Chicago group supplying students with back-to-school necessities

60,000 Chicago area kids will be given backpacks full of pencils, folders and more. It is the largest school supply distribution effort in our area.

Man, 31, shot dead in Chatham

The man was shot in the chest, one of more than 400 people shot and killed in Chicago so far this year.

1 killed, 1 wounded in Chatham shooting

One person was killed and another wounded in a shooting Saturday night in Chatham on the South Side.

Man charged with fatal stabbing in Chatham last year

A 29-year-old man faces a first-degree murder charge in the fatal stabbing of a man in November 2020 in Chatham on the South Side. 

Man shot during robbery in Chatham

A 40-year-old man was shot Thursday during a robbery in East Chatham.

Pair of teenage boys charged in Chatham carjacking

Two boys are facing multiple felony charges in connection with a carjacking Tuesday in the Chatham neighborhood.

Man, 67, stabbed to death while on CTA bus near Chatham: police

The 67-year-old got into an argument with a male suspect while traveling on a CTA bus about 4:30 p.m. in the 8600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago police said. The male pulled out a knife and stabbed the man in the chest, police said.

Man charged with murder in death of woman in Chatham

A 27-year-old man faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the death of a woman in Chatham.

Missing woman Kierra Coles: Family ups reward to $45,000 for Chicago postal worker last seen in 2018

"Everything goes through your mind. What if it's this? What if it's that? What if this has happened? What if that happened? We just don't know," said Kierra Coles' mom, Karen Phillips. "To feel like your child could be harmed every day... that is torture to yourself."

Boyfriend finds girlfriend dead in Chatham: police

The boyfriend found his 30-year-old girlfriend unresponsive. Police said she suffered blunt force trauma to the head.

Chicago boy struck by vehicle still attends preschool graduation

"He could have been gone. Just to even be able to celebrate this day is amazing. My baby could have been gone," the child's mother said.

47 shot, 3 fatally, in Chicago this weekend

At least three people have been killed and 43 others wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday night, including a mass shooting Saturday morning in Chatham that left one dead and nine others hurt.

Woman killed, 9 others hurt in Chatham shooting

Alderman Roderick Sawyer called the Chatham shooting “unacceptable’, he said the community has been working hard to rebuild 75th street as a thriving business corridor.

10 shot, 1 fatally, after gunmen opened fire on Chatham sidewalk

BREAKING OVERNIGHT: Two males approached a group standing on the sidewalk and opened fire. A woman was killed and nine others were wounded.