Nationwide Recall On Chips Ahoy! Expanded
CHICAGO, IL – A nationwide recall of Chips Ahoy! Baked Bites Brookie is being expanded. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the updated recall alert includes additional pouches of the product which were sold at a limited number of retail stores nationwide. Mondelez Global LLC first announced...
State Rep. Briel: New bill is not targeting your campfire
State Representative Amy Briel (D-Ottawa) joins John Williams to clear up some information regarding a proposed bill that would require permits and possibly pay up to a $5 fee for open burning in unincorporated areas.
‘That’s genuinely evil’: Chicago woman checks $400 Patagonia coat at restaurant. Then they give...
Imagine shelling out $400 for a coat to brave Chicago’s winter, only for it to be given away for free without you knowing. To make matters worse, management initially refuses to give any reimbursement or apology. One woman is being forced to withstand below-zero temperatures through no fault of her own. On New Year’s...
Suburban Chicago man arrested in Edens Expressway hit-and-run
SKOKIE - A suburban Chicago man is in custody after striking a pedestrian and fleeing the scene of a crash on the Edens Expressway, Illinois State Police said. Damian Lopez, 30, of Beach Park, was arrested on charges of leaving the scene of a personal injury crash, a Class 4 felony, and failure to report a personal...
Killer called 911 to report boat captain had fallen into DuSable Harbor, but didn’t...
The man accused of killing Nabil “Captain Bill” Adzal at a downtown boat harbor last summer first did what you might expect of a casual bystander: He called 911 to report that someone had fallen into Lake Michigan and then stayed at the scene to speak with responding police officers, prosecutors said Thursday.
Chicago Housing Authority backs off ban on contracts with commissioner’s daughter
The Chicago Housing Authority reversed course after moving to permanently block the daughter of longtime CHA Board Commissioner Debra Parker from continuing to do business with the agency, records show. Lovie Diggs faced what the CHA calls permanent debarment after she was arrested, charged and entered a guilty plea,...
Top Cop: COPA Should Probe Chicago Police Conduct During Immigration Raids Because No One...
Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling said he backed an effort to give the agency charged with probing police misconduct the authority to investigate whether CPD officers and leaders have violated city law by helping federal immigration agents because no one would “trust” probes conducted by internal affairs. That...
Dozens of Chicago suburbs have shifted to majority nonwhite
In north suburban Skokie, a cluster of low-slung strip malls along Dempster Street is a microcosm of the town’s changing population. A grocery store selling Cameroonian and Nigerian produce, opened a year and a half ago, stands across the street from a Chinese restaurant serving a regional street food speciality.
17-year-old accused of mass shooting outside Chicago Theatre became gunshot victim himself 2 months...
A mass shooting that unfolded beneath one of the city’s most famed landmarks, the Chicago Theatre marquee, injuring seven juveniles after the annual holiday tree lighting ceremony on November 21, was caught on tape, prosecutors said Thursday. The revelation was one of many details provided in the detention hearing...
Burglars use sledgehammers to break into slot machines at Oak Lawn restaurant
A burglary crew smashed into a restaurant in Chicago's southwest suburbs, leaving the owner cleaning up a big and frustrating mess.
