New Illinois law changes how you ride e-bikes
New rules governing who can use electric bikes and scooters, including where and how fast they go, will go into effect next year following Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature Aug. 26. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 3484 which establishes regulations on “micromobility” transportation that include age requirements, speed limits an
Brutal Heat and Storms Head for Rockford, Chicago Area
Northern Illinois is facing a stretch of dangerous heat, high humidity and thunderstorms, with heat index values approaching 100 degrees.
7 injured, 1 seriously, in crash involving CTA bus on West Side: CFD
Seven people were injured Monday morning in a West Side crash involving a CTA bus and a car, Chicago fire officials said.
North Lawndale Center Houses 20 Young Men on Probation Instead of Prison
Inside a converted Catholic school at the corner of 15th Street and Keeler Avenue in North Lawndale, up to 20 young men on probation are living in individual studio apartments, working jobs that pay as much as $25 an hour, and staying connected to their kids instead of sitting in a prison cell. The Dr. Dennis Deer Comm
This Sleepy Indiana Town On Lake Michigan Is Where People Slow Down And Live...
About 36 miles from the noise of downtown Chicago, there is a small town where fewer than 600 people call the shoreline home. It sits quietly along the water, tucked between dunes and forest, and it moves at a pace that feels almost forgotten in the modern world. The population...
18 years for shooting migrants outside police station, crashing into CPD squad car
A Chicago man accused of shooting two Venezuelan migrants outside a police station before leading officers on a high-speed chase that ended when he crashed into a CPD squad car has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Anthony Evans, 28, pleaded guilty to aggravated battery by discharging a firearm...
Street Takeover Shuts Down Morgan Park Intersection For Drifting Stunts Saturday As Police Investigate
MORGAN PARK — A car caravan took over a major intersection in Morgan Park Saturday night, though rumors the event led to gunfire are false, local officials said. Around 11:40 p.m. Saturday, a group of drivers and onlookers took over the intersection of 111th Street and Western Avenue, according to the Chicago Police De
Forest Park mausoleum doors likely stolen for scrap metal
Two individuals were arrested in August for stealing brass doors from cemeteries in Forest Park and surrounding municipalities. Police departments in Forest Park, Hillside, LaGrange, Westchester and Justice collaborated to locate John Kozeluh, 49, and Lana Grey, 38, both of Westchester, and charge them for the crimes.
$800k Lucky Day Lotto Ticket Sold at 7-Eleven in Illinois Hasn’t
Someone in Elk Grove Village is sitting on an $800,000 lottery ticket and doesn't even know it yet.
Missing since 2001 in Kankakee, Illinois: Amber Jenkins was only 16 when she vanished
Amber Jenkins has been missing from Kankakee, Illinois (Kankakee County), since September 11, 2001, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Her photo above (right) is an age-progressed likeness of how she might have looked at 34, though she would now be 41.
