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Resolution calls for second phase of work by Chicago-Cook County domestic violence task force
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (231+ words) October 8, 2026 / 5:34 AM CDT / CBS Chicago A local task force created to address the rising rates of domestic violence and strengthen support for survivors could be brought back for a second phase. The proposal to revive the task force was set…...
Man fatally stabbed during argument turned fight on South Side, Chicago police say
11+ hour, 18+ min ago (124+ words) October 7, 2026 / 9:32 PM CDT / CBS Chicago An investigation is underway after a man was stabbed to death on the city's South Side Wednesday night. It happened just before 7 p.m. in the 1400 block of East 87th Street in the Avalon Park neighborhood. According to…...
Memorial mass for Eddimar Hernandez Chacon, killed in Chatham stabbing, happening Wednesday evening
15+ hour, 48+ min ago (108+ words) Updated on: October 7, 2026 / 5:02 PM CDT / CBS Chicago A memorial will take place Wednesday evening for the 7-year-old girl who was fatally stabbed in the Chatham neighborhood over the weekend. Prosecutors said Eddimar Hernandez Chacon was walking with her sister in…...
Boy, 4, critical after being found shot in head at South Side residence, police say
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (99+ words) October 6, 2026 / 6:52 PM CDT / CBS Chicago A 4-year-old boy is hospitalized after being found shot in the head at a South Side residence on Tuesday afternoon. It happened shortly after 4 p.m. in the 2200 block of East 99th Street in the Jeffrey Manor neighborhood....
2 suspects charged in September shooting of 15-year-old boy in West Garfield Park
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (38+ words) CBS News Chicago 11am CBS News Colorado This Morning 9am CBS News Detroit 12:30pm CBS News Los Angeles Mornings 9am CBS News Miami 12pm CBS News New York 12pm CBS News Philadelphia 12pm CBS News Texas 11am...
Police search for man who punched woman on Roosevelt CTA train platform
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (168+ words) October 6, 2026 / 10:31 AM CDT / CBS Chicago Chicago police on Tuesday were searching for a man who punched a woman on the Roosevelt Road Chicago Transit Authority train platform this past weekend. Police said at 11:55 a.m. Sunday, the man hit the woman in…...
Family of man shot to death at Grand Crossing gas station speak out
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (22+ words) CBS News Detroit 11pm CBS News Los Angeles 8pm CBS News New York 11pm CBS News Philadelphia 11pm CBS News Texas 10pm...
Family of man shot to death at South Side gas station speak out
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (425+ words) Updated on: October 5, 2026 / 10:29 PM CDT / CBS Chicago The family of a young man killed at a South Side gas station last month is speaking out, asking why two gunmen targeted him. Naseem Stevens, 26, had so much going for him and…...
Chicago homicides in 2026: 328 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years.
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (210+ words) The homicide figures do not include killings that occurred in self-defense or in other circumstances not measured in Chicago police statistics. Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which... The homicide figures do not include killings that occurred in self-defense…...
Chicago homicides in 2026: 319 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (212+ words) The homicide figures do not include killings that occurred in self-defense or in other circumstances not measured in Chicago police statistics. Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which... The homicide figures do not include killings that occurred in self-defense…...