City Council Votes To Rename Lake Shore Drive After DuSable
After months of back and forth and one wild meeting Wednesday, aldermen finally voted on renaming Lake Shore Drive to Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Lake Shore Drive. It was approved 33-15.
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After months of back and forth and one wild meeting Wednesday, aldermen finally voted on renaming Lake Shore Drive to Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Lake Shore Drive. It was approved 33-15.
Northbound traffic on Lake Shore Drive near the Museum of Science and Industry and north through Hyde Park was closed late Thursday, after a car accident in which two police officer sand a third person were hurt.
Aldermen were supposed to vote on the renaming last month, but it was delayed by a procedural move.
A 19-year-old mam was killed in a fiery crash early Thursday morning.
A view from a distance shows moving lights heading across the 41st Street pedestrian bridge over the Metra Electric tracks and Lake Shore Drive in Bronzeville. They are actually motorcycles taking over the bridge – which is supposed to be there to help people walk across the Drive.
The car then crashed into a light pole with three men inside.
The southbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive were shut down for about an hour near North Avenue on Friday afternoon, following a rollover crash, police said.
Four vehicles crashed Wednesday evening on Lake Shore Drive in Jackson Park.
Bike the Drive traditionally is held on the Sunday before Memorial Day, but this year will be held on Sept. 5, the Sunday before Labor Day.
A shooting on Lake Shore Drive led to a crash near 31st Street late Sunday night.
"We want to prevent the crime from happening in the first place."
A 15-year-old girl is in critical condition after a shooting on Lake Shore Drive lake Thursday night.
One person was killed and three were injured in a crash on Lake Shore Drive at Monroe Drive early Wednesday morning.
A man was shot in the face on Lake Shore Drive near the Museum Campus this weekend, and it is not the first shooting of its kind lately.
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A driver was shot on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago early Sunday morning.
A man was struck by a car Saturday evening after walking into oncoming traffic on Lake Shore Drive in Streeterville.
Chicago Fire Department officials said the healthy tree fell into the northbound lanes around 1400 North Lake Shore Drive.
Two aldermen on Wednesday threw up a roadblock on Ald. David Moore's (17th) proposed ordinance to rename Outer Lake Shore Drive from Hollywood Avenue to 67th Street after DuSable.
The measure would rename the outer Drive from Hollywood Avenue to 67th Street after DuSable, the Black man credited with founding the city of Chicago.
Police found a loaded gun Monday evening when they were called to the scene of a crash on Lake Shore Drive.
A man was shot while driving on Lake Shore Drive in Streeterville Tuesday night.
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After an unusually lengthy and heated discussion on Thursday, a City Council committee signed off on a plan to rename Outer Lake Shore Drive after Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, the Black man credited with founding the city of Chicago.
Plainfield police said they executed a search warrant at a home after a 16-year-old boy was shot Thursday night.
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Three men were hurt and one was killed in a shooting in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood Thursday night.
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Hazardous air quality in the morning clears as Friday goes on, giving way to afternoon storms. Highs in the low 90s.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell is being investigated as a possible source for a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, a source familiar with the investigation told CBS News.
Three men were hurt and one was killed in a shooting in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood Thursday night.
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Chicago air quality was the worst in the world yesterday and wildfire smoke lingered Friday morning, but the AQI is expected to improve as the day goes on.
Chicago air quality was the worst in the world yesterday, but the AQI is expected to improve Friday as the day goes on.
Gene Rush survived throat cancer, but he didn't survive a trip to the Porter County Jail over 4th of July weekend. His family said jail staff failed to provide lifesaving medical care.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell is being investigated as a possible source for a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people.
Plainfield police said they executed a search warrant at a home after a 16-year-old boy was shot Thursday night.
A car plowed into a house in southwest suburban Burbank, Illinois, early Friday morning.
Gene Rush survived throat cancer, but he didn't survive a trip to the Porter County Jail over 4th of July weekend. His family said jail staff failed to provide lifesaving medical care.
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