Chad Willetts, musician and owner of Le Piano in Rogers Park, dies at 61
Longtime Rogers Park resident Chad Willetts, a pianist and drummer, died suddenly on Friday, Oct. 17.
Attorney sues over curfew on protests outside ICE facility in Broadview
An attorney filed a lawsuit this week challenging an order by the Village of Broadview that imposed a curfew on protest activity at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.
First grader returns to Southwest Side school after heart transplant
Classmates and teachers at Peck Elementary School, 3826 W. 58th St., welcomed Joselin Nevarez to school Tuesday.
Los Angeles displaces Chicago as America's rattiest city
For 10 years, going back to the inception of the rankings, the pest control company Orkin rated Chicago the rattiest city in America.
Fire damages townhome in Orland Park, firefighter treated for dehydration
A fire ripped through a townhouse in the southwest Chicago suburb of Orland Park Monday night.
Teen shot during robbery attempt in West Ridge
At 6 p.m. Monday, the teen was attacked in the alley behind the 2700 block of West Glenlake Avenue in West Ridge, or West Rogers Park.
Lurie Children's Hospital launches advanced leukemia program
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital this week launched a new advanced leukemia program.
CTA workers warn of risks of service cuts with major shortfall persisting
Workers represented by the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308 were out at CTA Blue and Red Line stations to inform people about the possible impact of the cuts.
Chicago Public Schools lunchroom workers to march for higher wages, staffing
Chicago Public Schools lunchroom workers gathered outside the Chicago Board of Education downtown Monday morning.
UChicago researchers use "mummies" to learn about a dinosaur's appearance and life
Researchers now have a new idea of what a certain type of duck-billed dinosaur looked like, thanks to experts from the University of Chicago who uncovered dinosaur mummies.
Burglars steal ATMs from businesses in 2 Chicago neighborhoods
Burglars made off with ATMs after breaking into businesses in Chicago's Logan Square and Rogers Park neighborhoods early Monday morning.
2 men, ages 66 and 70, shot and wounded on South Side
Two men, ages 66 and 70, were shot and wounded outside a business on Chicago's South Side Sunday morning.
Shooting leaves woman dead on Chicago's Southeast Side
A woman was found dead with two gunshots to the head on Chicago's Southeast Side Sunday morning.
2 teens shot, wounded in Bronzeville
At 5:53 a.m., the victims — men ages 18 and 19 — were in a business in the 100 block of East 51st Street when a man came up and shot them both, police said.
Man hospitalized after fight, beating on CTA Red Line train
Chicago police on Sunday morning were looking for multiple people who beat up a man on a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train the night before.