Man dies in fall after taking down Christmas decorations at Old Town apartment building

Eric Charles Trefelner, was found about 8:45 a.m. on the 6th floor pool deck of a residential building in the 1200 block of North LaSalle Street after falling from the 31st floor, Chicago police said.

Captured coyote undergoes DNA test to confirm if it bit 6-year-old boy

Inspectors responded to a call of an injured coyote about 10: 19 p.m. in the 1700 block of North Fremont Street, according to Chicago police and Animal Care and Control.

Douglas man charged with armed robbery, weapons charges

Deshawn Jackson, of Douglas, was charged with felony counts of armed robbery and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, according to Chicago police.

Arson may have caused Old Town trash can fire that spread to home, 11 cars: authorities

Authorities have not ruled out arson as the cause of a trash can fire early Tuesday that damaged several cars, a home and a power transformer in Old Town on the Near North Side.

Man wounded in shooting in Old Town

A 22-year-old man was wounded Saturday in a shooting in Old Town on the Near North Side.

Robbers beat victims, steal cell phones in Lincoln Park, Old Town
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A group of robbers beat at least three people and stole their cell phones in separate incidents last week in the North Side Lincoln Park and Old Town neighborhoods.