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Man beaten and robbed outside Chicago City Hall
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Four people beat up and robbed a man near City Hall in the Loop early Tuesday.Police said the 61-year-old man was walking near La Salle and Washington streets around 2:45 a.m., when four people got out of a dark car.One person stole his money and phone at gunpoint. The robbers then beat him, cutting his head and arm.One witness said he saw the moment the group attacked the man."As soon as I started picking up the phone to call the cops by my window, they immediately started going through his pants. The fourth man jumped out, grabbed whatever the other dude handed him, looked at me for a split second, and then immediately they all started going in the car, jumped in, sped off," he said.Police said the Fire Department treated the victim at the scene.No one was in custody Tuesday morning. Area 3 detectives were investigating.
Chicago expands historic lawsuit against Glock to go after parent company, local retailers
CHICAGO - The City of Chicago expanded its "first-of-its-kind" lawsuit against Glock to include the gun manufacturer's parent company and two Chicago-area gun retailers. The lawsuit, filed in March, claimed Glock "unreasonably" put Chicagoans in danger by manufacturing and selling guns that could easily be converted into illegal machine guns with a cheap device known as a "Glock switch."
June home sales slump, pointing to a buyer’s market as supply increases
A home is offered for sale on March 22, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Sales of previously owned homes dropped 5.4% in June compared with May, to 3.89 million units on a seasonally adjusted, annualized basis, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales were also 5.4% lower than June of last year. This is the slowest sales pace since December.
Chicago Gourmet 2024 Launches Ticket Sales and With Chef Pickleball Tournament
Fancy downtown food fest Chicago Gourmet, the annual fete that gathers together some of the city’s best-known chefs and restaurants, has launched ticket sales for the 2024 event that will run from Saturday, September 21 to Sunday, September 29 at the Harris Theater rooftop in Millennium Park. The Grand...
Chicago weather: Scattered thunderstorms with lightning, heavy downpours possible
Chicago's forecast Tuesday calls for rising humidity and the chance for showers and storms for some, the NBC 5 Storm Team said. And while a cold front later this week was expected to bring temperatures down, they're likely to hit the upper 80s and low 90s for a string of days next week, NBC 5 Meteorologist Alicia Roman said.
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, July 23
• Milwaukee Ave. location, where drivers killed Carla Aiello, 37 and Nick Parlingayan, 22, reopens after nearly 2 years of Metra construction (Block Club) • Driver, 22, fatally struck person in the road Monday morning near 115th/Vincennes; investigators say victim may have been laying in street (ABC) • Motorcycle rider...
'Wellness West' connecting Chicago communities to aid positive health care
The reps with the "Wellness West" organization are hoping to bring better health care access to 10 Chicago zip codes. Misty Drake, the Executive Director joined ABC 7 Eyewitness News to talk about coalition of healthcare partners that's serving resident covered by Medicaid or without health insurance. To learn more about and to connect with "Wellness West," click here.
United Center owners announce plans for $7B renovation project around arena
CHICAGO — The United Center owners announced on Tuesday plans for a massive $7 billion major renovation and addition project. If approved, the estimated 10-year project, dubbed The 1901 Project to play off the United Center’s address of 1901 West Madison Street, would completely transform the look and feel around the Near West Side arena. […]
Pigeon-Racing Season Is Here. Here Is How You Can Help Exhausted, Confused Birds
CHICAGO — The city has become a stopping point for pigeons amid racing season for the birds — many of whom are being found in the area, exhausted and hungry, birders said. Natalie Quist, a board member of the Great Lakes Pigeon Rescue, said many pigeon races occur in Indiana, and the birds have to pass through the Chicago area to get home. The Chicago Pigeon Society Facebook group has seen an uptick in reports of banded birds in the area.
Sway Aims To Open Dispensary In South Shore By End Of Year
SOUTH SHORE — A cannabis dispensary is in the works for a vacant property on Stony Island Avenue, and company officials are working to open the business by the end of the year, they said. Officials with Sway, which recently opened the state’s first LGBTQ+- and minority-owned dispensary in...
Beverly Speeders Be Warned: New Western Avenue Cameras Will Get You, Locals Say
BEVERLY — Clifton Henrí feels like it’s always raining outside his art gallery. “I gotta check sometimes if there’s a storm outside, if there’s lightning,” Henrí said. “But it’s just the speed camera constantly going off.”. Flypaper Chicago art gallery is...
Jefferson Park Police District Gets New Commander
JEFFERSON PARK — The Far Northwest Side has a new police commander. Robert Vanna has been appointed to take over as commander of the Jefferson Park (16th) District, which covers Jefferson Park, Portage Park, Dunning, Norwood Park, Edison Park, Gladstone Park and parts of Belmont Cragin and Sauganash. Vanna...
Xchange, Grand Crossing’s New $20 Million Training Center, Will Prepare Locals For Tech Jobs
GREATER GRAND CROSSING — A $20 million workforce and training center is coming to the South Side, creating more opportunities for neighbors to explore a future in the tech industry. Xchange Chicago, a first-of-its-kind technology workforce center, will open in Greater Grand Crossing in January. The 28,000-square-foot facility will...
Review “Dontrell, Who Kissed The Sea” (Pegasus Theatre): A Quest to Experience
Pegasus Theatre presents DONTRELL, WHO KISSED THE SEA. Playwright Nathan Alan Davis penned a contemporary folktale rooted in ancestral mysticism. Dontrell Jones the Third (played by Blake Dupree) is the whiz kid. Although his family sees his future clearly in academic pursuits, Dontrell is pulled in a different direction. He feels his destiny is to journey to the Atlantic Ocean. His dreams compel him to uncover the truth about his ancestor lost during the Middle Passage. Dontrell befriends a swim coach and embarks on a life changing quest.
Man charged in apparent road rage shooting on Dan Ryan that wounded 7-year-old boy
Shots rang out on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 73rd street early Sunday morning. A boy, 7, was wounded in the suspected road rage incident. Ulyesee Burns, 54, has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm.
Chicago man charged in fatal South Side shooting
CHICAGO - A Chicago man was charged in connection to a deadly shooting that happened in the Gresham neighborhood Sunday. Police said Timothy Hudson, 40, was arrested hours after he allegedly shot and killed a 32-year-old man. The victim was in the 7600 block of South Halsted Street around 4:15...
Today In Culture, Tuesday, July 23, 2024: RIP Dominick Di Meo | PravdaFest In August | “Titanique” At Porchlight Music Theatre
Get Chicago & Midwest culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. Artist Dominick Di Meo (1927-2024) has passed, Corbett vs. Dempsey gallery relays. “An extensive period of Di Meo’s youth was spent in a polio ward, which left him with an aura of fierce angst and a fatalistic humor that he carried into his life as an artist.” Di Meo studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he met much of his artistic peers, including Leon Golub, Ted Halkin and Evelyn Statsinger. Di Meo helped Golub organize the independent Exhibition Momentum shows; he also worked on the Phalanx group exhibitions at the ID and participated in early meetings with John Miller that ultimately led to the foundation of the Museum of Contemporary Art. Arriving in New York in 1968, Di Meo set up a loft space studio in Soho, where he worked until only a few years ago. Di Meo exhibited in the 1967 Whitney Annual and showed new work in a solo slot at MoMA’s P.S. 1 in 1982. Di Meo was featured in “Monster Roster: Existentialist Art in Postwar Chicago” (Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2016), the first museum survey of the group of artists with whom he was first associated.
2 violent robberies reported 6 minutes apart in the Loop, Chicago police say
In two different incidents, three people were beat up and robbed as they walked the streets of Downtown Chicago on Tuesday, according to Chicago police.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchAround 2:40 a.m., a man, 49, and a woman, 46, were walking in the 100-block of Adams Street in the Loop.As they were walking, a four people jumped out of a car, struck the victims, and took their things, police said.The victims told police they did not see any weapons. They were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, according to CPD.About 6 minutes later, a 61-year-old man was on the sidewalk in the 100-block of North LaSalle Street when he was robbed at gunpoint.He told police that four offenders jumped out of a dark vehicle, took his phone and money and hit him on the back of the head.The 61-year-old man was treated on the scene by Chicago firefighters.No one is in custody in either incident. CPD detectives are investigating.INTERACTIVE SAFETY TRACKER Track crime and safety in your neighborhood READ ALSO | 18 year old shot during armed robbery near U of C
Chicago weather: Watch for showers and storms later today
CHICAGO - Chicago will be warm today with scattered showers and a few storms likely by late afternoon. Highs will reach the mid 80s. Showers and storms are likely this evening, then will likely return tomorrow. Severe storms are not expected. Highs tomorrow will be a few degrees cooler. Thursday...
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