Adam Hearn, 31, of the 900 block of South Main Street in Lombard, was charged with stabbing a security guard at Blackfinn American Saloon in Naperville after he and his girlfriend were caught smoking in the bathroom of the bar early Sunday morning. more ›

Sandra Clanton, 39, of Elmhurst, attacked and then slashed her 9-month-old grandson with a kitchen knife last Saturday because she thought he was the "Antichrist," DuPage County prosecutors said on Friday. Clanton was charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery of a child, and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and ordered held on $2 million bail; she's also been held in a locked psychiatric facility since the stabbing. According to police, Clanton's grandson and daughter were staying in her home when she abruptly attacked the child, allegedly slamming the child's head into the edge of the kitchen sink before slashing his face. Clanton's daughter rescued the baby and called police. Officials said that the baby suffered no life-threatening injuries. more ›

The Chicago Public Schools' new school year is just a few days old and already a pair of violent acts have shaken the system, leaving one student dead and a student and teacher wounded. DeAntonio Goss, a 16-year-old sophomore at Bowen High School, was shot and killed yesterday afternoon, the first CPS student killed this school year. The shooting happened around 2:45 p.m. and another student, an 18-year-old senior, was also wounded in the shooting. Police say the shooting may have stemmed from a fight at school earlier in the day. more ›

We've all been there: roommate disputes over splitting bills. But two men took the fight too far when a fight over an $80 phone bill led to a stabbing. Lester Scott, 56, allegedly stabbed David Gant, 54, on Friday night after a fight over the bill. Gant was taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital and Scott was charged with aggravated domestic battery though he claims Gant threatened him first. more ›

A relatively peaceful Taste of Chicago was marred last night by violence and a power outage. Three teens were stabbed in two separate incidents as the Taste crowd let out for the night and there were reports of numerous fights. While the violence wasn't quite as bad as the shootout at the OK Corral that broke out two years ago, it was still an unwelcome interruption in what had been, to this point, a relatively peaceful Taste. more ›

A woman who was five months pregnant was stabbed to death at a friend's home in Villa Park yesterday afternoon and the murder was witnessed by the victim's three-year-old daughter. Police are currently searching for 31-year-old Eric Gilford for questioning related to the crime. There's still confusion as to exactly what happened and Gilford's relationship to the victim. Some reports say the victim was visiting her boyfriend's apartment when the incident occurred while a neighbor told the Tribune the victim had introduced herself a week before as "Eric's wife." And ABC 7 refers to the victim as Gilford's ex-wife. A witness told CBS 2, "A little girl came running outside talking about her daddy stabbed 'em, her daddy stabbed 'em. I said, 'Are you okay?' The little girl was full of blood." more ›

An Iowa man who claimed he was stabbed by a mugger on the Riverwalk last month has now come clean: he made it all up. Police have charged Gary Hunninghake, 63, of Coralville, Iowa (pictured right) with felony disorderly conduct for filing a fake police report for the April 24 "incident." Police have maintained since the incident occurred that Hunninghake's story had inconsistencies. He claimed to have been stabbed multiple times shortly before 6 a.m. on April 24 while jogging along the Riverwalk but it now turns out those wounds were self-inflicted but police said they have no motive as to why so far. Hunninghake turned himself in to police yesterday afternoon. more ›

A man who had been stabbed when he stepped between two fighting friends on Saturday morning was reported to be in "stable" condition, after he boarded a CTA bus on the South Side. At 5:52 a.m., a CTA bus driver contacted police about a rider who had stab wounds in his arm and chest, according to police News Affairs officer Robert Perez. The victim claimed he was drinking with friends in the 5300 block of South Paulina when his friends got in an argument and he attempted to break up their fight and was stabbed in the process. The man was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County in "stable" condition, according to Perez. [Chicago Sun-Times] more ›

A Racine, Wisconsin man has been charged in last week's stabbing death of a trucker along the Edens Expressway. A first-degree murder charged was filed against David Seddon for allegedly stabbing Alan Lauritzen to death in an altercation last week. According to the Sun-Times' report: more ›

• Authorities believe the trucker who was stabbed to death today was stabbed by another trucker after an "altercation."
• A soldier from Galesburg, Illinois serving in Afghanistan is currently being held on misguided child pornography charges stemming from a family photo.
• Block 37's insurance issue may soon be cleared up.

A truck driver was stabbed while inside his cab leading state police to shut down all northbound lanes of the Edens Expressway near Wilmette for a time this morning. According to CBS 2: "Witnesses said the driver exited the cab of the semi-trailer truck and came onto the roadway clutching his midsection and bleeding profusely." According to the Tribune, two of the lanes were still closed as of 12:30 p.m. UPDATE: CBS 2 reports the truck driver has died. more ›

You can't make this stuff up if you tried. At about 8 a.m. on Sunday morning on a CTA bus near Belmont and Milwaukee, a man claiming to be a "knife salesman" accidently tripped down the aisle of the bus and stabbed himself in the leg with one of his own knives, police News Affairs Office Laura Kubiak said. The man told police that he was a "knife salesman," selling knives out of his suitcase, and the stabbing was accidental, Kubiak said. Fire Media Affairs Dir. Larry Langford said that although the man lost a lot of blood, his injuries did not appear to be life threatening. more ›

An early morning fight during breakfast at the Cook County Jail has left 11 inmates injured from stab wounds. No guards were hurt during the melee, which occurred around 4:30 a.m. Five inmates were treated for non-life-threatening injuries at nearby hospitals while six were treated at the on-site hospital. [Tribune] more ›

A fight broke out at the Columbus Restaurant and Bar, 651 W. Washington Blvd, in the West Loop early this morning and police responded to find four people injured from stab wounds. One victim was listed in critical condition, another in guarded, and the other two in stable condition. The perp was also apprehended by police and hospitalized in stable conditions with minor cuts. No word from police of what led to the violent outburst. [WBBM] more ›

An arm wrestling match between two men took a bitter turn when the guy who lost stabbed the winner in the upper left thigh. The victim was stabbed twice. more ›

Two incidents in the last 24 hours have underscored the recent crisis of violence involving Chicago Public School students. Last night, a boy who - until just recently - had attended Sullivan High School - was shot in Rogers Park last night in what appears to be a gang-related incident. At last report, the student, who was shot multiple times, was in serious condition at St. Francis Hospital. This comes on the heels of CBS 2's report on Monday that 508 Chicago Public School students had been shot in the last 16 months - a number that has grown to 510 including last night's shooting. In addition to the shooting, a student was stabbed at DuSable High this morning. Police hadn't said whether the incident happened on school grounds but confirmed the assailant was in custody and the weapon used had been recovered. The student was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County in serious-to-critical condition. more ›

A man was seriously wounded after being stabbed multiple times on-board a CTA Red Line train this afternoon as it traveled north from the Roosevelt stop. A DePaul student sitting nearby, Jamie Huberty, witnessed the attack. more ›

Yesterday, we mentioned the story of Tiffany Cox, Carmelita Hall, Roslind Ball, and Miesha Nelson, the four women accused of beating and stabbing a man - Morris Wilson - to death this weekend. Now, the details of exactly what the hell happened are coming to light and it scares us even more than before.

The four women and the victim...were playing cards and drinking in the apartment of one of the women in the 8100 block of South Drexel Avenue at about 2 a.m. Sunday, said Cook County Assistant State's Atty. LuAnn Snow during a bond hearing. more ›

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