AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarJoliet mayor calls for donations to pay funeral costs for survivors of 7 relatives killed during shooting rampageChicago Tribune - Caroline KubzanskyJoliet Mayor Terry D’Arcy is promoting a fundraiser for survivors of seven relatives killed last week in a shooting spree that cast a “reign of terror” over the southwest suburban community. Authorities believe suspect gunman Romeo Nance shot seven of his relatives, including two teenage girls, to …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarConcerned about climate change, more Chicagoans are buying all-electric home heating systemsChicago Tribune - Nara SchoenbergWhen Derek Eder started looking for an all-electric heating system for his 100-year-old home in Oak Park, some local furnace installers refused to work with him, saying the technology wasn’t up to the challenge of a Midwestern winter. Other installers told him they’d do the job, but only if he …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarBlack-owned running store on Chicago's South Side in race to open new shopChicago Tribune - Kate ArmaniniTo anyone else, it may have looked like an unusual gathering: several dozen people in athletic wear, surrounding a bright blue shipping container in Bronzeville. To Ian Gonzalez, though, it was a testament to three years of hard work. A community built from the ground up. The crowd had come on a …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarWith new farm bill in the works, Illinois farmers go to Washington to urge investments in environmental justiceChicago Tribune - Adriana PérezA group of Illinois small farmers are meeting with members of Congress on Thursday in Washington to discuss their hopes for “transformational investments” in the next farm bill, which governs policy in the agricultural sector. As they see it, the new law could provide significant financial …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarCPS student killed, two others wounded near Edgewater high schoolChicago Tribune - Caroline KubzanskyThree Senn High School students were shot, one fatally, during a shooting in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities. The three victims, CPS students between 15 and 16, were walking in the 1200 block of West Thorndale Avenue, just east of Senn High …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarShots fired outside Dolton business on Sibley Boulevard, several ambulances involvedChicago Tribune - Mike NolanPolice from Dolton and multiple area agencies responded Wednesday morning to reports of multiple people shot on the 1100 block of Sibley Boulevard in the village, and at least four men were seen taken away by ambulance. Dolton Village Trustee Kiana Belcher said she was in the drive-thru at a nearby …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarUniversity of Illinois police knew details about Terrence Shannon Jr. investigation but didn’t share with school officials, records showChicago Tribune - Jonathan BullingtonUniversity of Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman sat before a bevy of reporters on a Friday in December and walked through the timeline that led university officials to suspend Chicago native Terrence Shannon Jr. from the men’s basketball team after he was charged with rape in Kansas. Shortly …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarJohnson allies delay vote on arbitration for cops accused of misconductChicago Tribune - A.D. QuigFacing threats of a legal battle from the city’s rank-and-file police union, aldermen again deferred a decision Wednesday over the future of serious discipline for cops accused of wrongdoing. Amid the continued wrangling, a judge stalled the city’s attempt to fire the officer who killed Adam Toledo. …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarRobbins and Chicago leaders split on how to stop water main leaking ‘thousands of gallons an hour’Chicago Tribune - Hank SandersThousands of gallons of water have poured out of a main break beneath railroad tracks at 2600 W. 119th St., for a month, but Chicago and Robbins officials are split on who should fix the leak, which is a stones throw from city limits. Ald. Matthew O’Shea, whose 19th Ward borders the break, said …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarAfternoon Briefing: City Council takes up Gaza cease-fire resolutionChicago TribuneGood afternoon, Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson cleared the City Council chambers today as aldermen began to debate a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza ahead of a vote. The much-anticipated vote is still expected to occur later today, though the spectators filling the chambers have been …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarGroup objecting to Donald Trump’s place on Illinois primary ballot takes its case to courtChicago Tribune - Rick PearsonRebuffed by the State Board of Elections, a group seeking to have former President Donald Trump disqualified from Illinois’ March 19 GOP primary ballot based on the “insurrection clause” of the U.S. Constitution is seeking an expedited appeal of the board’s ruling in Cook County Circuit …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarMan fatally wounded, another man left in critical condition in shooting in East Garfield Park neighborhood, police sayChicago Tribune - Deanese Williams-HarrisA 40-year-old man was fatally wounded, and another man was left in critical condition in a shooting Tuesday morning in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, police said. Around 10:15 a.m., the victims were inside a vehicle in the 200 block of North Kedzie Avenue when another vehicle …