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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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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. […]
Person struck, killed by van in Near West Side hit-and-run
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on the city's Near West Side Wednesday night. It happened around 7:15 p.m. in the 1300 block of South Halsted Street. Chicago police said the victim was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene. An employee who works at a nearby business said the victim was crossing the street when he tripped and was struck by the rear tires of a plain white van with no markings. They also said others within the business saw what happened and went outside to help.The victim, identified as 44-year-old Karl Hall by the Medical Examiner's Office, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.No arrests were made. Area detectives were investigating.
Six months after Yellow Line crash injured more than a dozen, investigation continues: ‘This never should have happened’
Six months ago, Stephen Helmer set out with his wife, daughter and toddler grandchildren to go sightseeing downtown, grab lunch and meet a friend. They never made it. About 10 minutes into their CTA train ride from Skokie, there was a “boom,” he told the Tribune, as their Yellow Line train slammed into a snowplow on the tracks ahead. Then panic, mayhem and screaming. He and his family were ...
GoFundMe page created for Foxtrot employees at Chicago’s Southport location
CHICAGO — A GoFundMe page was created to help the employees of the recently closed Foxtrot Southport location to help navigate their sudden job loss. Dom’s Kitchen & Market and Foxtrot Market locations suddenly closed in Chicago and across the country, just a few months after the grocery retailers merged. The GoFundMe page was created by […]
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.
Down but not out: Wrestling community rallies around photographer after recent robbery
Nicholas Consalvo has spent the last seven years photographing professional wrestling events around the Chicago area. Last weekend, $8,000 worth of camera equipment was stolen from his car.
Why are tornado sirens going off in Chicago? What to know Tuesday
Tornado sirens are set to go off in Chicago Tuesday, but it won't be at the time of the usual monthly test, so why will they sound?. The monthly test for May was moved back a week due to severe weather in the area last week. Chicago's Office of Emergency...
Over 80,000 Illinois people banned from owning guns still keep them, report shows
In Illinois, 114,000 people are banned from owning guns because of legal tangles or mental health issues — three-quarters of them haven't surrendered their firearms, according to data the Cook County sheriff will present Thursday.Sheriff Tom Dart is seeking $10 million from state lawmakers to tackle what he calls in naming the report “A Firearm Regulation Crisis." The money would train and equip more door-knocking officers to retrieve or ensure the safe storage of weapons from those who have had their state Firearm Owners Identification cards rescinded. The aim would be reducing the chance potentially volatile people would exhibit...
Police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at DePaul University in Chicago
Police began dismantling a pro-Palestinian encampment early Thursday at DePaul University in Chicago, hours after the school's president told students to leave the area or face arrest.Officers and workers in yellow vests cleared out tents and camping equipment at the student encampment, leaving behind yellow squares of dead or dying grass where the tents had stood. Front-loaders were being used to remove the camping equipment.Just across the street from where the encampment was spread across a grassy expanse of DePaul’s campus known as “The Quad,” a few dozen protesters stood along a sidewalk in front of a service station,...
2 robbed while walking in Bucktown, Old Town on Wednesday morning
CHICAGO — Police are investigating two robberies that occurred within 20 minutes yesterday morning in Old Town and Bucktown. First, three or four men jumped out of a white sedan to rob a woman as she walked in the 1200 block of North Clybourn. It happened around 5:35 a.m. According to a witness, the robbers made a U-turn, then stopped to rob the woman at gunpoint of her bag and phone.
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