Chicago 2-Year-Old Shot Himself Dead After Convicted Felon Allegedly Left His Illegal Gun Unsecured
ProfessionalStudioImages/iStock More than three dozen people were shot in Chicago during Memorial Day weekend in 2026. Among them was 2-year-old Jamonte Shaw. The toddler reportedly got hold of a loaded firearm inside a home in the Pullman neighborhood on the city’s far south side. Emergency responders rushed the toddl
Group wants to split Illinois into two states | The Chicago Report
Some want to split Illinois into two states and it's gaining traction beyond rural counties. In fact, it's reached the Chicago suburbs.
Flames and huge plume of smoke rise from fire in southwest suburb, video shows
A massive plume of dark smoke rising from a fire in a southwest suburb of Chicago could be seen from I-55 on Wednesday evening, video showed. Around 6:15 p.m., large flames and smoke could be seen rising from a fire near the 6100 block of West Pershing Road in Stickney, video showed.
Plastic Posts Installed To Block Drivers Using Elston Bike Lane To Skirt Traffic
GOOSE ISLAND — In an apparent response to complaints about drivers using a bike lane to bypass traffic backups near Goose Island, the city has installed plastic posts along part of the route in an attempt to prevent the reckless behavior. Earlier this month, Block Club reported on the...
Chicago’s lakefront highway debate enters a new phase as public pressure mounts
Chicago’s debate over the future of DuSable Lake Shore Drive is entering a new phase. Regional planners are acknowledging growing public opposition to the current highway-oriented proposal, and are reopening portions of the project’s analysis. This Friday, May 29, at 9:30 a.m., the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Plann
Defiant Nurse Slams Reality Of Working In Illinois Hospitals: ‘They Don’t Even Understand How...
A nurse from Chicago, Illinois, slams the reality of working in local hospitals as terrible conditions. She alleges that it’s these conditions, often caused by lack of funding, that are making nurses miserable and leading to the bullying of coworkers. What prompted her to post the TikTok video was...
Investigation underway after explosion, fire at Stickney-Cicero border chemical plant
A special hazmat team from O'Hare Airport was brought in to assist in this emergency.
Legendary Classic Rock Band Chicago Comes To Memorial Auditorium
Having originally formed in 1967 as “The Chicago Transit Authority,” the groundbreaking, Grammy Award-winning American rock group, which swiftly changed its name to just Chicago, is returning to the Scenic City to perform at Memorial Auditorium on Friday, May 29th. When drifting back, my mind immediately goes to...
Mayor says study proves police respond faster without ShotSpotter. The study excluded gunfire calls.
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday once again defended his decision to disconnect the city’s gunfire detection network, claiming that a University of Chicago study found CPD responded “four times faster to the city’s most serious 911 calls” in some South and West Side neighborhoods after the city ended its relationship
South Side Surgeon Sounds Alarm On Chicago’s New Wave Of Gunfire
On Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Douglas, a trauma surgeon at UChicago Medicine, told ChicagoLIVE that Chicago’s shifting pattern of shootings is changing how hospitals gear up for summer and how trauma teams run their shifts. The steady flow of gunshot patients, he said, is stretching staff and resources across trauma units
