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Chicago area celebrates National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day
CHICAGO (CBS) — Tuesday is National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day.The goal is to bring attention to the 20% of pets in the U.S. that are homeless.People can help reduce the number by visiting any of the shelters in Chicago, including PAWS and Chicago Animal Care and Control.If you can't adopt permanently, shelters are also looking for foster parents to clear space.Aurora Animal Care and Control has announced an adoption special.Through the end of May, people can adopt any dog six months and older for just $75, and adoption fees for cats over six months are only $35.The shelter is open Monday through Saturday from noon until 4:00 p.m.
Sunny day ahead with highs in the 70s in Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS)-- A warming trend takes effect in the Chicago area. Tuesday's highs will be near 75 degrees with sunny skies. Wednesday will be mostly dry with a minor rain chance in the morning. Highs reach the 80s by Thursday with showers and thunderstorms that linger in Friday.
Expressway shooter is on parole for 2 gun cases, prosecutors say
CHICAGO — A man on parole for two gun cases faces three counts of attempted murder after he allegedly opened fire on another car during a road rage altercation near the Loop on Friday morning. Prosecutors say young children were in Steven Moore’s car and the victims’ car at the time of the shooting.
Humboldt Park shooting: Teen wounded, 2 men critically on Chicago's West Side
CHICAGO - Three people, including a teenager, were shot Monday afternoon on Chicago's West Side. Around 1 p.m., police said the three male victims were near the sidewalk in the 1200 block of N. Keeler Avenue when they were struck by gunfire. A 16-year-old boy was shot in the leg...
6 months after Illinois ended cash bail, jail populations are down as courts settle into new patterns
In one of the most serious cases on the detention hearing call at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on a day earlier this month, a judge ordered a teen jailed pending trial after he was accused of shooting a woman in the neck during an attempted carjacking. “It’s difficult for the court to come to the finding that an 18-year-old is so dangerous,” said Cook County Judge William Fahy. “I ...
Penguin encounters return at Lincoln Park Zoo
CHICAGO — Dreams of waddling with the penguins could soon become a reality at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo. For the first time since 2019, the zoo is re-introducing its Malott Family Penguin Encounter, which offers guests the chance to step into the penguin habitat. The program had previously been put on hold for the safety of the penguins during the […]
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