Crime
Man gets 2.5 years for buying gun used to kill Ella French
The man was sentenced in a federal courtroom full of Chicago police officers and the mother of Officer Ella French, who was slain in August 2021 during a traffic stop.
Chicago News
Crime
Man on parole charged in triple slaying outside Portage Park bar
According to records, Parsons-Salas was charged with first-degree murder in a 2009 Albany Park home invasion but the case against him was separated and a lesser sentence received after his codefendant confessed. He was paroled in October 2022.
Crime
18-year-old Edgewater man charged with Austin double murder, attempted murder
Police charged Edwin Lagunas, 18, of the Edgewater neighborhood, in the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl and a 44-year-old man in November in the Austin neighborhood on the city's west side. A 38-year-old man was also seriously injured in the November 20 shooting.
News
Church officials clear Pfleger of abuse claim
The Chicago Archdiocese released a letter Saturday saying that a review board found “no reason to suspect” that the Rev. Michael Pfleger was guilty of the allegations. Pfleger had stepped away from his duties as pastor of St. Sabina Church in October during the review.
Crime
CPD officer stabbed in the head while saving woman, offender shot and in critical condition
A Chicago Police Officer is in serious but stable condition recovering this morning after he was stabbed in the head while confronting a man threatening a woman in Roseland. Officers shot the man and he is in critical condition.
Crime
Four shot, three killed during bar fight in Portage Park
An argument that started in a bar and lounge in the Portage Park neighborhood spilled out onto the street and someone opened fire, killing three and leaving a fourth in critical condition.
Chicago News
Polish man who vanished at party found dead in Lake Michigan
The man was last seen about 9:45 p.m. Saturday at the Howl at the Moon bar in Chicago's River North neighborhood. He had ridden there with a few dozen coworkers on a party bus to attend their company Christmas party.
Business
Boeing's last 747 to roll out of Washington state factory
After more than half a century, the last Boeing 747 rolled out of a Washington state factory on Tuesday. The final customer is the cargo carrier Atlas Air.
Crime
15-year-old shot and killed in the Austin neighborhood
The teen was shot around 3:15 p.m. on the city's west side near Michele Clark Prep High School.
Chicago News
Carbon monoxide leak at Chicago church sends 12 to hospitals
Twelve people were hospitalized after a carbon monoxide leak just after 1:00 p.m. at a church on Chicago's South Side, fire officials said.
Business
Chicago Fed names ex-Obama adviser Goolsbee as next leader
Goolsbee, 53, an economics professor at the University of Chicago who is a frequent commentator in opinion columns and television appearances, will succeed Charles Evans on Jan. 9. Evans is retiring after 15 years as head of the Chicago Fed after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65.
Crime
Two men arrested in fatal shooting of 12-year-old girl
Moore was in the passenger seat of a family member’s car when three men fired on another vehicle and a bullet struck her in the back of the head. One of the men has 11 prior arrests.