No fireworks in Chicago for Fourth of July holiday
There's still plenty of opportunity to see fireworks fill the sky across Chicagoland.
Carjacker, busted after high speed chase and crash, gets nearly a decade in federal...
A federal judge has sentenced a Chicago man to nearly a decade in prison for a 2022 armed carjacking in West Town that led to a high-speed police chase that ended in a crash. Allen Clay, 23, pleaded guilty to carjacking and using a firearm during a violent crime, court records show. U.S. District Judge Robert Blakey...
Naperville Community Fireworks Show is set for Frontier Sports Complex
Celebrate Independence Day, July 4, with a band concert at 7:30PM and showering blasts of spectacular fireworks beginning at 9:30PM. (PN File Photo) The annual Naperville Community Fireworks Show, presented by Woody Buick GMC and sponsored by College of DuPage, is again co-hosted by Naperville Park District and the...
M/I Homes converting office site into 64 townhomes in Napeverille
M/I Homes closed on the land acquisition for Northwoods of Naperville, a 12-acre wooded parcel that will be redeveloped from an office site into an enclave of 64 townhomes bordered by a forest preserve in Naperville, Illinois. Demolition of a vacant 67,000-square-foot office building began in June, and land...
8-year-old girl shot during road rage incident on Chicago’s South Side
There was no immediate word on whether anyone was struck during the shooting, but at least one ambulance was seen leaving the scene.
Chicago Man Extradited, Charged With Killing 3 Concrete Workers Over $2,300 Dispute
CHICAGO — A 32-year-old Chicago man is facing three counts of first-degree murder after authorities say he fatally shot three construction workers over a payment dispute involving $2,300 — then fled to Mexico. Vilmer Alcaraz, the accused, was extradited back to Chicago last week and is now being...
15-year-old charged with killing duck, chicken on Northwest Side
A 15-year-old boy killed two small animals in a family’s backyard on the Northwest Side last month, Chicago police said Wednesday. On May 22, someone entered a yard in the 5200 block of West Newport and killed the animals, CPD said. The boy is charged with two counts of animal cruelty and misdemeanor trespassing.
Employee injured in fire at food ingredient manufacturing company in Bedford Park
Video shows as flames shot out of the plant on Thursday morning in the south suburbs.
Chinatown casino shuttle robbery suspect is charged with second attack
The man accused of robbing a victim after he stepped off a casino shuttle bus in Chinatown earlier this year is now charged with mugging another person in the neighborhood that same day. Willie Greenwood, 27, walked up behind a 48-year-old man as the victim walked near 23rd Street and...
Vito and Nick’s Pizzeria celebrating 105th anniversary with party
A staple on the city's Southwest Side is celebrating its 105th anniversary!