McKinley Park

A 31-year-old man is dead and another was injured after they were shot in the McKinley Park neighborhood on Monday evening.
Officials say that three individuals are in custody in connection with the shooting.

A heartbroken family is pleading for information about the killing of a Chicago dogwalker, who was described as a smart, musically-gifted and overall nice person.

A heartbroken family is pleading for information about the killing of a Chicago dogwalker, who was described as a smart, musically-gifted and overall nice person. Ryan Arliskas, 27, was found shot to death April 8 in the 2000 block of West 35th Street in the city’s McKinley Park neighborhood. “He was my child,” said Ryan’s mother, Molly Arliskas. “I brought…

Police are warning of a pair of robberies reported in McKinley Park on the Southwest Side.

A woman died early Saturday morning after her boyfriend’s handgun was “accidentally discharged” at a party in Chicago’s McKinley Park neighborhood, according to authorities.

Patricia Deates went to the hospital Tuesday morning prepared to say a “final goodbye” to her 13-year-old son, one of the youngest victims of a violent weekend in Chicago. “Eric is a wonderful, bright child,” Deates said from her son’s bed at Stroger Hospital. Within hours, Eric Crawford was dead after being removed from life support, according to the...

A 13-year-old boy was shot Sunday in McKinley Park on the South Side.

A Chicago man was laid to rest just one week after he was found dead in the street in McKinley Park. Family said 21-year-old Jean Carlo Cobian was murdered— shot in the back of the head. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen has the story.

A Chicago man was laid to rest just one week after he was found dead in the street in McKinley Park. Family said 21-year-old Jean Carlo Cobian was murdered— shot in the back of the head. Mourners gathered on Tuesday at a funeral home in Hickory Hills to pay their respects. “Every story that I’m hearing is like, ‘you...

Vandals tried to topple a Chicago park’s statue of President William McKinley early Wednesday using a rope tethered to a car, police said.

A burglar has been targeting the homes of elderly residents in Bridgeport and McKinley Park recently by posing as a repairman, according to police.

Chicago police are alerting senior citizens on the city’s South Side to be on alert after a series of so-called “ruse burglaries” in the last month. According to a community alert released Sunday, at least three of the robberies have been reported in the city’s Bridgeport and McKinley Park neighborhoods since Oct. 21. In each of the incidents, unknown...

Nicole Jordan-Reed’s story starts on Chicago’s Far South Side, where family recipes run in her DNA. “I loved to cook. I loved to eat,” Reed said. But Reed’s education would lead her to a degree in economics from the University of Chicago followed by a successful 20-year career in corporate America. By 2016, she was looking for something new....

In an inconspicuous space within a 1900s era McKinley Park building, the kitchen is back open. Chris Hush reports.

A 30-year-old man was shot and killed Saturday morning in McKinley Park on the city’s South Side, Chicago police said. The male victim was involved in a verbal altercation at around 2:30 a.m. in the 1600 block of W. 35th. St. when the male offender produced and shot a handgun, police said. The victim sustained a gunshot wound to the…

A Chicago firefighter was injured while battling a two-alarm blaze Saturday in McKinley Park on the South Side. The fire was reported shortly after midnight on the second floor of a vacant two-story commercial building in the 3700 block of South Ashland Avenue, according to Chicago Fire Department Cmdr. Frank Velez. Crews arrived to find heavy fire on the second…

A woman was shot while inside a vehicle in McKinley Park Sunday morning. Chicago police said the incident took place just before 1 a.m. in the 3200 block of S. Hamilton Ave. Police said the woman, 23, was in the back seat of the car when a person began firing from a sidewalk. One of those shots hit the woman…