Drivers Pack Patience Waiting On The Dan Ryan Protests
At first only the right two lanes were closed. Eventually all lanes were shutdown.
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At first only the right two lanes were closed. Eventually all lanes were shutdown.
They came out to march. Protesters organized and local police lined the streets.
Busloads of people from across the Chicago area are expected to meet at 79th and the Dan Ryan, then walk down the ramp onto the highway.
Illinois State Police said the likelihood of property damage, injury and loss of life is enormous.
Rev. Michael Pfleger, other clergy, community leaders, and young people have vowed to shut down the Dan Ryan at 79th Street on Saturday, to send a message against gun violence in Chicago.
Illinois State Police said a silver Toyota sedan was heading north in the southbound express lanes shortly before 3 a.m., when it collided with a black Cadillac SUV heading south in the far left lane.
The trooper's injuries are not life-threatening.
Illinois State Police said 32-year-old Augstin Perez, of Berwyn, stopped his 2000 Freightliner semi-trailer truck on the right shoulder of the inbound local lanes of the Dan Ryan near 31st Street around 5 a.m.
"Reportedly the officer stated he must have fallen asleep then lost control of his vehicle," Steger police stated in a news release.
Icy roads might be to blame for a deadly crash on the Stevenson Expressway overnight. Illinois State Police said an SUV was merging onto northbound I-55 at Cicero, when the driver lost control, and the vehicle rolled over.
About 2 a.m., the semi was traveling east on Canalport Avenue when it began turning onto the eastbound Interstate 90/94 ramp and rolled over, according to Illinois State Police. Speed may have been a factor in the crash.
The crash happened about 11 p.m. on the Dan Ryan near 79th Street, according to Chicago Fire Media.
The semi collided with a silver Chevy sedan in the inbound local lanes of the Dan Ryan near 59th around 11:20 p.m. Thursday, according to Illinois State Police.
Police said the shooting was reported around 5:30 a.m. in the outbound lanes between 71t and 79th.
The Canalport exit ramp on the Dan Ryan turned dangerous Sunday night, when black ice formed as temperatures dropped below freezing.
Thursday's first shooting left a 25-year-old man wounded shortly before 11 a.m. on the Near West Side.
Inbound Congress will be reduced to a single lane between Halsted and Canal streets starting at 11 p.m. Friday, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. The inbound lanes of Congress will be fully closed from 1-6 a.m. Saturday.
A vehicle carrying Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson was involved in a minor crash Monday afternoon on the Dan Ryan Expressway.
The innermost northbound and southbound lanes on the Dan Ryan Expressway will close for over two weeks starting Saturday.
The northbound Dan Ryan Expy has been shut down at 71st and traffic rerouted up and over the ramp due to police activity.
The man showed up at Holy Cross Hospital about 2 a.m. and told investigators he had been wounded on outbound I-90/94 near 59th Street.
A semi rollover snarled traffic and prompted a hazmat response Wednesday morning on the Dan Ryan Expressway.
The crash happened about 2:20 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I-90/94 near 23rd Street, according to Illinois State Police.
Peter Ramos, 33, faces two counts of aggravated DUI and one count of aggravated fleeing, all felonies, according to Chicago Police.
A car fleeing from police crashed into two other vehicles on the southbound Dan Ryan Expressway near 71st Street.
The suspect was last seen in the area of Milwaukee Avenue and Chicago Avenue in the July 20 hit-and-run of a bicyclist.
U.S. Navy petty officer Rachel Christy came home to be with her daughter, who will undergo her final surgery for a cleft palate.
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It comes just a week after another high-profile party inside, sparking concerns about safety and cost.
According to a village spokesperson, a masked gunman entered the restaurant and opened fire toward an intended target, who was then shot and killed by a security officer.
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Hayden Panettiere, who starred in "Remember the Titans" as a child actor and rose to fame in the sci-fi series "Heroes," has died at the age of 36.
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U.S. Navy petty officer Rachel Christy, who has been stationed in Pensacola, Florida, since May of last year, came home to be with her daughter, who will undergo her final surgery for a cleft palate.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller has the latest, including when rain will return to the Chicago area, in First Alert Weather.
Panettiere is known for her roles in "Remember the Titans" and "Heroes." No further details about her death were released.
Hayden Panettiere, who starred in "Remember the Titans" as a child actor and rose to fame in the sci-fi series "Heroes," has died at the age of 36.
According to a village spokesperson, a masked gunman entered the restaurant and opened fire toward an intended target, who was then shot and killed by a security officer.
It comes just a week after another high-profile party inside, sparking concerns about safety and cost.
The suspect was last seen in the area of Milwaukee Avenue and Chicago Avenue in the July 20 hit-and-run of a bicyclist.
U.S. Navy petty officer Rachel Christy came home to be with her daughter, who will undergo her final surgery for a cleft palate.
The discovery of dozens of decomposing bodies at a Chicago funeral home run by a couple with a history of mishandling human remains has raised questions about how Illinois regulates the funeral home and crematory industries.
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