Cluster of storms with flood potential could hit Chicago area overnight, early Friday
A cluster of storms could hit parts of northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana overnight Thursday and into the morning on Friday, bringing with them a potential for flash flooding, the National Weather Service warned. The storms could hit between 3 a.m. through 11 a.m. on Friday, NWS predicted, and the...
Convenience store chain doing away with staple roller grills
A gas station staple will soon be no more at a Midwest-based convenience chain.
Police search for suspect who robbed teen on CTA Blue Line
Chicago police on Thursday issued a community alert about a robbery on a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train on the Near West Side this past weekend.
Mayor Johnson projects $882M deficit, vows to not balance budget ‘on backs of working...
Chicago faces a $882.4 million budget gap next year, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Thursday as he teed up his next fight for “tax-the-rich” funding streams he believes are needed to offset the city’s severe financial woes. “We will not balance this budget on the backs of working...
Man killed in South Shore shooting, police say
A man was killed in a shooting in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood Thursday night, police said.
Woman critical after Bronzeville shooting
CHICAGO — A woman is in critical condition following a shooting Thursday morning in Bronzeville. Just after 7:50 a.m., a woman, 33, was outside in the 4000 block of South Lake Park when a black sedan approached. A man got of the the sedan, shot at the woman and returned to his vehicle and fled […]
DNA confirms former CPS teacher fathered student’s child decades ago
Newly obtained CPS records trace a former Chicago teacher’s employment history and document later abuse allegations as Nancy Alexander continues her decadeslong fight for justice and access to her student records.
Cardinal, nuns challenge assisted suicide law
(The Center Square0 – The Catholic archbishop of Chicago, two orders of nuns and a rural pharmacist filed a lawsuit against Illinois on Thursday over the state’s End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, the Little Sisters of the Poor and
BET Brings Soul Train Awards Back, But Not Los Angeles
Don Cornelius’ cultural creation gets a major 2026 revival as BET brings Soul Train Awards to Chicago with an unprecedented CBS broadcast. BET is bringing the “Soul Train Awards” back. This time, it won’t be in Beverly Hill. It will go back to where th iconic show...
Man gets 61 years for killing Red Line passenger over a Pepsi
For nearly a year, Isaac Anderson worked as a security guard at some of the city’s biggest annual events. That career, and whatever Anderson hoped to achieve with the rest of his life, derailed on an October morning in 2022 when he murdered a man aboard a Red Line train, a killing prosecutors said was sparked by Anders
