PAWS Chicago breaks ground on new Rescue Ranch facility in NW suburbs
The animal shelter broke ground on the Rescue Ranch in Hawthorn Woods on Sunday afternoon.
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The animal shelter broke ground on the Rescue Ranch in Hawthorn Woods on Sunday afternoon.
The 20-acre property in Hawthorn Woods, a former Equestrian Center, will be transformed into a rescue, adoption, enrichment and education campus for homeless pets.
The officer appeared for his first court hearing on the charges and was released pretrial, with conditions by the judge.
Ryan Jeffers hit a go-ahead three-run homer, Bailey Ober struck out seven in 5 1/3 innings and the surging Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 on Friday night.
A car plowed into a house in southwest suburban Burbank, Illinois, early Friday morning.
Funding for commercial flights to small airports around the country, including to three communities in Illinois, could be reduced under President Donald Trump's budget proposal.
The Illinois Secretary of State is warning a businessman known as Mr. Finance, already accused of running a Ponzi scheme, may be soliciting investments in an allegedly sketchy new business.
Health professionals at Rush Medical Center say Thursday's air quality is expected to be unhealthy for everyone, as the particles from the wildfires will be high and dense.
Peoples Gas submitted a new proposed rate hike to the state of Illinois that slashed about $58 million from their original proposal, but watchdog groups say that's still not enough.
Since 2018, the city says more than 3,400 lead service lines have been replaced in neighborhoods impacted with high lead levels in the water.
Two teenagers were charged with murder Tuesday in the killings of five members of an Illinois family who were shot at three different locations.
Ald. Desmon Yancy (5th) said that permanent street sweeping signs have been installed, and now in Hyde Park, he's requested the city go a step further.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon is tracking the building heat in First Alert Weather.
The Illinois Department of Public Health said there are now more than 215 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis, an illness from the parasite cyclospora, statewide.
The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting over 215 cases statewide amid outbreaks in other states.
A pass through the Illinois toll system already costs anywhere from 30 cents to $1.50 per trip with an iPass and more without it.
The increase would be about 45 cents for regular cars and a 30% toll increase for commercial trucks.
Illinois state police say the two suspected shooters are 15 and 16 years old. One of those suspects is related to one of the people killed.
One of the suspects displayed a handgun and demanded money from people in the room. Police said one round was fired, but no one was hit.
At 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Munster police were called to the 9300 block of Chestnut Lane, where they found a woman with a facial gunshot wound. She was taken to an area hospital for treatment, police said.
When officers arrived, they found that a home had been broken into and found a woman inside. The woman refused to come out, prompting a response from the Aurora police Crisis Negotiations and Special Response Team.
The victim was taken to Silver Cross Hospital with life-threatening injuries before later being transferred to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood for further treatment.
Arriving officers found evidence of forced entry at the home and encountered a woman inside the residence who refused to come out, Aurora police said.
Aurora Police said after more than an hour of negotiations, officers took the woman into custody without further incident and she was taken to an area hospital for evaluation.
Deputy Chief Craig Neal said the shooting was an isolated incident.
