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The man, 24, was standing on a sidewalk when someone in a white sedan fired shots about 3 p.m. Friday in the 200 block of East 43rd Street.
The 911 caller and his partner told the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ that Samantha Steele, a Democratic member of the Cook County Board of Review, tried to flee the scene of the Nov. 11 crash before police arrived — but her car was too damaged to drive.
The shelter is trying to get 200 animals adopted before Dec. 21. This year, the push is especially important as more people have been bringing their pets to shelters and more animals are homeless.
A 35-year-old man arguing Friday morning with three people on a bus in the 200 block of West 35th Street was slashed by one of them with a “sharp instrument,” police said.
Norma Jean McAdams discovered her inner blues diva late in life. With encouragement from Buddy Guy, she started a band with her guitarist husband and began performing regularly around Chicago.
Israel Guzman, 38, was shot Thursday night inside the Levee, 4035 W. Fullerton Ave. The gunman fled.
Even some members of the mayor’s Progressive Caucus, including Alds. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez, Jessie Fuentes and Angela Clay, were refusing to play along by passing a budget balanced with the help of a $68.5 million property tax and a slew of other taxes.
That path was one of five options that CPS leaders presented to Board of Education members Thursday for how to address the proposed closings.
It’s the third time the City Council’s Finance Committee has agreed to revise a city subsidy to pave the way for an $87.8 million rehab of the 104-year-old theater in Logan Square. Baum Revisions will now receive a grand total of $27.25 million in city assistance.
Lil Durk, real name Durk Banks, was expected to appear Thursday in Los Angeles, where he faces federal charges stemming from an August 2022 shooting there that killed the cousin of rival rapper Quando Rondo — the target of the attack.
Detective Allan Reddins was killed in the line of duty on Nov. 29. He joined the Oak Park Police Department in 2019 after serving for two years as a Metra police officer.
IBM’s decision is a huge win for Gov. JB Pritzker, who has for years sought to make Illinois a global leader in quantum computing and innovation. The announcement comes a day after the City Council gave the multibillion-dollar quantum computing campus final zoning approval.
A 14% approval rating has emboldened Mayor Brandon Johnson’s opponents and sent his own allies running for cover. A two-week budget delay. Some head-scratching self-inflicted staffing wounds. And an inexperienced mayor who has, too often, kept City Council in the dark. That and more have created a political mess.
Shaheed Tamir allegedly claimed to be a manager at two companies to steal more than $500,000 in unclaimed property held by the Illinois Treasurer’s Office.
Chicago cab drivers are supposed to use their meters; not all of them do.
John Viruete, who was driving a stolen gray car, died after exchanging gunfire with occupants of a black SUV around 8 p.m. Wednesday in the 2300 block of North Kimball Avenue, relatives and police say.
The man, 25, was in the 5700 block of South Michigan Avenue Wednesday night when someone fired shots, striking him in his head.
Hundreds packed an Acero board meeting in Gage Park to vent their anger directly at leadership to persuade them to reverse course on a plan to shutter seven schools at the end of the current school year.
Lawyers representing the family of Da’Karia Spicer asked the jury to award them more than $140 million. The city’s attorneys requested a $12 million to $15 million award.
Low temperatures and strong winds were forecast to push the wind chill as low as 20 below zero.
Ald. Scott Waguespack briefly threatened to block any vote on items sent to the Council by the Zoning Committee because that committee’s report did not include its rejection of a Sterling Bay proposal in Lincoln Park that Waguespack opposes over concerns about traffic, parking and height of the buildings.