Chicago man shot to death was postal worker, aspiring actor
"I just say god bless his soul because I'm really going to miss him."
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"I just say god bless his soul because I'm really going to miss him."
"Obviously lost revenue and lost sales, but we can live with that for a while. I just don't want people paying for orders that are not ever getting sent to anybody."
"I felt like my heart was breaking. A part of my soul was breaking because they don't need to do that."
Neil's sister said he was very active, running in several marathons, adding that he is from Skokie but was dog sitting in Des Plaines. Karsen's neighbors said she was a nice, kind woman.
Health officials are urging residents take precautions to reduce spread during what they're calling a tripledemic.
"Some cowards took her away from me, just like that."
"He will be missed, but not forgotten, I'll tell you that."
Police say the suspects would break the front glass door of businesses and gain access to registers.
One in four households with children in the Chicago metro area is facing hunger.
"They don't know what kind of material is being used. Could they be potentially toxic? Could they be harmful? That's just some of the things that they should keep in mind this coming winter season."
"I think what motivates Dax the most to find people is just that, the reward at the end. He is very driven to play with a toy and that's a primary motivator for all of our K-9s who are trained in police work."
"Right before he got killed, he told me he wanted to start his own studio and podcast."
A person is dead, and three others are wounded following a shooting at a River North nightclub Sunday morning, police say.
"We bring people from different parts Mexico, different parts of the United States and they create site specific installations or altars."
"You never know what somebody got on their mind and what they're going through or whatever. And sometimes they just want to release it. So boxing would be a good way to do that."