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Cicada Double Brood Is Coming and Is Already Buzzing in Some Regions
Have you heard the buzz of the double cicada brood yet in your area? The Great Southern Brood is already starting to emerge in southern areas of the US, while the Northern Illinois Brood is a bit slower, but still on its way. NBC Chicago reported that cicada shells are beginning to be seen in Illinois, and that's the first sign of the insects' arrival. Ecologist Jennifer Rydzewski told the network that "the periodical cicadas will start emerging when the soil temperature eight inches below the ground gets to 64 degrees."
Assailant at-large after woman attacked on trail near Niles, police say
After a woman was attacked and seriously hurt by a man along a Forest Preserve trail near Niles last week, police are asking the public for help in tracking down the suspect. Investigators said it happened on the afternoon of May 12.
‘Cancer sucks:’ WGN Reporter Mike Lowe reveals stage 3 colon cancer diagnosis
CHICAGO — WGN Reporter Mike Lowe has revealed he is battling colon cancer. In a post shared to Instagram Thursday, Lowe said he was diagnosed with stage 3(c)/N+ colon cancer and is participating in a clinical trial with Northwestern Medicine. He will be undergoing radiation and chemotherapy for abour six months prior to surgery. Lowe […]
Driver who killed 78-year-old woman while fleeing a locksmith he didn’t want to pay gets probation
CHICAGO — A Chicago man has been sentenced to probation for crashing into another car and killing a 78-year-old woman as he sped away from a locksmith he did not want to pay. Kurell Purnell, 20, pleaded guilty to reckless homicide with a motor vehicle on Wednesday, according to court records.
Hunt killer in ‘drifting’ slaying
Police are appealing to the public to help find those responsible for the slaying of a 20-year-old West Englewood man during a takeover of the intersection at 59th and Western at 3:21 a.m. Sunday, May 5. The victim–identified as Guillermo “Memito” Caballero Jr., of the 7000 block of South Winchester–was...
Police find car in Chicago connected to May 8 shooting
Local law enforcement recovered a stolen car in Chicago last week believed to have been driven there from Evanston by the offender or offenders who shot a 20-year-old man at the corner of Ashland Avenue and Foster Street Wednesday afternoon, May 8. According to the Evanston Police Department, the 20-year-old...
Suspend 8 CPD Officers Responsible for Woman Who Died in Chicago Police Custody for No More Than 2 Months Each: Misconduct Agency, Top Cop Agree
Eight Chicago Police Department officers responsible for the 33-year-old woman who died by suicide while being detained inside a South Side police station in December 2021 should be suspended for no more than two months, the city’s top cop and the agency charged with investigating police misconduct agreed. Initially,...
Where Did the Nickname ‘FIB’ Come From?
Summer in Wisconsin is in sight, and you know what that means: our frenemies from Chicagoland pouring over the border to play. Driving wise, were some of these people raised by wolves, or what? Speeding. Tailgating – not the good kind. Lane changes as subtle as a face tattoo.
In some Chicago neighborhoods, almost half of all teens and young adults are not going to school or working
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news.The portion of young Chicagoans neither going to school nor working is returning to pre-COVID levels — but it’s an uneven recovery that has left behind Black teens as well as adolescents in the city’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods.Overall, about 45,000 16- to 24-year-olds in the city are disconnected from both school and work, accounting for roughly 12% of the city’s residents in that age group — a rate just slightly higher than pre-COVID.“In the aftermath of the pandemic when things looked really shaky, these overall...
Gerald Reed’s 1994 double murder case ends in not-guilty verdict after spending decades in prison
CHICAGO — A man sentenced to life in prison for a 1990 double-murder homicide was found not guilty Wednesday after spending most of his life behind bars. The case took 30 years to solve after Gerald Reed was convicted in 1995 of killing Willie Williams and Pamela Powers on the South Side four years earlier. […]
Pete’s Fresh Market Opens To Hundreds Of Waiting Ashburn Neighbors
ASHBURN — The city’s largest Pete’s Fresh Market opened Wednesday in Ashburn, bringing fresh food options to a neighborhood that hasn’t had its own supermarket in years. Dozens of neighbors gathered — some as early as 6 a.m. — in a long line to celebrate the...
It’s ‘Play ball!’ for Midway Baseball & Softball
It’s ‘Play ball!’ for Midway Baseball & Softball. Spread the love. If smiles were home runs, the boys and girls of the Midway Baseball & Softball Association were clearly the champions of West Lawn last Saturday, as they paraded through the streets of the community before beginning their 2024 season. – Photos by Steve Neuhaus.
More than 10 years after the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, the state Supreme Court hears arguments in the case
The high-profile murder of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton in 2013 was before the Illinois Supreme Court yesterday, as the Attorney General’s Office seeks to salvage a conviction. WBBM’s Mike Krauser reports.
How the city is addressing Chicago’s environmental injustice issues
The release last year of the Chicago Cumulative Impact Assessment found that Austin, East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park and North Lawndale communities are among the areas disproportionately impacted by higher heat-related illnesses, industry pollution, increased amounts of ground level ozone and particulate matter, flooding, lack of green space, higher density of buildings and pavement — and historic disinvestment.
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