Chicago man shot dead during fight at Blue Island bar
Two people were shot, one fatally, during a fight at a bar in south suburban Blue Island early Sunday, according to police.
Metra train derails in Blue Island; no injuries reported
Metra spokesperson Michael Gillis said the locomotive and the first car had their wheels come off the track.
Man charged with kidnapping, sexual assault of chained woman
A Blue Island man was charged in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman who was found handcuffed and chained up last month inside a vacant West Pullman home.
Man charged with kidnapping, sexually assaulting woman chained up in vacant West Pullman building
A Blue Island man was charged in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman who was found handcuffed and chained up last month inside a vacant West Pullman home.
Illinois man who served 3 years in prison released after being found not guilty of murder
After spending three years behind bars, Christopher Irving was released from jail Saturday after a judge found him not guilty of first-degree murder.
Blue Island man charged with shooting robbery victim, then trying to carjack woman
A man is facing several charges in connection with a robbery, shooting and attempted carjacking Wednesday in the Woodlawn neighborhood on Chicago's South Side
911 calls released of Blue Island shooting involving former CPD officer: 'I think the bullet is in my hand'
"There was gun shots fired. There was an altercation, shots were fired, one shot was fired. I'm currently hit in the hand. I think the bullet is in my hand," said a Burr Oak Bowl employee to a dispatcher.
911 calls released in Blue Island bowling alley shooting involving former CPD officer
New interrogation video and 911 calls were released, involving a former Chicago police officer who is charged with attempted murder for a January shooting.
Off-duty Chicago cop opened fire in Blue Island bowling alley during drunken fight over restroom: prosecutors
Tate pulled the trigger once, the bullet grazing the man’s right ear and then traveling across the room and hitting a 52-year-old man in the chest, prosecutors said. The bullet exited the man’s back and lodged in the left hand of a 33-year-old manager of the bowling alley.
Off-duty Chicago police officer shoots 3 people during argument at bowling alley
An off-duty Chicago police officer is accused of shooting three people during an argument at a Blue Island bowling alley.
Off-duty Chicago cop relieved of police powers after shooting 3 at Blue Island bowling alley
The Chicago Police Department said the officer was relieved of his police powers after being taken into custody by the Blue Island Police Department.
Blue Island Police Department partnering with mental health responders
Blue Island officers are now one Zoom call away from connecting a therapist to someone who doesn’t want to talk to police.
Suburban Chicago police departments now equipped with therapists when responding to calls
Suburban police departments are changing the way officers respond to 911 calls.
Mental health responders helping police with 911 calls
A suburban police department is changing the way officers respond to 911 calls.
Guns, drugs discovered inside vehicle headed to junkyard from towing lot in Blue Island
The vehicle was being transported to a junkyard Monday to be dismantled when police authorities discovered guns and drugs within the vehicle.
Two Metra police officers stop man from jumping off bridge in Blue Island
Two Metra police officers rushed to stop a man from jumping off a bridge in Blue Island last week.
WATCH: Eyewitness captures arrest of I-57 gunman on video
A shooting on I-57 led Illinois State Police to a Tinley Park forest preserve where the suspect was arrested, and it was all caught on camera.
Woman facing DUI charges in crash that killed 70-year-old man in Westmont
An investigation found the 27-year-old driver had a blood alcohol level of .16, twice the legal limit, and also had cocaine and cannabis in her system.
Girl, 16, fatally struck by vehicle in Blue Island
A 16-year-old girl was fatally hit by a vehicle Friday in suburban Blue Island.
200 residents of homeless and addiction recovery center in Blue Island get vaccinated
Illinois is vaccinating about 127,000 people every day. More than 7 million Illinois residents have gotten at least one shot, and 2.8 million are fully vaccinated (22.4 percent of the population).