Six Injured When Car Drives Off Lake Shore Drive Overpass
Six people were injured when a car plunged off a bridge over Lake Shore Drive early Tuesday morning, possibly because the driver was driving under the influence, according to Chicago police.
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Six people were injured when a car plunged off a bridge over Lake Shore Drive early Tuesday morning, possibly because the driver was driving under the influence, according to Chicago police.
The number of high-speed tickets issued on Lake Shore jumped to more than 4,300 last year, up from more than 500 in 2014.
If you use Lake Shore Drive to get to or from downtown, prepare for major delays for the next 40 days.
The lane closure is expected to be in place until 5:30 p.m.
Starting Tuesday morning, traffic headaches began on LaSalle Drive under Lake Shore Drive, where a massive resurfacing project that will last until October began.
A man was beaten and robbed of $300 and a gold chain while walking near Maggie Daley park overnight.
The activist pastor who helped organize a small anti-violence march that briefly shut down Lake Shore Drive earlier this month now plans another march that would block traffic in and out of O'Hare International Airport on Labor Day.
Protesters plan to shut down streets in Lakeview to alert North Siders to violent crime and recent police shootings in Chicago.
"It was complete chaos on a Friday afternoon."
No word on injuries or if any motorists were directly impacted by the landing.
North Avenue Beach was packed Wednesday as beach-goers flocked to the lake to escape the heat and humidity.
So far, the city has installed 45,000 new streetlights as part of a modernization project.
A hit-and-run driver and another motorist were injured in a wrong-way crash Thursday morning on Lake Shore Drive in the Uptown neighborhood.
Chicago's Lake Shore Drive will be open Sunday -- only to bicyclists.
Developers have unveiled plans for two waterfront towers that would fill the long-vacant site where the ambitious but doomed Chicago Spire project would have been built.
Chicago Police are releasing surveillance video hoping it will lead to the man wanted for critically injuring a man along the lakefront.
As crews continue building a new pedestrian bridge spanning Lake Shore Drive, parts of the roadway will be closed for several hours overnight on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, to install massive structural beams.
Two people were shot in a series of carjackings on the city's near North Side.
The 26-year-old woman was riding in a white Dodge Charger around 2 a.m., when someone in silver sedan fired shots near Lake Shore Drive and North Avenue, police said.
Seven years ago, 20 inches of snow turned North Lake Shore Drive into a parking lot. Up to 10 inches is expected overnight.
The male driver crashed into a wall about 11 p.m. in the 4700 block of South Lake Shore Drive, according to Chicago Police.
Dangerous conditions along Lake Shore Drive have led Chicago Park District staff to shut down the lakefront trail.
A black Dodge Charger was speeding north shortly before 11:30 p.m. when the driver lost control and crashed into the pole in the 5400 block of South Lake Shore Drive, according to Chicago Police.
After a $7 million restoration and redevelopment project, the 6-acre campus is now a year-round restaurant and event space.
A man was injured early Saturday when the SUV he was driving crashed into the median on Lake Shore Drive and overturned.
An investigation was underway Thursday evening at a Far South Side funeral home, after the business had its license suspended after state regulators found decomposing bodies were being kept in "deplorable conditions."
The music will be silent after nearly 50 years at Guitar Works in Evanston, as the beloved shop prepares to close for good at the end of August due to rising costs and declining sales.
Pete Crow-Armstrong scored on a throwing error in the 11th inning after Alex Bregman hit a two-strike, two-out homer in the ninth, and the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 3-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Security video captured the moment a utility pole fell in a parking lot behind a La Grange Park, Illinois, animal hospital, igniting a fire that destroyed multiple cars.
A man from west suburban Berwyn is charged with trying to intimidate witnesses involved in the case of Nolan Wells, the Black teenager found dead after a 4th of July trip with friends in Mississippi.
Federal officials who want immigration agents to detain and deport Cook County Jail inmates have threatened Sheriff Tom Dart with prosecution if he doesn't give them access.
The Supreme Court in June struck down President Trump's earlier executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship.
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was hospitalized on June 14.
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions during testimony before the committee last week.
Thursday's vote to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress follows years of tension with GOP Sen. Rand Paul, hinging on the origins of the coronavirus and a controversial type of research.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
With the cyclosporiasis linked to iceberg lettuce growing and consumers wary of the products on grocery shelves, many in Chicago are turning to local farmers market for fresh and safe greens.
East Chicago, Indiana is being placed on a precautionary boil water advisory starting Monday morning for planned installations that could affect water safety.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
The Shops at North Bridge on the Magnificent Mile announced plans Thursday for a multimillion-dollar renovation project.
While the building that housed the flagship Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue has been torn down, the renowned Chicago restaurant chain is now set to open a new Lakeview location.
Nationally, data centers used 17.4 billion gallons of water in 2023 — a figure projected to reach 72.6 billion gallons by 2028, raising concerns about states' water supplies.
Chicago's Wishbone Restaurant will soon be closing after 36 years in business.
The Old Town Pour House isn't in its namesake neighborhood anymore, but it's returning to the central area of Chicago — specifically in the Loop.
Crews need about a week and a half to tear down the festival site before the city can begin its own inspection — and past cleanup costs have topped $1 million.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
If weather forces an evacuation, shelter sites are located at Grant Park North, Grant Park South, and Millennium Lakeside Garages, accessible through the vehicle entrance on Michigan Avenue.
Grant Park was filled with tens of thousands of people Thursday for the start of Lollapalooza, as warm weather greeted festivalgoers on day one of the four-day music festival.
Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.
The music will be silent after nearly 50 years at Guitar Works in Evanston, as the beloved shop prepares to close for good at the end of August due to rising costs and declining sales.
The Shops at North Bridge on the Magnificent Mile announced plans Thursday for a multimillion-dollar renovation project.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest First Alert Weather forecast.
Federal officials who want immigration agents to detain and deport Cook County Jail inmates have threatened Sheriff Tom Dart with prosecution if he doesn't give them access.
Security video captured the moment a utility pole fell in a parking lot behind a La Grange Park, Illinois, animal hospital, igniting a fire that destroyed multiple cars.
An investigation was underway Thursday evening at a Far South Side funeral home, after the business had its license suspended after state regulators found decomposing bodies were being kept in "deplorable conditions."
Federal agents who want to detain and deport Cook County Jail inmates have threatened Sheriff Dart with prosecution if he doesn't give them access.
A man from west suburban Berwyn is charged with trying to intimidate witnesses involved in the case of Nolan Wells, the Black teenager found dead after a 4th of July trip with friends in Mississippi.
Security video captured the moment a utility pole fell in a parking lot behind a La Grange Park, Illinois, animal hospital, igniting a fire that destroyed multiple cars.
The music will be silent after nearly 50 years at Guitar Works in Evanston, as the beloved shop prepares to close for good at the end of August due to rising costs and declining sales.
Security video captured the moment a utility pole fell in a parking lot behind a La Grange Park, Illinois, animal hospital, igniting a fire that destroyed multiple cars.
An Illinois Tollway glitch that left thousands of drivers with unexpected warnings about unpaid tolls stemmed from an extra digit in codes within the system's computers, according to records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
A South Holland woman said she was left high and dry after paying thousands of dollars to have her swimming pool fixed, only for the contractor to vanish.
An Elgin man has seen what he thought was the deal of a lifetime turn into weeks of frustration after a fake tracking number scam left him without goods or a refund after buying a game system on eBay.
Nationally, data centers used 17.4 billion gallons of water in 2023 — a figure projected to reach 72.6 billion gallons by 2028, raising concerns about states' water supplies.
Pete Crow-Armstrong scored on a throwing error in the 11th inning after Alex Bregman hit a two-strike, two-out homer in the ninth, and the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 3-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Wilyer Abreu homered for the fourth time in three games and the surging Red Sox beat the White Sox 4-0 on Wednesday night.
Chicago Bears right tackle Darnell Wright is very grateful for his historic four-year, $116 million contract extension. Wright thanked general manager Ryan Poles, who used his first 1st round draft pick to pick Wright 10th overall in 2023.
Chicago State University's new football team is just a couple weeks away from the first game of the Cougars' inaugural season.
Pete Crow-Armstrong homered twice and drove in four runs, and the Chicago Cubs swept Shohei Ohtani and the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers with a wild 7-6 victory.
A man has been charged with breaking into a home in west suburban Darien before leading police on a high-speed chase to his own home in southwest suburban Homer Glen.
Police in the southwest Chicago suburb of Lockport were investigating a crash-and-grab burglary at a pizzeria early Thursday.
Chicago police on Thursday were investigating a break-in at a bar in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood.
A candy store in Chicago's West Ridge community was burglarized early Thursday morning.
The Milwaukee mosque leader's former Israeli attorney testified in immigration court that Sarsour was coerced into confessions and was never convicted of any charge linking him to a terrorist organization.
