A Lake County Sheriff’s Department officer arrested a 26-year-old Honduran man on Sunday afternoon in a cornfield near Crown Point — a day after the man allegedly stabbed a teen girl in the hand in unincorporated Lowell on Saturday in what police are calling “a random attack.”
Day: September 2, 2024
‘World’s Largest Bounce House’ opens in Skokie
What comes up, must go down is a brief explanation of gravity, and the effects of that will largely be seen at a Skokie park that will be home to the certified largest bounce house in the world until Sep. 8. Big Bounce America, which dubs itself the largest touring inflatable event in the world, opened its Chicago area stop on Saturday at the Skokie Sports Park at 3459 Oakton Street, Skokie. The event has scheduled time slots for people of all ages, from babies to adults, to get their bounces in before warm weather leaves the Chicago area. The […]
4 killed in shooting on CTA Blue Line train in Forest Park, police say
Three people were pronounced dead at the scene, police said, and a fourth shooting victim was pronounced dead at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood.
Steve Millar’s Daily Southtown football rankings and players of the week
Several teams move up one spot, while Marist and Homewood-Flossmoor enter the rankings.
Football and local scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County
High school and local college results and highlights from Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County coverage areas.
Column: Urban Growers Collective farms 30 acres near Lynwood
Urban Growers Collective produces vegetables, culinary and medicinal herbs and flowers, said Erika Allen, CEO and co-founder.
Community news: Valpo knocking on doors for lead-safe inventory
As part of the City of Valparaiso’s inventory of water service lines, door knockers will be visiting residences throughout the community to perform short in-home assessments.
Titanic expedition yields lost bronze statue, high-resolution photos and other discoveries
A bronze statue from the Titanic is among the discoveries made by the company with salvage rights to the wreck site on its first expedition there in many years.
Linda Deutsch, trial writer who had front row to courtroom history, dies at 80
Linda Deutsch, a special correspondent for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first drafts of history from many of the nation’s most significant criminal and civil trials — Charles Manson, O.J. Simpson, Michael Jackson, among others — died Sunday. She was 80.
Ukraine’s children return to school as Russia launches drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv
Russia launched an overnight barrage of drones and cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv, officials said Monday, as children prepared to return to school.