Four men were shot in West Englewood, one of whom is in critical condition after being shot in the head. more ›

This news is an unfortunate and fearful symmetry with today being the centennial of the Union Stock Yards fire. A 3-11 blaze in an abandoned warehouse on the South Side claimed the lives of two firefighters and injured 14, including two more firefighters, when they were trapped inside the structure after a wall collapsed on them. more ›

First responders were busy on the Northwest side overnight. Just before 3 a.m., a car was involved in an accident with a garbage truck, killing two and injuring two others. The crash happened in Logan Square at Fullerton and Central Park when the car broadsided the private company garbage truck. The two injured victims were taken to Illinois Masonic and Northwestern Memorial Hospital; one of the two deaths was a man inside the car but it's not known if the second death was a passenger in the car or truck. Police also had their hands full with a series of fires across the Logan Square and Humboldt Park neighborhoods. At least six fires were reported overnight, all starting in trash cans but some spreading to nearby garages. [Tribune, WBBM] more ›