Two Stabbed During Punk Concert At Northerly Island; Suspect In Custody
A man and a woman got into an argument with another male about 9:30 p.m. at a bar inside Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island.
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A man and a woman got into an argument with another male about 9:30 p.m. at a bar inside Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island.
Waves crashing over the east side of the park damaged several hundred feet of the path.
The new $9 million trail opened to great fanfare just one year ago. But Monday, bicyclists and joggers were met by concrete barricades. CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez reports.
'Campfire Horrors' begins Friday at Northerly Island, hosted by The Chicago Park District.
The commodore-elect of the Burnham Park Yacht Club says this past Saturday night, it was like a meteorite shower - as fiery ashes from the Redmoon Theater's Great Chicago Fire Festival rained down on the club.
The Chicago Park District has asked one of the designers of the proposed Lucas Museum of Narrative Art to help with discussions about a long-term vision for the entire lakefront Museum Campus where it is planned to be built.
Chicago architect Jeanne Gang and China's Ma Yansong have been picked to design the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which has been planned as an addition to the Museum Campus just south of Grant Park.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy had high praise for Mayor Rahm Emanuel as she walked along the hills and wetlands areas being created on the manmade peninsula that was once the Meigs Field airport.
Why wait until New Year's Day to start your resolution to volunteer? Consider checking out the following five Chicago-area organizations that can use volunteers this holiday season.
Fans of the Backstreet Boys were upset Friday night when their concert was shut down, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
He sings about cheeseburgers in paradise, but some Jimmy Buffett fans say they got mud baths in hell at a weekend concert in Chicago.
Chicago shows that the best gift for Father's Day 2013 is partaking in a family-friendly event.
Ten years ago Saturday, then-Mayor Richard M. Daley had backhoes dig giant X's into the lone runway at Meigs Field in the middle of the night, setting the stage to turn the peninsula into a lakefront park.
The concert venue at Northerly Island could take on a "Ravinia-type feel" if Chicago Park District plans are approved this week to create lawn seating that would accommodate 22,000 people.
Northerly Island Center Director Teish Daniel said, "we wanted to take advantage of the snow, and not have it melt away before Saturday got here."
Chicago might be known for its summer festivals but fall can be just as exciting for family fun. Check out the great fall family getaways in Chicago and make the most of the changing season.
If this winter is anything like the snowbound, blizzard bonanza we've had in year's past, we may all need to travel by Siberian Husky powered dog sleds before spring! Our family has had four huskies/husky mixes over the years and they are wonderful family dogs. There's something to be said for curling up by the fire with a pack of big, furry dogs, to keep warm on those three-dog nights.
Is all this snowy weather giving you cabin fever – but don't feel like packing the car to hit the slopes? Well, snowshoeing is the perfect excuse to don your cold-weather gear and get outside this winter. You'll burn calories and maybe even spot some snow-loving animals along the way. There really is nothing quite like exploring a pristine forest, covered with a white blanket of snow. Here are some tips.
Winter 2012 is forecast to be a wicked one. You can hunker down indoors or embrace the white stuff and have some wild, wintery, family fun. Chi-town may lack mountains and ski slopes, but Northerly Island, 1400 S. Lynn White Dr., is an ideal place to cross country ski and snowshoe. Come out for some northerly adventures in this urban, wilderness oasis.
Continuing his farewell tour, Mayor Daley points with pride to an airplane-free Northerly Island--once known as Meigs Field.
Supporters of the old Meigs Field--and they still exist--say the Chicago Park District's framework plan for Northerly Island steals liberally from their vision of a reopened airport.
Officials now envision a wetland haven for migratory birds, with a huge lagoon where people can swim and kayak and canoe. The lagoon would be made safe by a chain of reefs just off shore.
Changes are coming again to Chicago's lakefront, with additions planned for Northerly Island.
According to Chicago police, at least one person was killed and five others were injured in shootings this weekend.
A teen was shot by an air rifle during a prank in Joliet on Friday night.
Chicago police released for of a person who is wanted in a battery on a CTA Red Line train on Chicago's Near North Side.
Crash-and-grab burglars stole an ATM from a liquor store in Lincoln Park.
A man was shot and killed in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood.
Sheri Mecklenburg resigned from the Department of Justice this week, penning a scathing letter in which she said U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros "personally directed" the Broadview 6 prosecution that she says ended her career.
The Chicago City Council deferred a full vote on the sale of the city's parking meters from one private company to another to their next full council meeting as they face an end-of-month deadline.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in its push to use a controversial database to review state voter rolls for potential noncitizens.
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois is demanding the Pentagon and Federal Aviation Administration reject President Trump's call to convert plans for a massive triumphal arch into a "top grade Military Complex."
With an unprecedented budget, ICE spent billions in a rush to expand its detention network, wasting millions in the process, the Government Accountability Office found.
Scammers are now impersonating the patient portal MyChart, using realistic-looking emails, texts, and websites to try to steal personal information and, in some cases, get malware on your computer.
Fuel prices continue to climb across the country, and that has U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) pointing the finger at President Trump.
Nicor customers will get a break on their bills this fall after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Roul reached an agreement with the utility to cut $140 million from its requested rate hike.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Sixteen of the state's cases this year trace to an outbreak among people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination history. Health officials say the overall risk is very low but want residents to confirm they're protected.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Wednesday launched its first "street psychiatry" teams, in an effort to provide mental health services to some of the city's most vulnerable people.
A new Illinois law lets terminally ill patients request a lethal prescription to end their lives, making the state the 13th in the U.S. — and the first in the Midwest — to permit it.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
McDonald's said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally.
The future of Rate Field was back in the spotlight on Wednesday.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Challenging documentaries and award-winning features are among the offerings of New York City's leading cinema event, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Godzilla.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
A Tennessee judge granted Dolly Parton's estate a temporary restraining order Wednesday against the late singer's nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."
Two people are in custody after a 1-year-old girl was shot and critically injured inside an apartment on Chicago's South Side, a police source said.
The Shatterproof walk to end addiction is underway in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Pullman chef Dominique Leach, owner of Lexington Betty Smokehouse, is taking her talents to the Whisky Springs Fest.
How could a little boy live through unthinkable suffering all alone with nothing?
Crash-and-grab burglars stole an ATM from a liquor store in Lincoln Park.
Two people are in custody after a 1-year-old girl was shot and critically injured inside an apartment on Chicago's South Side, a police source said.
According to Chicago police, at least one person was killed and five others were injured in shootings this weekend.
A teen was shot by an air rifle during a prank in Joliet on Friday night.
Chicago police released for of a person who is wanted in a battery on a CTA Red Line train on Chicago's Near North Side.
Crash-and-grab burglars stole an ATM from a liquor store in Lincoln Park.
In 2024, an off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed a dog that was being held by its owner. COPA and CPD Supt. Larry Snelling agreed the officer should be fired. But more than two years later, that hasn't happened.
Surging gas and diesel prices are putting the pinch on farmers with harvest season underway, and could drive grocery prices even further up.
Another business owned by a couple under investigation for mishandling bodies at funeral homes and crematories on the South Side and in the south suburbs was raided by law enforcement Thursday.
Crown Point native Chris Payne was arrested for the 2018 sexual assault of a woman, which he has adamantly claimed from the beginning that he had nothing to do with.
A Chicago nonprofit is suing its former president, accusing him of illegally diverting millions of dollars in charitable funds and jeopardizing the charity's future in fighting homelessness.
Munetaka Murakami homered twice to increase his season total to 35, and the playoff-bound Chicago White Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 6-1 as they tried to gain ground in the AL Central.
The Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 Friday night to sweep a doubleheader.
Major League Baseball announced Saturday's game has been moved to the home of the Tampa Bay Rays.
The MLB Postseason begins on Tuesday, and anticipation is high across Chicago, with both the Cubs and White Sox making the playoffs in the same year for only the fourth time ever.
The Boston Red Sox rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 in a doubleheader opener on Friday.
A Chicago violence interrupter is remembered for the difference he tried to make in his South Shore neighborhood. Courtney Harris worked to keep young people away from violence, but died in a shooting over the weekend.
Three men were wounded in a shooting on Thursday night outside a liquor store in the South Chicago neighborhood.
A sixth-grade teacher and basketball coach at a school in Island Lake, Illinois, was arrested Thursday on child pornography charges.
Boise police have identified a man known as the "Unknown Wanderer" who was found dead in a church in 1982, and revealed a possible link to the Chicago Tylenol murders.
A Mundelein, Illinois, high school teacher and volleyball coach appeared in court Wednesday morning on charges of making an unauthorized video recording of a minor.
