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Man bragged about killing rival in Little Village ambush: prosecutors

December 6, 2025 10:11 AM CWBChicago
Prosecutors say a 20-year-old man bragged about shooting two rivals in Little Village, killing one, after plotting an early morning ambush with another man.

Humboldt Park

Man paroled in August now charged in four armed robberies and kidnapping

December 4, 2025 8:29 PM CWBChicago
A convicted felon who was paroled in mid-August on a machine gun possession case is now charged with aggravated kidnapping and four armed robberies that occurred just three months after his release, Chicago police said.

Little Village

CPS poised to pay $17.5 million to student who endured years of sexual abuse by her dean

December 3, 2025 11:55 AM Tim Hecke
The Chicago Board of Education will vote Wednesday on a proposal to pay $17.5 million to a former CPS student who endured years of grooming and sexual assaults by her high school dean.

Little Village

Cops seek 2 men for slaying of father-son jewelry store owners in Little Village

November 14, 2025 7:53 AM Tim Hecke
Chicago police are asking for the public’s help identifying two men wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a father and son during a robbery attempt at their Little Village jewelry store last weekend.

Little Village

ICE conspiracies swirl around Little Village double murder, but video tells the truth

November 10, 2025 8:16 PM Tim Hecke
After a father and son were murdered during a robbery at their Little Village jewelry store, social media lit up with wild claims. Some posts claimed that residents were too afraid of ICE to call 911, while others even suggest that federal agents personally carried out the murder. Surveillance video sets the record straight.

Little Village

Father and son murdered during robbery in Little Village; $10K reward offered

November 9, 2025 12:19 PM Tim Hecke
Chicago police are searching for a gunman who fatally shot a father and son during a robbery at a Little Village jewelry store on Saturday evening. Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to the shooter’s arrest.

Little Village

CPD officer hit by truck as Border Patrol faces gunshot, rowdy crowds in Little Village

November 8, 2025 7:12 PM CWBChicago
A Chicago police officer was struck by a vehicle Saturday morning while trying to manage an increasingly tense scene in Little Village, where anti-Border Patrol crowds clashed with federal agents during an immigration enforcement operation, officials said.

Little Village

Cops seek hit-and-run driver who killed 72-year-old in Little Village

October 28, 2025 5:16 AM CWBChicago
CPD’s Major Accident Investigation Unit is trying to identify the driver who struck and killed a 72-year-old man in Little Village on Friday afternoon.

Citywide

Come on down! Federal judge orders Border Patrol chief to appear in court after tear gas claims

October 25, 2025 7:35 AM Tim Hecke
A federal judge has ordered the head of the Trump Administration’s immigration enforcement operations in Chicago to appear in her courtroom Tuesday morning, apparently for direct questioning from the bench.

Little Village

Man stabbed girl 15x after she ignored his ‘Good morning’ greeting, prosecutors say

September 28, 2025 6:25 PM CWBChicago
A 60-year-old man is accused of randomly stabbing a teenage girl more than a dozen times in Little Village after she ignored his greeting of “Good morning” while walking to the gym, prosecutors said.

Little Village

8 years for man accused of carjacking woman while wearing an ankle monitor

September 19, 2025 1:10 PM Tim Hecke
A 21-year-old man who prosecutors said carjacked a woman in Little Village while already on electronic monitoring for another case was handed an effective eight-year sentence after pleading guilty in three separate cases on Friday.

Bucktown

Woman gets 7 years for citywide stabbing spree

August 18, 2025 6:27 PM Tim Hecke
A Chicago woman who randomly slashed and stabbed strangers in Bucktown, Little Village, and other neighborhoods has been sentenced to 7 years in prison. Prosecutors say Shaynella Williams attacked at least seven victims between 2022 and 2023, including grandparents eating with their grandkids at a McDonald’s.

Little Village

CPS dean gets 22 years for repeatedly sexually assaulting student

August 12, 2025 3:55 PM Tim Hecke
The former dean of a Chicago Public Schools high school will be spending years in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting a student between 2013 and 2015.

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