Tow Truck Driver Dead After Being Hit By Car On Eisenhower Expressway
A tow truck driver is dead after being struck by a car on the Eisenhower Expressway in Maywood.
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A tow truck driver is dead after being struck by a car on the Eisenhower Expressway in Maywood.
An investigator with the Cook County Medical Examiner's office was on his way to check out a death – but his drive got interrupted.
Chicago police said a 37-year-old man was shot and killed shortly after 9 p.m. near Harrison Street and Spaulding Avenue.
Crews are responding to a multi-vehicle crash on the Eisenhower Expressway.
"It was a mandate that we preserved it. This building is a city landmark."
A pedestrian was seriously hurt when she was hit by a bus Tuesday afternoon on the Eisenhower Expressway.
An Illinois Department of Transportation worker was helping out a driver on the Eisenhower Expressway recently, when Illinois State Police said a drunken driver sent him to the hospital.
A man was found dead in the street in the Austin neighborhood early Wednesday morning, and police believe he was the victim of a hit-and-run crash.
Rush hour is getting worse on the Eisenhower due to a long-term construction project.
It'll be at I-290 near Irving Park Road (Illinois 19) and the closures will begin Tuesday night. It'll start around 7:00 p.m. and end at 5:00 a.m.
Expressway shootings are common in Chicago, with more than a dozen reported so far this year—the latest on Sunday night.
Two people were shot while driving on the Eisenhower Expressway late Thursday night near Maywood.
According to an Illinois Department of Transportation spokesman, the unsightly spots of garbage may get worse before they get better.
A driver was killed Monday afternoon after a single-vehicle crash on the Eisenhower Expressway at the eastbound Cicero ramp, according to Illinois State Police.
An off-duty Chicago police officer was critically injured in a crash on the Eisenhower Expressway late Sunday night.
A teenager was critically wounded when he was shot on the Eisenhower Expressway early Wednesday morning.
Police arrested two robbery suspects Wednesday morning, after officers chased them across the CTA Blue Line tracks on the Eisenhower Expressway.
The Eisenhower Expressway was shut down for a time early Sunday morning after a crash involving several cars injured six people.
"You don't hit that many people and keep going like you don't care."
One person was killed and at least four others were injured. It happened around 4:45 Sunday morning.
The outbound Eisenhower Expressway was shut down for nearly four hours overnight in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, after a shooting Thursday night.
Three semi-trailer trucks and four passenger vehicles were involved in a pileup around 2 p.m. Thursday in the inbound lanes of Interstate 290 near St. Charles Road.
Three semi-trailer trucks and four passenger vehicles crashed near St. Charles Road around 2 p.m., blocking the inbound lanes.
Four people, including a juvenile suspect, were in custody.
A CTU spokesperson said that Davis Gates will be going on a "planned and anticipated" temporary medical leave.
Chicago is the latest city to have reported airbag thefts, following Baltimore and Pittsburgh.
NIPSC customers gathered for the second time in under a week to protest against rising heating costs by the utility company.
An outbound train on the Metra Heritage Corridor was delayed Wednesday evening, after an Amtrak train on the same tracks hit a vehicle near southwest suburban Lemont.
Chicago police said the suspect shot at a woman and at responding SWAT officers in South Shore on Sunday.
President Trump told NBC News the call to remove 700 immigration officers from Minneapolis came from him.
With U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky retiring at the end of her term, voters in Illinois' 9th Congressional District face a crowded field of candidates to fill the seat with a new representative for the first time since 1998.
Hillary Clinton will appear for a deposition on Feb. 26, while former President Bill Clinton will appear on Feb. 27, according to the House Oversight Committee.
The House on Tuesday voted 217 to 214 to fund major parts of the government and end the partial shutdown.
All federal immigration agents in Minneapolis will begin wearing body cameras, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Monday, a policy that could be rolled out nationwide.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
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Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
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Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early '70s has died. He was 83.
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
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Complete closure of the performing arts center in Washington, D.C., will start on July 4, Mr. Trump said. It's not yet clear how extensive the changes to the building might be.
The Chicago Teachers Union did not give details about why she is taking leave, but said that it was "planned and anticipated".
Customers are seeing higher delivery fees from the utility companies and volatile gas prices straight from the source, after key issues, including January's nationwide snowstorm.
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A Metra Heritage Corridor train was temporarily halted on Wednesday afternoon, after an Amtrak train on the same tracks hit a truck near Lemont.
Driverless cars are about to get a closer look in Illinois, with a pilot program being pitched to bring them to Cook County for a trial run in the not-too-distant future.
A woman was killed and a man was wounded when they were shot while in a car with a baby in the back seat in Auburn Gresham, just steps from St. Sabina Parish.
Arlington Heights fire officials said two people are safe, and one was rescued by a neighbor, after a garage fire Wednesday morning.
A man was critically injured after being struck by a vehicle Wednesday morning in northwest suburban Rolling Meadows.
Julius Burkes Jr, 47, accused of the deadly shooting of Momence bar owner Courtney Drysdale, waived his extradition to Illinois before a judge during a hearing on Wednesday morning.
A CTU spokesperson said that Davis Gates will be going on a "planned and anticipated" temporary medical leave.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel no longer will have to testify about an alleged "code of silence" at the Chicago Police Department, after a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling that would have allowed him to take the stand in a lawsuit over a botched police raid.
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, the busiest trauma center in Illinois, is sounding an alarm, as doctors brace for an influx of patients because of federal funding cuts under the Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
The Chicago Bulls are trading Coby White to the Charlotte Hornets, reports said Wednesday.
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A woman was killed and a man was wounded when they were shot Wednesday afternoon while in a car with a baby in the back seat in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood, just steps from St. Sabina Parish.
A man who was arrested on child sexual abuse charges in Illinois is facing additional charges in the San Francisco Bay Area in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a child, police said.
Ryan Routh, the man convicted in a 2024 assassination attempt of President Trump at his Florida golf course, has been sentenced to life in prison.
The shooters remained at large Wednesday in two attacks that happened less than a mile apart on Chicago's Near West Side a day earlier.
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