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11 hurt in Gage Park two-vehicle, SUV rollover crash

chicagotribune.com  Police, firefighters, paramedics responded about 3 p.m. to 55th and Richmond and transported 2 in serious-to-critical condition, 8 in fair condition and 1 in good condition  ...

3 Maywood men wounded in shooting in 1700 block of St. Charles Rd

chicagotribune.com  Police responded to 1700 block of St. Charles Rd about 2:40 a.m. Saturday and found a man shot in the elbow, a man shot in the left knee, and a man shot 3 times in the left arm and 2 times in the back; no immediate arrests  ...

3 arrested after carjacked van stopped remotely by vehicle owner

chicagotribune.com  Offenders forced 8 people, including vehicle owner, out of the van in the 600 block of South Independence Blvd about 12:15 a.m. Saturday  ...

Marshaun Taylor, 16, killed in South Side; Lawrence Wilson killed in Rogers Park; 5 wounded in shootings overnight in Chicago

chicagotribune.com  Taylor shot, killed in 6900 block of South Oakley Ave about 12:35 a.m.; Lawrence Wilson, 23, shot, killed in the 1500 block of West Jonquil Terrace about 12:48 a.m.  ...

6-year-old girl killed, two hurt in Englewood shooting

chicagotribune.com  Shooting occurred about 6 a.m. in the 7400 block of South Sangamon Ave; 17-yr-old male and female also injured -- good condition  ...

Sinaloa cartel boss Vicente Zambada-Niebla supplied drugs to Chicago, but says he was a DEA snitch

suntimes.com Court documents: “tons of illicit drugs continued to be smuggled into Chicago and other parts of the United States and consumption continued virtually unabated,” while DEA agents allowed Zambada-Niebla and other cartel leaders to run drug business without interference, while info on rival drug cartels was collected  ...  en.wikipedia.org  Sinaloa Cartel operating primarily out of Mexican states of  Baja California, Sinaloa, Durango, Sonora and Chihuahua; used Boeing 747 cargo aircraft, narco submarines, container ships, go-fast boats, fishing vessels, buses, rail cars, tractor trailers and automobiles  ...

2 killed, 2 seriously hurt in wrong-way crash on Interstate 88 near Lisle

chicagotribune.com  Driver of eastbound 2006 red Porsche used turn around opening to cut over from eastbound to westbound lanes near mile marker 130 about 6:28 p.m. Saturday; driver of Porsche and Toyota transported to hospitals with life-threatening injuries; 2 passengers killed in Toyota Corolla identified as Sherali Shalwani, 74, and Farzana Ali, 37  ...  abclocal.go.com/wls  Porsche also hit minivan after first impact; Mazda hit debris from crash  ...