MLK Day of Celebration honors Black women’s legacy in the movement
Black women’s voices and creativity took center stage Saturday at the City of Evanston’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center. Residents of all ages filled the center’s auditorium, with more than 200 people in attendance, as the event...
$10,000 rewards offered for information about two murders in Chicago
CHICAGO — Cook County Crime Stoppers is putting up a pair of $10,000 rewards for information about two unsolved murders in Chicago last year. On November 26, two days before Thanksgiving, 57-year-old Miguel Martinez Cisneros was fatally shot as he drove in the 3100 block of...
Chicago man gets 16 years for carjacking a woman at gunpoint while on bail...
CHICAGO — A judge has handed a 16-year sentence to a man who carjacked a woman at gunpoint while on bail for another armed carjacking charge and on probation for yet another gun case. Nicolas Ramirez, 22, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular hijacking with a weapon and a...
Shootout at South Side apartment complex ends in arrest
CHICAGO - An argument escalated into a shootout at an apartment complex in Parkway Gardens on Sunday evening. A 29-year-old man was shot during a verbal altercation that escalated into gunfire at an apartment complex in the 6500 block of South King Drive on Sunday evening,...
Undercover sting exposes rampant housing discrimination across Chicago area, watchdog group says
A sting operation found that real estate professionals often declined to rent Chicago-area properties to investigators posing as low-income families, a watchdog group announced Monday. The Housing Rights Initiative filed a slew of complaints with the Illinois Department of...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day events taking place across Chicago area
There are many events happening Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The DuSable Museum of African American History holds its annual tribute to Reverend Dr. King. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch Some of the events on the schedule include arts and...
Chicago Faces Wind Chills as Low as -29°F, Snow Likely Midweek
Chicago, IL – Frigid weather is expected to grip Chicago and much of Illinois through midweek, with intermittent flurries Monday and plunging wind chills that could reach as low as -29°F. According to the National Weather Service Chicago, sub-freezing temperatures will persist...
The Chicago Grocery Chain That Hosts Its Own Musical Happy Hour
Don't be surprised if you ask someone in Chicago where to go for a happy hour and they tell you to turn right at the produce section. They may be pointing you in the direction of Live at Mariano's, the rockin' Friday night event held in 22 of the Chicagoland supermarket chain's...
Gophers overcome 16-point fourth-quarter deficit, rally to beat Northwestern
Minnesota closed Sunday afternoon's game on a 26-6 run.
Real-life sloth inspires creativity at Color Me Mine in Chicago’s North Center neighborhood
Sloths were the inspiration for a paint-your-own-pottery event at Color Me Mine in Chicago, where a real-life sloth named Stella served as the muse for the artists, who were able to create their own unique ceramic creations.
