Wind-Blown Barge Damages 100th Street Bridge; Span Closed For Two Weeks
The 100th Street bridge over the Calumet River has been closed for repairs, after a barge came loose amid high winds on Wednesday and struck the underside of the bridge.
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The 100th Street bridge over the Calumet River has been closed for repairs, after a barge came loose amid high winds on Wednesday and struck the underside of the bridge.
Nearly 15,000 ComEd customers in the Chicago area have been affected by power outages amid strong winds.
The Chicago Teachers Union and the city agreed to make up five school days after 11 days were missed due to the strike.
A gas leak in front of a home in the Brainerd neighborhood sent flames shooting 20 to 25 feet in the air.
The concrete fell off scaffolding at Adams and Wacker amid high winds.
Former Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke, convicted in the death of Laquan McDonald, has been moved to a correctional center in Maryland, after he was transferred from a federal prison in New York.
The day before Thanksgiving is a popular day for parties and underage drinking, but in Lake County authorities are trying to stop the dangerous "Black Wednesday" celebrations before they start.
Neighboring homes were blanketed by smoke.
The state's top prosecutor said Tuesday that he is alarmed by a pattern of Chicago police raiding the wrong homes.
"There are two very strong messages that are going out. That it's not tolerated and we need the community's involvement."
A gas leak sent a plume of flames shooting into the air in front of a house in the Brainerd community Tuesday night.
Former Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke is no longer in federal custody, nor is he in Illinois state custody.
Frankfort police said they investigated three separate complaints of women who said someone grabbed their buttocks on the trail.
Police Tuesday night were looking for three men they say attacked and robbed another man on the Red Line downtown.
