2 wounded, one fatally in overnight shooting in Jackson Park neighborhood

Officers responded overnight to a call of a person shot inside a residence in the Jackson Park neighborhood and found two people wounded, one fatally, Chicago police said. Shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday, officers were called to a residence in the 1700 block of East 67th Street and found a 23-year-old woman with gunshot wounds to the face and neck. She was taken in critical condition to UChicago Medicine. Another victim, also 23, was found with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and chest, and was taken to the same hospital where he was pronounced dead. No one was in custody […]

Morton Grove fire Chief Ensign to retire in January, closing 5 decades in firefighting

Morton Grove fire Chief Ralph Ensign is set to retire at the beginning of the new year, a departure that will cap off his nearly 50 years of experience as a firefighter and fire services leader. A special recognition of the fire chief’s retirement was given at the Dec. 10 Village Board meeting. “Forty-eight years of public service is a very long time,” Village President Dan DiMaria said at the meeting about Ensig. “We’ve been fortunate to have the chief with us since 2021.” According to information provided by the village, Ensign has been with the Morton Grove department three […]