Woman missing from Uptown found safe

Karen Ptak, a 53-year-old woman reported missing from Uptown July 20, has been found safely, Chicago police said.

Man, 70, missing from Uptown found safe

Robert Snyder, a 70-year-old man reported missing from Uptown on the North Side Monday, has been found safe, Chicago police said.

Missing Uptown woman found safe

Chicago police on Thursday canceled her missing person alert.

Video shows Chicago police officer chasing down, punching protester

The Chicago Police Department has opened an internal investigation after video surfaced online that shows an officer chasing down and punching a protester in Uptown Monday night.

Girl, 13, missing from Uptown

Charlotte Thornton was last seen May 26 in the 4500 block of North Sheridan Road, according to a missing person alert from Chicago police.

Chicago man allegedly suffocated wife during mushroom trip

An Uptown man smothered his wife with a pillow during a bad mushroom trip because he was worried her drug-induced screams would make his neighbors think he was abusing her, Cook County prosecutors said Thursday.

2 stabbed on CTA Red Line train in Uptown

A man and a teenage boy were stabbed Saturday on a CTA Red Line train in Uptown on the North Side.

Chicago man stabbed, sexually assaulted and robbed ex-girlfriend: prosecutors

James Carter, 39, was ordered held on $10,000 bail during a Wednesday hearing, where he faced felony counts of criminal sexual assault, domestic battery and robbery in connection to the Dec. 22 attack.

1 hurt in fire at Uptown apartment building

A fire broke out in a unit of a 24-story residential building about 7:45 p.m. at 4640 N. Sheridan Road, according to Chicago Fire Department officials.

Bail set at $10K for parents charged in shooting of baby in Uptown

Travis McCoy, 26, was charged with a felony count of false complaint to 911 while Adriana Smith, 28, was charged with felony obstruction of justice and destroying evidence, Chicago police said.

Man tried to lure little boy and girl into van in Uptown

The 10-year-old girl and 9-year-old boy were walking about 4:35 p.m. when a man approached them in the van and talked to them “with the intention of luring them into the vehicle,” police said.