Jefferson Park

Michael Mika died at 6:18 p.m. Thursday at Northwest Memorial Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

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Police and fire crews huddled near the home’s front steps as local tow trucks tried to decide the best way to get the disabled truck out of the yard.

Qin Zheng, 55, who was missing from Jefferson Park since January has been found, Chicago police said.

Two people were charged in connection with an attempted carjacking Monday in Jefferson Park on the Northwest Side.

A man shot at two carjackers Monday morning in Jefferson Park on the Northwest Side, police say.

A 38-year-old man faces a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence in connection to a Wednesday crash in Jefferson Park that flipped a Chicago Police Department SUV on its side, injuring two officers.

About 12:15 a.m., a 38-year-old male driver of a 2019 Kia was driving west on Lawrence Avenue when he blew through a red light and struck a CPD vehicle that was headed south on Central Avenue, Chicago police said.

Ortiz, who lives in Jefferson Park, is charged with a felony count of solicitation of murder for hire, police said.

Authorities were called at 11:22 p.m. after someone spotted the man lying in a fenced-in area along Ainslie Street near the Metra tracks and the Kennedy Expressway, according to Chicago police.

Three people in clown masks broke into an apartment and stole money Saturday in Jefferson Park on the North Side.

Tramaine Watson, Dimari Terry and a 16-year-old boy allegedly forced their way into a parked car Oct. 18 in the 5900 block of West Montrose Avenue, according to Chicago police.

Two children who were inside a vehicle stolen in Jefferson Park were found uninjured on the Northwest Side.