Business Booming For Indiana Fireworks Stores Ahead Of Fourth Of July
Fireworks stores in northwest Indiana are doing brisk business as the Fourth of July approaches.
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Fireworks stores in northwest Indiana are doing brisk business as the Fourth of July approaches.
Chicago isn't messing around when it comes to getting drivers to stop at crosswalks. Police set up Tuesday along North Clark Street near the Chicago History Museum.
Through the end of June, 172 people were slain in Chicago, nine fewer than at this time last year, and the lowest number of murders for the first half of a year since 1963.
Police said Walter Watkins' sister stopped by his house Tuesday morning to bring him breakfast, and noticed evidence of a break-in. She found her Watkins inside, suffering from head injuries.
The heavy rainfall from Monday night's storms prompted officials to open the Chicago and Wilmette locks to prevent raw sewage from overflowing out of the sewer system, and instead dump a mix of storm runoff and sewage into Lake Michigan.
The Chicago River water level was so high after last night's storms that some boat operators had to cancel morning tours because the boats couldn't clear the bridges.
Police in southwest suburban Lockport located a baby girl that was reported missing by the baby's mother.
Last night's storms were the equivalent of a boxer throwing a stiff jab followed by a devastating hook.
Flooding from Monday night's storm has forced a temporary delay on the project to renovate the Chicago Riverwalk downtown.
A 74-year-old north suburban man has been charged with the fatal shooting of his wife last week in what police believe was a failed murder-suicide attempt.
By now, the Cubs front office has shown we can trust their evaluations.
Gasoline prices nationally are expected to be at their highest mark in six years, but at least in Chicago prices are dropping.
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said he's still taking it easy after his heart attack last month, but there's no way he can completely get away from his job as the city's top cop.
If margaritas were big back in the 1800s, Potter Palmer himself, and perhaps only a few others in his mega-rich strata, could afford the cocktail currently being offered at his namesake bar.
As Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) considers whether the annual Gay Pride Parade should be moved downtown, the manager of a Boystown bar said the real issue is a lack of cooperation from police officers after the parade is over.
