Grant Park Worker Forced Into Kia, Marched to Cash Machines, Prosecutors Say
A Chicago Park District worker cleaning a median near Ida B. Wells Drive and Columbus Drive was allegedly forced into a white Kia Sportage on August 22 and driven to a string of South Loop banks and pharmacies, where prosecutors say his captors made him withdraw cash and buy gift cards before letting him go on a street
This Jaw-Dropping Illinois Trail Is A Rite Of Passage For Every Midwesterner
There are places in this world that make you feel like you’ve been let in on a secret, and the Sag Valley Yellow Trail Loop in Palos Township is absolutely one of them. It’s been sitting out there in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, jaw-dropping and largely underappreciated, and it’s time that changed.
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
