Pastor Corey Brooks temporarily leaves Chicago rooftop after mother is hospitalized

“I knew that’s what I needed to do,” he said. “That’s my mother. You only have one mother and you only have one opportunity. I don’t want to ever have any regrets, so the rooftop can wait.”

Blue Island man charged with shooting robbery victim, then trying to carjack woman

A man is facing several charges in connection with a robbery, shooting and attempted carjacking Wednesday in the Woodlawn neighborhood on Chicago's South Side

Uriel Rogers-Knox murder: 16-year-old killed in Chicago had moved to city against mom's wishes

"His exact words were that I was stopping him from living his best life. And we all went to bed that night, and when I got up in the morning he was gone," the teen's mother said.

Rideshare driver carjacked near University of Chicago in bump-and-run

A rideshare driver was the victim of a bump-and-run carjacking early Wednesday morning in Woodlawn near the University of Chicago campus.

'Mychal Moultry Jr. Act' would quickly provide families of murdered children money to pay for funerals

The bill is called the “Mychal Moultry Jr. Funeral and Burial Assistance Act.” Mychal, 4, was murdered in Chicago in September. He was hit by stray bullets that went through a window in a house in Woodlawn.

2 men charged with June 2021 murder of 23-year-old, wounding another

Two Chicago men have been arrested in connection to a murder and attempted murder that occurred in West Woodlawn in June 2021. 

Illinois State Police surround vehicle in Chicago's West Woodlawn neighborhood

An investigation brought Illinois State Police to the West Woodlawn neighborhood on Friday evening, where troopers surrounded a vehicle on the front lawn of an apartment building.

Illinois State Police surround SUV on Chicago's South Side
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An investigation brought Illinois State Police to the West Woodlawn neighborhood on Friday evening, where troopers surrounded a vehicle on the front lawn of an apartment building.

University of Chicago shootout: New video shows campus officer opening fire on gunman

'GET ON THE GROUND!' The University of Chicago Police Department has released video that shows a shootout between a campus police officer and gunman on Tuesday.

Gunman critically wounded in shootout with University of Chicago police officer: CFD

A person was wounded in a shootout with a University of Chicago police officer Tuesday morning in Hyde Park on the South Side, according to the Chicago Fire Department.