Fundraiser for family of fallen CPD officer John Bartholomew happening Sunday night in Niles
The Hellenic American Police Association is partnering with St. George Greek Orthodox Church of Chicago for Sunday's fundraiser.
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The Hellenic American Police Association is partnering with St. George Greek Orthodox Church of Chicago for Sunday's fundraiser.
Officer Bartholomew was killed in the line of duty by a gunman at Swedish Hospital in April.
The kit is filled with toys, sensory devices, and objects—all tools designed to bridge the communication gap during emergencies.
According to the CCDPH, measles is a dangerous and potentially deadly, highly contagious respiratory disease that spreads easily through the air when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes.
The locations of the possible exposure include O'Hare Airport, Terminal 5, on March 24, between 10:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., and in Niles, Illinois, at the Fresh Farms at 8203 W. Golf Rd. around 9 p.m. and Marshalls at 8249 W. Golf Rd., around 9:30 p.m., both on March 26.
The Cook County Department of Public Health said that the individual also visited the Endeavor Health Immediate Care Center in Mt. Prospect on Friday, March 27.
A driver was killed early Tuesday in a crash in the north Chicago suburb of Niles.
Loved ones are remembering 16-year-old Ofelia Torres as a brave advocate, after the teenager died while battling stage 4 cancer after successfully fighting to get her father released from immigration detention.
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
A stretch of busy Dempster Street was shut down in the north Chicago suburb of Niles early Sunday after a vehicle hit a pedestrian.
The vehicle hit the pedestrian in the 7600 block of West Dempster Street, according to Niles police.
Busy Touhy Avenue was completely shut down in the north Chicago suburb of Niles early Tuesday, after a sport-utility vehicle hit a pedestrian.
Following the crash, Touhy Avenue was closed in both directions between Central and Lehigh avenues, police said.
A fire ripped through an apartment in a building in the north Chicago suburb of Niles early Wednesday.
The fire broke out in an apartment in a building on Dempster Street.
A judge granted bond to Ruben Torres, a detained immigrant and the father of a teenage girl fighting Stage 4 cancer, as his deportation case makes it way through the system.
A federal judge has ordered a bond hearing be held for Ruben Torres Maldonado, a detained immigrant whose daughter is suffering from cancer, as his deportation case makes its way through the system.
Lawyers representing the father of a young cancer patient who was detained by federal agents are asking for his release.
Ruben Torres was detained by federal immigration officers over the weekend, though his attorney said no charges have been filed.
A man has been charged with stealing a private ambulance from a Portillo's parking lot in Chicago's northern suburbs while an EMT was still inside, and leading police on a chase along the Tri-State Tollway.
One person is in custody after stealing a private ambulance in Niles, Illinois, Tuesday afternoon.
Niles police said just before 4 p.m., the department was notified of a stolen vehicle from the Portillo's restaurant at 8832 W. Dempster St. That's where they said the suspect, only described as a male, got into a running private Lifeline ambulance and took off with the medic still inside.
An employee at a restaurant in Niles and another person outside a high school in Park Ridge were among those detained in recent weeks.
The chain did not say when it plans to add breakfast to its remaining restaurants.
A driver lost control and hit three cars before continuing down a parking aisle, hitting another car, and then hitting a protective cage full of propane tanks, police said.
