Pedestrian hit, killed on Dan Ryan Expressway
A pedestrian was struck and killed on the Dan Ryan Expressway late Wednesday night.
Thursday: Scattered thunderstorms could provide some relief from extreme heat
While not quite as hot as the past two days, a third straight day with highs in the 90s is on tap for most of the metro area.
4 seriously injured in wrong-way crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive, police say
Four people were injured in a wrong-way crash involving three vehicles on DuSable Lake Shore Drive downtown Thursday, Chicago police said.
The S. S. Eastland, an Unspeakable Tragedy
Before the summer of 1915, tens-of-thousands enjoyed outings on Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Erie, aboard the S. S. Eastland, a passenger steamer built by the Jenks Ship Building Company in Port Huron, Michigan, and launched on May 6, 1903. It was early on Sunday morning, July 25, 1915, when disaster...
6 years for man who let kids handle guns before fatal shooting
A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to six years in prison after prosecutors said he let children handle a gun inside his Calumet Heights home while he was on electronic monitoring, leading to the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Dalilah Batey by a 14-year-old boy. Tyler Wright pleaded guilty to child...
Plan for Veterans Parkway calls for shrinking car lanes
BLOOMINGTON (25News Now) - Wednesday, the McLean County Regional Planning Commission heard the results of a two-year effort to improve Veterans Parkway. The preferred plan for Veterans Parkway from Chicago-based consultants who are working on the project calls for added walking and bike paths on either side of the road
Chair With Restraints Found In Basement Of Mount Greenwood Church A ‘Prank,’ Officials Say
MOUNT GREENWOOD — A chair with ropes tied around its armrests was found in the closet of a Mount Greenwood Catholic church this week, alarming parishioners and neighbors — but church officials say they now believe the set up was a prank. The chair, which was positioned in...
Alsip businesses consider security fog after recent smash-and-grabs
Some businesses have alarms, some have surveillance, but a handful of businesses in Alsip are thinking about adding fog to the mix.
$30,000 reward offered amid search for Washington Park mass shooting suspect
One man was killed, and 14 others were wounded during a large gathering on the eastern side of the park on the night of Aug. 29.
Man injured in overnight stabbing inside South Side residence
CHICAGO — Police are searching for answers after a man was injured in a stabbing inside a residence on the city’s South Side overnight. Police said the incident unfolded around midnight in the 5100 block of South Throop Street in the Back of the Yards. According to police, the victims, a 30-year-old man and a […]
