Chicago River hosts open swim for first time in nearly a century
It was the first time in 95 years that the Chicago River hosted an official open swim.
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It was the first time in 95 years that the Chicago River hosted an official open swim.
The power outage affected patients on ventilators, and 10 patients had to be taken to area hospitals with the help of neighboring fire departments.
The festival was part of Sun Day — two words — the first-ever nationwide day calling for the large-scale deployment of solar power and other clean energy sources.
Video from the scene showed a mangled and burned husk of a car off the road near a support column for a bridge.
A worker in the construction vehicle was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the city said.
Police personnel from multiple jurisdictions were called Sunday morning for the discovery of military ordnance in a heavily wooded area of Fort Sheridan near Davis Street.
Clad in black leather, Stamos joined founding Beach Boys member Mike Love, 60-year group veteran Bruce Johnston, and the touring band that now plays with them.
The victim was shot in the chest at Halsted and Lake streets and was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County, where he was pronounced dead.
The vehicle had hit multiple unoccupied parked cars in the 10100 block of South Avenue M, police said.
At least five people were displaced as a result of the crash in the Jefferson Park neighborhood.
Jamie Santiago, 59, faces felony attempted murder and hate crime charges after police said he shot two women, 18 and 19, in West Town last month.
A westbound Dodge pickup truck hit the 59-year-old victim on a bicycle in the 2300 block of West 21st Street on Saturday afternoon.
Chicago police said the suspect struck another passenger in the head with a stick-like object as they exited a CTA bus on the city's Northwest Side last month.
The goal of the event was to create a pathway for the next generation to consider careers in fire service and public safety, CFD said.
The Department of Homeland Security said it's New York, California, and Illinois on notice, as they have not cooperated with the request to comply with immigration detainers.
