange as part of the ongoing Byrne reconstruction.

Lucas Blanco has rang the bell at Lurie Children's Hospital. The Mundelein boy was battling leukemia.

Beck and Mayor Lori Lightfoot are expected to unveil a more extensive CTA security plan next week.

Two juvenile boys, 15 and 16, and three 18-year-old men each face a felony count of retail theft over $300 and a misdeamnor count of trespass.

The latest shooting left a man dead and another critically hurt late Thursday night in West Garfield Park.

The break-ins have occurred in the morning or early morning hours.

The older man was hit in the chest and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The man refused, at which point the suspect fired a round into the air, police said.

No one is in custody as Area Central detectives investigate.

Paramedics were called about 8:50 p.m. to the 7500 block of South Chicago Avenue for reports of a collision, Chicago Fire Department officials said.