Crime

Good Wood Travis Wood looked regular-season ready Sunday, allowing three hits and striking out four, all looking, in five scoreless innings of the Cubs’ 2-1 home win against the Reds. He … Continued

An elderly man is dead after a house fire Sunday morning in the unincorporated northern suburbs. Crews responded to the blaze in the 38000 block of Drexel Boulevard in unincorporated … Continued

Services have been arranged for longtime civil rights activist the Rev. Willie Barrow. Rainbow PUSH headquarters will hold a celebration of Barrow’s life Thursday at 5 p.m. Visitation for Barrow … Continued

A man was found dead in a house fire Saturday morning in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. Firefighters responded to the blaze about 9:10 a.m. at the … Continued

Police are searching for a 16-year-old South Side girl who hasn’t been seen since Wednesday in West Englewood. Stephanie Zaragoza was last seen near Harper High School, 6520 S. Wood, … Continued

Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 14-year-old girl who has been missing for almost a week from the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Citlali … Continued

Jesus “Chuy” Garcia received a major boost Saturday in his bid to unseat Mayor Rahm Emanuel, as the powerful and big-spending Service Employees International Union’s State Council endorsed the challenger … Continued

Multiple residents were displaced after a fire Friday evening in north suburban Vernon Hills. Authorities were called at 5:55 p.m. to a fire in the 1100 block of Wadsworth Place … Continued

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Meet the new Gordon Beckham. He’s not the old Gordon Beckham. Or is he? Beckham, whom White Sox fans fell in love with as a rookie in … Continued

A 69-year-old man was charged in a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a woman Thursday afternoon in Englewood, Chicago Police announced early Saturday. Mathew Price, of the 5400 block of South … Continued