New study finds 50% of surveyed parents struggle to pay for winter necessity: ‘This...
Parents have had to reduce other expenses. New study finds 50% of surveyed parents struggle to pay for winter necessity: 'This is especially concerning' first appeared on The Cool Down .
Lockport McDonald’s Hit With Bombshell Suit Over Alleged Teen Work Marathons
Illinois’ top prosecutor is taking a suburban McDonald’s owner to court, accusing the Lockport restaurant of leaning on very young workers for very long hours. State investigators say the franchise packed its schedule with 14 and 15 year olds, then kept some of them on the clock late into the night, past 11 p.m. and,...
267,000 Traffic Stops Vanish From CPD Records, Stirring Chicago Firestorm
Chicago police officers skipped the official paperwork on roughly 267,240 traffic stops in 2025, according to new records, leaving a gaping hole in the city’s data on who gets pulled over and why. That works out to about 732 undocumented stops a day and marks nearly a 27% jump from 2024, recharging a heated debate...
1 dead, 3 injured in crash in Marquette Park
A crash left one person dead and three others injured in Marquette Park on Chicago's Southwest Side early Monday.
20-Year-Old Accused Of Turning Air Rifle On His Own Family in Bridgeview
A tense late-night standoff in Bridgeview ended with a 20-year-old man in handcuffs and his family safely outside, after police say he pointed a weapon at his mother and a 13-year-old boy inside a home in the 7800 block of Oketo. A 17-year-old relative escaped the house and walked to the Bridgeview police station to...
Still Sore Over Budget Battle, Mayor Warns Chicago Could Face Financial Crisis
LAKEVIEW — Mayor Brandon Johnson defended his administration’s budget priorities at a town hall in Lakeview, arguing the City Council weakened the plan by rejecting new taxes on large corporations and replacing them with revenue measures that could shift costs onto residents. The administration’s proposal sought to...
Semi Driver Faces Charges After Fatal Crash
A Clarksville, Tennessee man has died after a crash involving a tractor-trailer in Kentucky just after 6 p.m. Saturday evening, according to the Kentucky State Police. Police said a southbound tractor-trailer was making a U-turn to go northbound on Fort Campbell Boulevard when it collided with a northbound vehicle....
Aurora man faces gunrunning charges
An Aurora man has been charged with flooding area streets with firearms and devices that he 3-D printed. Daniel Curry, 42, faces 72 criminal counts related to gunrunning, illegally possessing silencers and machine-gun conversion devices, and unlawfully possessing firearms and receivers without serial numbers. Curry...
Rev. Jesse Jackson’s family and closest friends offer one last goodbye
CHICAGO - They sent the Rev. Jesse Jackson home Saturday the only way it could have been done: with Gospel music, testimony that often brought people to their feet and story after story about a man who rose from humble beginnings to become one of America’s most influential Civil Rights leaders.
Victim ID’d in fatal hit-and-run in Southwest suburb
The Will County Sheriff's Office responded to a call of a person in the roadway just after 6 p.m. on Friday on 159th Avenue between Gougar and Cedar Roads.
