Cook County forest preserve workers reach deal to end 16-day strike
Workers across the Cook County Forest Preserve District have resumed their roles after securing an agreement that concluded a sixteen day work stoppage. The resolution arrived just ahead of the Labor Day holiday and addressed core concerns for the roughly two hundred thirty employees involved. In this case the forest p
Illinois State Police seize over 5,800 pounds of cannabis during traffic stop
LASALLE COUNTY, Ill. (WFRV) - Authorities in Illinois currently have two men in custody after a trooper seized several thousands pounds of marijuana from their vehicle during a traffic stop on Friday morning. According to a release from the Illinois State Police (ISP), on September 4 around 11:30 a.m., a...
Lawndale Man Faces 11 Felonies After Mangled Rooster Exposes Cockfighting Ring
A 29-year-old man is facing 11 felony charges after Chicago police say they found a rooster missing its comb, wattle and spurs stashed inside a Lawndale workplace, evidence investigators tied to an illegal cockfighting operation. Ezequiel Carillo Nava was taken into custody Thursday following a month-long investigation
These 7 Illinois German Restaurants Serve Their Schnitzel Golden With Warm Potato Salad
There’s a special kind of joy in cracking through a crispy, golden piece of schnitzel and finding a scoop of warm potato salad waiting on the side. All across Illinois, hidden away in old buildings and lodge-style taverns, there are places doing this comfort food the traditional way. Some...
2 men, woman shot on Chicago’s West Side
Three people were shot and wounded in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood Sunday morning.
Historic Bronzeville Mansion That Once Operated as One of Chicago’s Only Black Owned Hospitals...
A Wheat Trader’s Mansion, Then a Hospital, Then Three Decades of Silence The house at 3736 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood has been standing since 1890, back when […]
Judge sentences serial bank robber to 76 years. Prosecutors asked for 20
A 68-year-old Chicago man has been sentenced to 76 years in federal prison for robbing or attempting to rob four downtown banks over two months in 2023 while he was on supervised release for previous bank robbery convictions. Prosecutors had asked for “only” 20 years. Joseph Donelson Jr....
National sheriffs’ groups say Cook County’s gun ban leaves people defenseless when police can’t...
Two national sheriffs organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Cook County’s ban on AR-15s and similar semiautomatic rifles, arguing that the weapons can be important for self-defense when police cannot arrive quickly enough. The National Sheriffs’ Association and Western States Sheriffs’ Association
Dan Ryan Death Probe Opens After Body Found Inside Stalled Car at 35th Street
Illinois State Police officers found a person dead inside a disabled passenger car sitting in the southbound lanes of I-94 at 35th Street on Sunday, prompting a death investigation on Chicago's South Side. Troopers say the vehicle had stopped along one of the busiest stretches of highway in the city, right where the Da
Man gets 8 years for chasing down, shooting victim outside Chinatown nightclub
A Chicago man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder for chasing down and shooting another man during a dispute outside a Chinatown nightclub last year. Terris Williams, 32, was given an eight-year sentence after entering the plea before Judge Steven Watkins, court records show. It was about closing time on...
