Whitney Young Students To Release Endangered Turtles Downstate
A small group of students from Whitney Young Magnet High School will be going on a trip this week to help put an endangered animal out into the wild.
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A small group of students from Whitney Young Magnet High School will be going on a trip this week to help put an endangered animal out into the wild.
A 6-year-old girl was expected to make a full recovery after she was shot while playing on her grandmother's porch in Englewood.
State Sen. Julie Morrison (D-Deerfield) said, based on the past two months alone, with the destruction wrought across the U.S. by assault weapons, local communities have to be given the flexibility to decide for themselves whether such guns should be outlawed.
Monday was expected to be a pleasantly warm summer day, but temperatures will be dangerously hot by the end of the week across the entire state.
A trustee in the small village of Hebron, near the Wisconsin border, has taken steps to get a referendum on the November ballot to recall the village president, who is facing drug and gun charges.
Marwan Mahmoud Sadeq, 45, a father of four, was hanging out with some friends in the parking lot of the Citgo at the corner of Marquette Road and Sate Street around 12;40 a.m., when he was shot in the head.
Three suspects have been arrested, after a crime spree stretching from north suburban Skokie to the South Side of Chicago, including a home invasion, three stolen vehicles, and a crash with a police car.
Supporters of a protest organizer arrested over the weekend during a demonstration against police killings were hoping to raise enough money to get him out of jail on Tuesday
Chris Emigh, 45, was thrown from Fitz's Storm as they were coming around the far turn, when the 3-year-old horse suddenly ran through the temporary turf rail instead of running alongside it.
In Lemont this afternoon, a short prayer service was held outside the police station, prompted by last night's Dallas police massacre.
A Cicero police officer was slightly injured Thursday morning when a luxury car that had been pulled over for a traffic stop ran over the tip of one of his feet while fleeing.
A man and a woman were shot as they sat in their car in west suburban Westchester, in what police said was a targeted hit, but also a case of mistaken identity.
The annual Naperville event is this weekend, benefiting efforts to prevent child abuse and domestic violence. WBBM's Bernie Tafoya reports.
Tom Ahern, spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the suspect's threat alone was deemed credible enough to evacuate homes near the 400 block of Lake Shore Boulevard.
This Father's Day was one that a Homer Glen man is going to relish for the rest of his life. So will his family.
It has been a busy month for fires in Aurora, with another extra-alarm fire overnight.
Two dozen south and southwest suburban children were taking part in a different kind of day camp this week.
Sources said Chicago police officers and aviation police have been concentrating their patrols on drop-off and pick-up areas outside the airport's many entrances.
Killed were Mark and Janice Wendling, who were riding their bicycles, the Grundy County Coroner's Office says.
A foul smell and taste in the water in Elgin should be gone in the next couple days.
Chicago police are investigating a shooting incident that left Back of the Yards residents and the neighborhood's alderman shaken.
Hanover Park Deputy Police Chief Andrew Johnson said the heroin problem is not just a law enforcement issue.
A southwest suburban candy plant will be able to make a lot more Skittles, thanks to 75 new employees and a massive expansion of its production lines.
A Chicago police officer has been stripped of his police powers and placed on desk duty, pending an investigation into a video showing him apparently stomping a man's head while a second officer was trying to restrain the man.
A group of Chicago aldermen has called for a public hearing to learn more about what's being done to prevent Chicago Public Schools students from drinking water that might have been contaminated with lead.
