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The Chicago Teachers Union is rallying around a longtime school clerk whose position they claim is being defunded next school year by Chicago Public Schools.

A Chicago police officer was indicted on more felony charges, including attempted murder, for an off-duty shooting while he was allegedly intoxicated.

A man was charged with reckless homicide in a vehicle crash that killed a 12-year-old girl and left four others wounded Wednesday in Garfield Ridge on the Southwest Side.

Carjackers continued to target drivers in Chicago Thursday evening, with police responding to at least four carjackings between dusk and midnight.

A 12-year-old girl died and four others hurt after a driver veered into oncoming traffic and crashed Wednesday in Garfield Ridge on the Southwest Side.

The oversight agency of Chicago police Thursday released body camera videos related to an October officer-involved shooting on the Southwest Side.

An off-duty Chicago police officer was drunk when he fired his service weapon at a man he physically attacked during a confrontation he started on the Southwest Side, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.

An off-duty Chicago police officer fatally shot his son during a domestic incident early Wednesday in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood on the Southwest Side, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.

Police are looking for someone who tried to lure a child to a van Wednesday in Garfield Ridge on the Southwest Side.

A man was shot and killed by Chicago police after allegedly lunging at a CPD sergeant with a knife Saturday in Vittum Park in Garfield Ridge.

The Cook County sheriff’s office released a video Thursday that shows a deputy shooting an apparently armed man as he runs from police on Chicago's Southwest Side.

A 44-year-old motorcyclist died after wiping out early Monday in Garfield Ridge on the Southwest Side, police said.

Police on Monday canceled her missing person alert.

On Facebook, staff at Liquorama said Christ Douvlis was the “greatest friend to all who knew him.”

Moises Morales didn’t have an ID and was turned away twice before allegedly pulling out a 4-to-6-inch knife and repeatedly stabbing 56-year-old cashier Christ Douvlis, Cook County prosecutors said Monday.

Gianna Wilson, a 12-year-old girl reported March 23 from Brighton Park, has been found safe, Chicago police said.

The crash happened about 6:10 a.m. near Archer and Central avenues, Chicago police said.

Destiny Garcia, 13, who was reported missing from Garfield Ridge since Feb. 26, was found safely, Chicago police said.

Margarita Perez, 44, was last seen near 56th Street and Rutherford Avenue