Urban explorer says he was attacked by security outside shuttered Ford City Mall
The explorer, who admits he was looking for a way into the shuttered Ford City Mall Monday night, says he was attacked outside the mall by security in an unprovoked assault.
Chicago police warn of electric scooter thefts targeting North Side neighborhoods
CHICAGO - Chicago police are warning electric scooter owners after a string of thefts across several North Side neighborhoods. At least eight electric scooters have been reported stolen since June, according to police. The thefts have been reported in Bucktown, Lake View East, Uptown, Roscoe Village and Lincoln Square.
McDonald’s Brings Global Favorites Menu to Chicago for a Limited Time
McDonald’s is giving Chicago diners a chance to try menu items inspired by restaurants around...
Wanted felon arrested after high-speed chase from Hammond to Chicago: ISP
Indiana State Police said the Lowell Post Criminal Investigations Bureau, along with members of the SWAT Team, attempted to serve a high-risk felony arrest warrant on an individual residing in Lake County.
Naperville Man, 70, Found Shot Dead in Truck on Greater Grand Crossing Block
A 70-year-old Naperville man was found shot in the head, slumped over the steering wheel of his truck, in an alley in the 7000 block of South Calumet Avenue on Saturday morning. Chicago Police officers arrived around 10:15 a.m. after a homeowner called 911 to report that a vehicle parked in the alley was blocking their
CPD issue alert after 14 work vehicles burglarized across city this month
Chicago police said the incidents happened in the early morning and morning hours in the Chicago Loop, West Loop, and Near South Side neighborhoods this month.
Chicago mom of three living above fire-damaged apartments waits for CHA transfer
A Chicago mother says she and her three children have been living above two fire-damaged apartments for more than four months while waiting for the Chicago Housing Authority to relocate them. She says lingering smoke odors, pests and environmental concerns have affected her family's health, though a city inspection did
Honorary street renaming for Professor Donda West, Ye’s mother, in Chicago
Rapper Ye was in Chicago on Tuesday for the honorary street naming ceremony of his late mother Professor Donda West.
Nonprofit team recovers body of Naperville diver in Lake Michigan
The body of a Naperville man, who went missing during a Lake Michigan dive on Saturday, Sept. 5, was recovered by a nonprofit search and recovery team. Dr. Michael Jones, 54, went missing while he was on a technical deep-sea scuba dive to explore a shipwreck. According to a report...
‘Starved Rock killer’ died last year, now his family seeks a rare posthumous pardon...
The decades-long fight to clear Chester Weger’s name as the notorious “Starved Rock killer” isn’t ending with his death. Weger’s family will get a chance next month to argue that the man who spent nearly six decades behind bars was wrongly convicted in one of Illinois’ most infamous murder cases.
