Stray cat’s microchip shows rescuers a shocking secret – how did this happen to her?
Forest Park, Illinois – When animal rescuers double‑checked Blue's microchip, they could hardly believe what they found. The poor little stray cat had been through so much! Blue was rescued at the end of May by the organization April’s Kittens, which is based in Forest Park, Illinois. The poor little animal had been fo
Good Samaritan recounts helping passenger after tree slams onto SUV in Evanston
The tree ended up through the windshield, just centimeters from the passenger's face.
Man who got 1 year in CTA ‘busjacking’ incident now gets 3 years for...
Maurice Lowry made headlines in 2021 for supposedly “busjacking” a CTA bus, then received a one-year gun possession sentence. Now he’s pleaded guilty to robbing a man on the Red Line. But, thanks to the state’s 50% sentence reduction law and credits earned in jail, he won’t have to worry about living in an actual priso
Police search for person of interest in Chicago double homicide
CHICAGO - Chicago police are asking for the public's help identifying a person of interest in connection with a double homicide that also left two other people wounded last week in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. What we know:. According to a community alert issued by the Chicago Police Department,...
Chicago Drivers Face Years of Roadwork as Major Infrastructure Projects Push the City Into...
Chicago is entering a long stretch of disruption that will reshape how the city moves,...
Overnight storms leave flooded streets, with cars stranded, power outages
Storms also left debris from trees and homes scattered in some areas.
South Side Simeon Reunion Horror: Grad Dies After Yearlong Battle From Parking-Lot Shooting
Nearly a year after she was shot in the head at an unofficial after-party tied to a Simeon Career Academy reunion on Chicago’s South Side, 26-year-old Arneka McReynolds has reportedly died. The Chicago native spent months hospitalized at the University of Chicago Medical Center as loved ones waited and worried, accordi
7 taken to hospital after fire at South Side apartment building
It is unclear how the fire started and whether there were any displacements.
The American Cities Where Traffic Has Become a Daily Nightmare for Millions of Residents
U.S. drivers lost nearly 4.7 billion hours to traffic congestion in 2025, costing the economy close to $86 billion. For tens of millions of Americans, the morning commute has become less of a routine and more of an endurance test. Roads that once moved at a reasonable clip now lock up for hours, stealing time that coul
Trucker was on his phone when he killed man changing tire on I-80, prosecutors...
A tractor-trailer driver was using his phone when he struck and killed a motorist who was changing a flat tire on a suburban expressway last month, prosecutors say. A little before 5:30 a.m. on June 24, Sebastian Stone, 23, was struck and killed by a passing vehicle while changing a flat tire on his black Honda on the
