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Week 2: 2022 Illinois High School Football Top 10 Poll
Catch up on the 2022 Week 2 rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class before tonight's games.
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Zion officer fatally shoots man who fired at officers
Zion police were responding to an emergency call from a woman who said a relative was trying to break into her home. Police said the woman had obtained a protective order against the man earlier Thursday, but he had not yet been served with that order.
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Man arrested and charged with first-degree murder after fatal Sunday morning hit-and-run
Chicago Police announced first-degree murder charges against 25-year-old Joseph Verdone in the hit-and-run death of 22-year-old Enrique Martinez on the city's Near West Side.
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Labor Day 2022 Weekend Violence Wrap-Up
While we here at the Chicago Journal do not call Labor Day the end of summer, there's no doubt that it serves as the unofficial seasonal bookend for many in the city and surrounding area.
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Argument in a parking garage leads to shots fired in the Loop
Around 11:30 p.m. last night, police received an unusual call of shots fired while people were holding a party in a parking garage in the Loop neighborhood.
Crime
Two killed, two wounded in South Chicago shooting
Four young men were shot in the South Chicago neighborhood Sunday evening and two in that group have died from their injuries, authorities said.
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Man killed by vehicle this morning on the Near West Side being investigated as a homicide
Police are investigating the hit-and-run death of a man on the Near West Side this morning as a homicide, authorities said Sunday afternoon.
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13-year-old wounded by gunfire on the west side
According to statistics provided by HeyJackass.com, as of September 1, 2022, there have been 260 kids 17-and-under struck by gunfire so far this year, and 42 have died.
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Woman stabs man to death in South Shore
A woman is in custody after authorities said she stabbed a man to death during a domestic dispute on the city's south side early this morning.
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Week 1: 2022 Illinois High School Football Top 10 Poll
Check the latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class before tonight's games.
Police
Another Chicago Police officer dead of suicide
The officer, who reportedly worked the Austin District on the city's west side, is the fifth CPD officer to die by suicide this year alone.
Crime
Retired CPD Officer shot multiple times during attempted robbery
Chicago Police reported one of their own retired officers was shot multiple times after he intervened in an attempted robbery early this morning on the city's south side.