Two overnight burglaries about a mile and a half apart left small business owners cleaning up damage after crews smashed their way inside.
Chicago police issued an alert on Sunday about a string of business burglaries and an armed robbery on the city's Northwest Side.
Demonstrators across the country are calling for a national shutdown that includes "no shopping, no school, and no work" on Friday.
A 75-year-old man who died in a Northwest Side apartment fire was a beloved veteran. The landlord's husband described how other tenants in the building tried to save his life.
The owner of Soul and Smoke joined ABC7 Chicago meteorologist Tracy Butler on Cooking up a Storm Thursday.
A person was stabbed on a CTA train Thursday afternoon on the city's Northwest Side, police said.