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12 displaced by South Side basement fire
Twelve people were displaced by a fire in the basement of a South Side apartment building this morning, officials said. The fire started before 6 a.m. in the 7900 block of South Aberdeen Street in the Gresham neighborhood, Chicago Fire Department...
Tags: Gresham
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Cops: Man stabbed to death in domestic dispute
A West Side man was stabbed to death this morning in a domestic dispute in the Lawndale neighborhood, authorities said. Willie Wimberly, 35, was found fatally stabbed in the 1900 block of South Spaulding Avenue, and declared dead at 9:25 a.m. at Mount...
Tags: Punishment, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois)
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Woman saved after jumping into Chicago River--for a swim
A woman who is believed to have jumped into the Chicago River downtown for a swim was quickly rescued by the crew of a tour boat--in the middle of their annual Coast Guard inspection, officials said. The woman was seen going into the Chicago River...
Tags: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Michigan Avenue, U.S. Coast Guard
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Tour boat crew rescues woman who plunged into Chicago River
A woman who is believed to have jumped into the Chicago River downtown for a swim was quickly rescued by the crew of a tour boat — in the middle of their annual Coast Guard inspection, officials said. The woman went into the Chicago River near...
Tags: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Michigan Avenue
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4-year-old survives 2-story fall from window
A 4-year-old boy fell from a second-story window of his family's North Lawndale neighborhood apartment Saturday, narrowly missing a spiked metal gate in front of the entrance, authorities said. The boy apparently fell while jumping on the couch near an...Tags: North Lawndale, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois)
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Man wounded in Far South Side shooting
Tribune reporterA man was wounded this afternoon in a shooting on the Far South Side in the city's Longwood Manor neighborhood, police said. Shortly before 1:30 p.m., a man, believed to be in his 60s, suffered a gunshot wound to his shoulder, said Chicago Police...Tags: Shootings, Chicago Police Department
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Man charged after attic full of pot plants catches fire
Tribune reporterA Chicago man has been charged with running an "extensive cannabis growing operation" out of his Far South Side home which was discovered when Chicago firefighters responded to a fire in the attic this morning. "What they discovered was what looked like...Tags: Drug Trafficking
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Man struck, killed by Orange Line train
Part of the CTA's Orange Line on the Southwest Side was shut down this afternoon after a man was run over and killed by a train, authorities said. The CTA received reports of a person who made contact with a northbound train north of the Orange Line's...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority
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Chicago Overnight Report
A wrap-up of news from the Tribune's breaking news desk. • One person was killed and four others were hospitalized following a 2-car crash in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the Far South Side, according to the Chicago Fire Department and...
Tags: Washington Heights (Chicago, Illinois), Little Village
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Boy injured in fall from 2nd floor window on West Side
Tribune reporterA 4-year-old boy fell from a second-story window in his family’s North Lawndale neighborhood apartment Saturday and narrowly missed a spiked metal gate in front of the entrance, authorities said. The boy had apparently been jumping on the couch...Tags: North Lawndale, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois)
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Near North elevator malfunction sends 4 to hospitals
Tribune reporterAn elevator malfunction in a Near North building sent four people to the hospital, officials said. The malfunction happened at 3 p.m. in a building at 60 E. Delaware St. in the Near North neighborhood, according to Chicago Fire Department officials....Tags: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics
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In plea deal, man gets 145 days in South Side teen's killing
A Chicago man has admitted to killing a Beverly neighborhood teenager by punching him in the head on July 4, 2011, and will serve 145 days in jail, a prosecutor said today. James Malecek, who was 19 at the time of the killing, admitted in pleading...
Tags: Punishment, Prisons, Prosecution, Trials, Justice System
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