Blue Island

A suburban mayor has suspended all police department activities after an employee of the department tested positive for coronavirus. Blue Island Mayor Domingo Vargas made the decision Sunday. Vargas told NBC 5 a police department employee tested positive for COVID-19 last week, and although the person hadn’t been at work for at least a week prior to the positive test,…

A 38-year-old woman from Blue Island has been charged with stabbing a street musician Tuesday on a CTA Red Line platform in the Loop. Barbara Johnson faces two counts of aggravated battery and a misdemeanor count of criminal damage to property, Chicago police said. Police said a woman approached a street musician about 1:35 p.m. at the Jackson station in…

Police in south suburban Blue Island are warning residents after “brazen thieves” stole from an unsuspecting motorist at an area gas station. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.
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Police in south suburban Blue Island are warning residents after “brazen thieves” stole from an unsuspecting motorist at an area gas station.

Blue Island police released video showing a theft an area gas station. Now, they’re warning residents to be alert.

A junkyard fire in south suburban Blue Island consumed 40 to 50 vehicles Saturday and brought down a house.

Metro South Medical Center in south suburban Blue Island has stopped accepting new patients, the hospital announced on its website Friday.

MetroSouth Medical Center in suburban Blue Island has stopped accepting new patients, and suspended its emergency rooms, the hospital said Friday. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports. 

Three teenagers were wounded Sunday in a shooting on Interstate 57 near Blue Island.

A Dixmoor woman has been charged with neglecting her elderly mother after the mother and multiple children were found living in squalor Monday in the south suburb.

An elderly woman and nearly a dozen children were removed from a south suburban Dixmoor home after they were found living in squalor Monday.

A man died by electrocution Thursday afternoon while trimming a tree in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

The state of Illinois is partnering with a local food bank to provide free milk to low-income families in the Chicago area.

At least 23 people were shot — one of them fatally — Friday in a series of shootings across Chicago over 24 hours.

A car crashed into a suburban library early Tuesday, causing extensive damage and likely leaving the facility unable to open amid clean-up and repairs.

A car crashed into a south suburban library early Tuesday. Sandra Torres reports.

It’s supposed to be one of the proudest moments for a parent – seeing their child graduate.