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The Feds Sent Millions To The CHA For Lathrop Homes. After 2 Decades, 300 Apartments Are Still Empty
LATHROP HOMES — J.L. Gross has waited years to see the vacant homes get fixed up at his longtime community. For more than two decades, hundreds of apartments at the Lathrop Homes have sat empty while the Chicago Housing Authority slowly converted the North Side public housing complex into a mixed-income development.
Fire Dept. memorial ceremony to take place on July 22
On Monday, July 22, at 10:30 a.m., the Evanston Fire Department, in collaboration with the Evanston Police Department and Evanston Firefighters Association Local 742, will conduct a Remembrance Ceremony at Firemen’s Park. The park is located at the southwest corner of Maple Ave. and Simpson St. in Evanston. The...
Advanced Photon Source reopens at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont after being upgraded
One of the most complex high-tech machines on Earth is back up and running Wednesday in Lemont at the Argonne National Laboratory.Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, U.S. Department of Energy officials and Argonne representatives gathered to celebrate the upgrade of the "Advanced Photon Source."ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThe machine is responsible for some of the most innovative research in the world.Argonne National Laboratory's newly-upgraded Advanced Photon Source, or APS, is open again for research. The machine is used in nearly every scientific field from drugs and medical treatments to advanced battery technology and clean energy."You are...
Local Music Roundup July 18-24
Your intrepid music reporter is back! I’m sorry I disappeared, but I have a great excuse. I had open heart surgery to repair a congenital heart defect. I’m in good shape now, so I’ll be listening to and writing about the wonderful musical environment of Evanston again!
The rats of Evanston: Searching for solutions
It was a Saturday morning at the beginning of October. Larry Heaney, a resident of Evanston for almost 30 years, was starting a survey of his neighborhood. Going down the alleyway behind his home, Heaney checked out the trash bins at each residence, and 10 out of the 30 bins had one thing in common: They each had holes in them. He also noticed that several bins were overflowing with trash.
Landscape expert Bob Bertog: Ground is saturated so let lawn dry out before sprinkling again
Bob Bertog, president of Bertog Landscape Co. in Wheeling and a certified landscape professional with the National Association of Landscape Professionals, joins John Williams to answer all of your lawn and garden questions. We’ve been getting a lot of rain so what should we know about treating our lawn right now?
30-Mile Tornado Rips Through Manhattan, Frankfort, Leaving Destruction Across Will, Cook Counties
Channahon, IL – A powerful EF-2 tornado tore through Illinois on Monday night, leaving a 28.9-mile path of destruction from Channahon to Matteson. The tornado, which struck between 9:17 p.m. and 9:40 p.m., featured peak winds of 120 mph and a maximum width of 200 yards. According to the...
Tornado damage in North Aurora called worst ever seen
NORTH AURORA, Ill. (CBS) -- The tornado total from the storms Sunday and Monday night is growing—with even more surveying under way.The National Weather Service has now confirmed 18 tornadoes in Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana between the storms Sunday and Monday night.One of those 18 tornadoes cut a path through North Aurora. The tornado, which spun up in Sugar Grove, was an EF-0—the lowest ranking on the Enhanced Fujita Scale with 3-second gusts of 65 to 85 mph.Nonetheless, it was the worst damage a team with decades of experience had ever seen. The team hit the streets in North...
Anti-Gentrification Ordinance Could Be Expanded To More Of The Northwest Side And Made Permanent
HERMOSA — Northwest Siders are pushing for a new ordinance that would protect housing in the rapidly gentrifying area, hoping to keep more longtime families in their homes. The Northwest Preservation Ordinance, introduced to the City Council Wednesday, proposes a permanent law to better protect two-, three- and four-flats in parts of Hermosa, Logan Square, Avondale, West Town and Humboldt Park. Those areas have seen the highest rate of gentrification and displacement of longtime families in the past decade in Chicago.
Watch out for law enforcement phone scam
WGN Radio listener Sara Hagen joins John Williams to talk about a scam phone call she received from someone claiming to be from the Glen Ellyn police. Sara explains how she was able to determine this was a scam and how she was able to prevent herself from becoming a victim.
Grand Crossing mass shooting victims’ family, activists call for direct support for families in $100 million crime-fighting fund
Markita Scott has spent every day at Comer Children’s Hospital for nearly two weeks, watching over her young grandsons as they undergo multiple surgeries and recover from gunshot wounds. When one grandson asked for a Wendy’s Frosty, she got on the bus to buy him one, she said. “I have my days where I cry, and I have my days when I’m OK, even when I may not be,” she said. Jacoby Strong, 8, and ...
Why Northwestern could be a fun dynasty team in EA Sports College Football 25
After a 11 long years in the wilderness, the college football gods have brought us home. EA Sports College Football 25 is here, and it’s beautiful. The new game comes with an intricately detailed dynasty mode allowing you to take over a program across multiple seasons, complete with recruiting, the transfer portal and the offseason coaching carousel. Fans of NCAA Football 14 — the last iteration of the game that was released prior to the 2013 season — know that dynasty mode is more fun when it’s a challenge.
She disappeared in Chicago as a toddler; Authorities think she looks like this today
A new age-progression image has been created showing what a girl who was 18-months-old when she disappeared in Chicago in 1983 would look like today. The image was created by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Coming this fall: 'Lakeside Gameday,' Northwestern's new football tailgating experience
Northwestern University has come up with a way for Wildcat football fans to celebrate home game days this fall, even if they can’t buy tickets to the team’s temporary stadium. Northwestern says it will use the Lakefill area for “LakeSide Gameday.”
Quantum Arranges $8.5 Million Sale of Retail Center in St. Charles, Illinois
St. Charles, Ill. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has arranged the $8.5 million sale of a 47,000-square-foot retail center in St. Charles, approximately 40 miles west of Chicago. At the time of sale, the property was 97 percent leased to tenants including Syrup, Consume Cannabis, CD One Price and La Huerta Market. Brett Berlin of Quantum represented the seller, an Illinois-based developer. A private group of investors based in Illinois and New Jersey acquired the center.
10th annual Unity Soccer Festival celebrates diversity, sportsmanship
Hundreds of soccer enthusiasts and community members gathered at the Robert Crown Community Center on Saturday for the 10th annual Unity Soccer Festival — an event unlike most other sporting tourneys. While typical soccer tournaments involve multiple rounds of eliminations and one winning team, the Unity Soccer Festival takes...
Tiffany Henyard gets silent treatment from trustees at Thornton Township meeting
THORNTON TOWNSHIP, Ill. - A township board meeting ended in a stand-off in Chicago's south suburbs Tuesday night. The feud centers around controversial Thornton Township Supervisor and Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard. It was made clear that the trustees in Thornton Township have trust issues after they refused to second a...
Hinsdale woman finds multiple ways to give back
From the first time she visited Hinsdale, Tina Weller liked what she saw. She's spent the last two decades making it, and the world around it, even better. "It just seemed like a really amazing community where people were happy," Weller said of Hinsdale, the village she and husband Jeff chose as their home 20 years ago while expecting their first son.
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