Brainerd

One person has died and one was seriously hurt in an apartment fire in Chicago’s Brainerd neighborhood Friday night, fire officials said.

Partnering with the Chicago Fire Department, Home Depot is offering smoke detectors for 99 cents this weekend in an effort to protect residents.

An investigation is underway after a crash in Chicago’s Brainerd neighborhood left two people critically injured on Tuesday evening. According to the Chicago Police Department, the crash occurred in the 9300 block of South Halsted at approximately 7:22 p.m. A vehicle crashed into an unknown object at the scene, and the vehicle caught fire, according to authorities. Pieces of debris…

An investigation is underway after a crash in Chicago’s Brainerd neighborhood left two people critically injured on Tuesday evening. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has the late breaking details.

A South Chicago man charged with the Christmas Day murder of a 32-year-old woman at a Brainerd motel has been ordered held without bail. Jeffery Finely-Scott, 33, was charged with first-degree murder, Chicago police said. Authorities found Juanita Hankins dead about 10:50 a.m. Wednesday at the Beverly Motel and Suites, 1140 W. 95th St., police and the Cook County medical...

Police are warning South Side CTA riders about a string of thefts on buses and at bus stops this month in Gresham and Brainerd. In most cases, a male suspect snatched property from female passengers and ran away, Chicago police said. In one incident, the suspect stole items at gunpoint. The thefts happened: At 7 p.m. Dec. 4 in the…

A woman was found strangled Christmas Day inside of a commercial business in Brainerd on the South Side. About 10:50 a.m., authorities responded to a business in the 1100 block of West 95th Street and found the 32-year-old unresponsive with visible bruising to multiple areas of her body, Chicago police said. She was pronounced dead on the scene. An autopsy…