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"He's always been kind. It was just really unfortunate to see something like that happen especially to him because he has a connection to this neighborhood."
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"He's always been kind. It was just really unfortunate to see something like that happen especially to him because he has a connection to this neighborhood."
Government gridlock is tying up a program meant to deter gunfire on Illinois expressways.
Greg Zanis made his first memorial cross after the murder of his own father-in-law. Since then, he's traveled to dozens of mass shootings to make crosses for the victims.
Thirty grams of weed in flower form is the max, which is typically somewhere between 30 to 50 joints worth. A gram is roughly the weight of a paperclip.
Dozens of 311 complaints months ago did not fix the exposed wires on light poles in the South Side neighborhood of West Chesterfield. In fact, the city did not fix the light poles until Thursday.
Skokie police say 42-year-old Christine Morgan was located Thursday, after leaving an assisted living center on Christmas and going missing.
The Illinois Gaming Board has accused Gold Rush Gaming owner Rick Heidner of offering a $5 million "illegal inducement" to a gambling parlor chain owner.
Route 66, also called the "Mother Road," was born in 1926 after the Bureau of Public Roads launched the nation's first federal highway system, bringing together existing local and state roads from Chicago through St. Louis to Los Angeles.
The record-breaking warmth continues for the Chicago area.
Among other things, the order said prisons can no longer "mechanically'' assign housing based on genitalia or physical size and appearance.
Two people were injured in a house fire in Lombard early Thursday morning.
Rockstar Pizza owners said it's a great way to give back to the employees who do so much for them throughout the year.
Police Chief Eddie Winters confirmed a man was walking near 150th Street and Dixie Highway when he was hit by a car in front of a Citgo gas station.
In Chicago, traffic is expected to be at its worst between 4:45 p.m. and 6:45 p.m.
They may be behind bars, but the inmates at the Cook County Jail were not forgotten this Christmas.