Pace bus, other vehicles involved in crash on I-55 in Bolingbrook
A Pace bus and three other vehicles were involved in a crash on I-55 in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook early Tuesday.
White Castle celebrates longtime leader’s 40-year journey in Blue Island
BLUE ISLAND, Ill. - Today marks a rare full-circle moment at White Castle in Blue Island. Chicago native and longtime White Castle leader Tommy Loveberry is celebrating 40 years with the company. Loveberry started working at this White Castle back in 1986 as an hourly team member. Now he's a...
Man arrested for selling crack out of Jackson Blvd. residence
On Dec. 25, a man called the police and asked them to do a welfare check on his friend, who stays in an apartment on Jackson Boulevard. The caller said he was at the residence earlier that day and saw a gun and a lot of narcotics, which he believed a man staying with his friend was selling out of the apartment....
Loop Horror: Man On Ankle Monitor Charged With Robbing Pregnant CTA Rider
Devon Jones, 22, has been charged after Chicago police say he attacked and robbed a pregnant woman inside a Loop CTA station while he was supposed to be confined under the county’s electronic monitoring program. The woman was treated for scratches and bruises and told detectives that her assailant grabbed her purse,...
Lawyer says alleged federal agent assaulted him in Brookfield
A civilian lawyer says a man he believed to have been a federal agent assaulted him last weekend in Brookfield. Robert Held, an attorney based in Chicago, told the Landmark he was filming the man from a public sidewalk on Dec. 27 while he was stopped at the Shell gas station at 31st Street and Maple Avenue when the...
Chick-fil-A murder suspect found unfit for trial; to remain in custody for treatment
The man accused of murdering a delivery driver at an Oswego Chick-fil-A has been found unfit for trial. A Kendall County judge ruled Tuesday that 20-year-old Darryl Lee of Kankakee will be placed into secure treatment with the Illinois Department of Human Services until he is fit to stand trial. The ruling was based...
Edith Renfrow Smith, pioneer and witness to history, dies at 111
Last year, for Black History Month, NPR's Scott Simon spoke with Edith Renfrow Smith of Chicago, who has died at 111 years old.
Another year of $500 monthly checks to automatically hit accounts as $7.5m ‘promise’ fund...
AMERICANS are being promised another year of automatic $500 payments each month thanks to the approval of a $7.5 million guaranteed income program. Following the success of a pilot program that started in 2022, the program will be revived in the coming months to lend even more financial support to cash-strapped...
Cook County, IL – Crime Alert: Man Charged in $1.2K Macy’s Theft Downtown
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Chicago, IL – A 33-year-old man has been charged with felony retail theft after allegedly attempting to leave a downtown Macy’s store with more than $1,200 in merchandise, according to the Cook County...
Uncle Remus Saucy Fried Chicken takes issue with new restaurants with similar name
They do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but a longtime Chicago fried chicken institution said imitation went too far after a new business opened with a very similar name.
