Avondale

Neighbors were stunned Tuesday to find racist graffiti at a children's park on the North Side.

A bicyclist was run over and critically injured by a city dump truck Tuesday morning in Avondale on the Northwest Side.

Police are investigating after someone spray-painted racial and homophobic slurs on two Avondale garages Friday on the Northwest Side.

A person was shot while standing guard over a liquor store Sunday in Avondale on the Northwest Side.

Six people were shot downtown, one of them fatally, amid protests Saturday in the wake of the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd.

Elizabeth Rubio, 38, was charged with one count each of aggravated battery of a peace officer and aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, as well as two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, Chicago police said.

Shannon Ohara, 32, was allegedly speeding in a Chevrolet Equinox in the 3400 block of West Belmont Avenue at 4:20 a.m. when she hit a marked CPD vehicle northbound on Kimball Avenue and turning onto Belmont Avenue, Chicago police said.

A 23-year-old man was shot dead in Avondale on Saturday.

A 64-year-old man who died Friday in north suburban Des Plaines is Cook County’s fifth cold-related death of the season, according to the medical examiner’s office.

It’s a brazen plan hatched by thieves. They are now using tow trucks to steal cars.

A 4-year-old girl was sexually abused last month at an elementary school in Avondale on the Northwest Side, according to Chicago police.

A rollover vehicle crash Thursday left six people injured, including four children, in Avondale on the North Side.