Girl, 13, missing from Uptown

Charlotte Thornton was last seen May 26 in the 4500 block of North Sheridan Road, according to a missing person alert from Chicago police.

Chicago man allegedly suffocated wife during mushroom trip

An Uptown man smothered his wife with a pillow during a bad mushroom trip because he was worried her drug-induced screams would make his neighbors think he was abusing her, Cook County prosecutors said Thursday.

1 hurt in fire at Uptown apartment building

A fire broke out in a unit of a 24-story residential building about 7:45 p.m. at 4640 N. Sheridan Road, according to Chicago Fire Department officials.

Man tries to rob bank in Uptown: FBI

The attempted robbery happened about 1:50 p.m. Nov. 8 at a Bank of America branch, 4758 N. Racine Ave., according to the FBI.