A 15-year-old faces is being held in custody on first-degree murder charges in the death Monday of Jose Moran-Padilla in Matteson.
Day: August 29, 2024
Tiffany Henyard says Thornton Township trustees spending caps harming residents
Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard called for a special meeting Wednesday, canceled because no trustees showed up.
Column: Chicago White Sox GM Chris Getz is trying to keep his head when everyone else is losing theirs
These are hard times for the Chicago White Sox, and as the architect of what will soon officially be the worst team in franchise history, no one will take more of the blame than GM Chris Getz.
Gary man, now 20, avoids prison in West Side graduation shooting
A Gary man avoided prison Thursday in a plea deal for a shooting at his West Side Leadership Academy graduation in June 2022.
Frisbee dog world championship returns to Naperville for 50th anniversary event
This Labor Day weekend, the Ashley Whippet World K-9 Frisbee Championship again takes over Naperville’s Nike Sports Complex.
Local pilots honored for half-century of incident-free flying
“This award is made by the FAA for 50 years or more of safe, regular flying,” Ulrey said. “That includes no accidents, incidents or violations.
Demolition for Block 59 development in Naperville nearly finished
Crews are nearly finished clearing the property at Route 59 and Aurora Avenue to make way for Block 59, the large dining and entertainment development.
It’s official: Scott Daly arrives at Halas Hall to be the Chicago Bears’ emergency replacement at long snapper
With Patrick Scales out indefinitely after having back surgery, the Chicago Bears head to Week 1 pivoting at long snapper.
New company wins Elgin garbage contract, ending tiered pricing and landscape waste stickers
Waste Management has lost its Elgin garbage collection contract to Lakeshore Recycling Systems, which plans to do away with tiered pricing and landscape waste stickers and expand organics recycling.
Woman, 27, fatally wounded late Thursday morning in shooting on South Side
A 27-year-old woman away attempted to pull off when two gunmen approached her vehicle but was fatally wounded on the South Side in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly before 11:15 a.m., the victim and a 30-tear-old woman were sitting in a car in the 7000 block of South Vernon Avenue when two males approached brandishing guns, police said. The victim sped away, but one of the males opened fire striking her in the head. She was taken to UChicago Medicine where she was pronounced dead. The gunman and the person he was with fled the scene […]