Building Collapses In West Loop; City Says Owner Was Conducting Rehab Without Permit
A building collapsed Thursday in the West Loop, and the city's Department of Buildings said its owner was conducting a rehab project without plans or permits.
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A building collapsed Thursday in the West Loop, and the city's Department of Buildings said its owner was conducting a rehab project without plans or permits.
Flash flooding has left "essentially all" roads in downstate Gibson City impassable with water that is several feet deep in some places, officials said.
Hours after Jamel Danzy was released from federal custody on charges that he made a straw purchase to buy the gun later used to kill Chicago Police Officer Ella French, Danzy told CBS 2's Charlie De Mar he was "devastated" by the officer's death, but declined to discuss most of the specifics.
The advance Child Tax Credit pays parents up to $300 per month per child to help with the cost of raising them.
A federal judge ruled several Indiana state laws restricting abortion are unconstitutional, including the state's ban on telemedicine consultations between doctors and women seeking abortions.
Illinois' estimated claims are among 375,000 total claims filed across the country last week.
In addition to strengthening Scott's Law, the state is making mental health services easier to access for paramedics, police and firefighters.
Chicago's top doctor will provide an update Thursday on COVID during and after Lollapalooza.
Storm chances continue throughout the day and wind down overnight and into early Friday.
The next advance Child Tax Credit payment will be sent out this week, and should arrive a couple days earlier than it did last month.
The next round of Child Tax Credit payments are due August 13, but some parents may prefer a lump-sum payment at tax time.
Their profile on an Englewood entrepreneur, who's also a Chicago police officer, is part of a final project for a summer leadership program.
A Lisle man said his dad donated thousands to a military academy in Wisconsin and now the son wants it refunded.
Rallies in support of Chicago Police were held in Chicago Wednesday evening, following Officer Ella French's on-duty murder and amid more divisiveness between the police rank-and-file and city leaders.
A downstate Illinois man has been sentenced to nearly nine years in prison for setting a cellphone store on fire in Minneapolis during the unrest following the murder of George Floyd by police there.
