New YMCA facility in Gary, Indiana, opens to public Thursday
Gary Mayor Eddie Melton says that after last month's devastating storms, the addition is more than a new building.
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Gary Mayor Eddie Melton says that after last month's devastating storms, the addition is more than a new building.
The passings come a week after Peekachu, a 23-year-old beluga who was also brought to Chicago as part of the rescue, died.
One man was killed, and 14 others were wounded during a large gathering on the eastern side of the park on the night of Aug. 29.
CPD says that the men defaced the exterior of train cars by spray-painting graffiti, causing damage.
Two people are dead and at least five others are injured, including three officers, after a shooting near 15 East Grant Street Wednesday afternoon in downtown Minneapolis, according to police. The suspected shooter is also dead.
A Vernon Hills softball coach will remain behind bars on charges of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl as two more alleged victims came forward, prosecutors said Wednesday.
George Lucas and Mellody Hobson founded The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, dedicated to the universal tradition of visual storytelling, and the building is quite a visual itself.
A dog was rescued Wednesday after a fire in a large apartment building in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood.
Surveillance video shows what appears to be a smash-and-grab burglary at a pizzeria in the southwest Chicago suburb of Frankfort this week.
Advocate Children's Hospital flipped the script this week, having four pediatric patients sign autographs for Cubs baseball players before a game at Wrigley Field.
Two Chicago police officers were injured overnight Tuesday into Wednesday in a crash in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood.
A major traffic jam snarled DuSable Lake Shore Drive downtown for hours as the bridge over the Chicago River was stuck in the up position.
Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the State of Illinois were in the south Chicago suburb of Homewood on Wednesday morning, going door-to-door to document the damage caused by the storms last month.
As food insecurity remains a big concern for people still dealing with storm damage in Gary, Indiana, Chicago's Harold's Chicken is stepping up to help.
Chicago police issued an alert this week after a string of smash-and-grab burglaries within an hour in several neighborhoods, most notably the Lakeview and Avondale communities.
