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A year after devastating floods, West Side residents are still dealing with damage and expensive repairs
Shirley Howard sighed as the rain pounded down in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. Water seeped into her basement again, right by her new washing machine. “Some more work has to be done,” she said. “I’m telling you it’s so frustrating.” It was just over a year ago that she was pulling debris out of a nearby storm drain in a desperate attempt to drain water out of her basement ...
Illinois highlights an overlooked safety feature during ‘Rail Safety Week’
(WTVO) — Illinois officials an often overlooked safety feature that could save lives at railroad crossings across the state. The blue ENS signs list emergency contact numbers as well as specific details about each crossing. Chicago Metra also unveiled a special train wrap inspired by the signs. The annual initiative “Rail Safety Week” is aimed […]
Lawmakers want empty SW Side building to become CPD station, not storage facility as mayor proposed
There is an ongoing fight over a former National Guard armory on Chicago's Southwest Side. It was slated to become a new police station, but Mayor Brandon Johnson apparently has other plans for the building.The disagreement is frustrating some lawmakers and others living in the community.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchFor years, the population has exploded on the city's far Southwest Side. The neighborhoods are not too far from Midway airport. Yet, there is one police district for over 250,000 residents."There's 84 schools in the 8th District, 23 square miles. Our officer-per-resident ratio is nine officers...
McCormick Place works to prevent migratory birds from hitting windows and dying
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Forty thousand birds have died hitting McCormick Place since 1978, and last year during peak migration, 1,000 birds died in one night.So as peak migration approaches again this fall, there are changes at McCormick Place to prevent the high number of bird deaths.This is the time of year when birds make their trek across Lake Michigan before it gets too cold. Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Chairman Jeff Bethke explained why McCormick Place is a major hazard for those birds."This facility is right on the lake, as you'll see, and we've had issues with bird strikes—as do...
Chicago’s Latino Neighborhoods Have Less Access to Parks, But Residents Are Working to Change That
Carmen Barragan, a Brighton Park Neighborhood Council health organizer manager, stands at the renovated Kelly Park on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. Barragan leads programs in the neighborhood that aim to attract people to use and gather at community parks. This story is part of a collaborative reporting project led by...
Pritzker announces new quantum business investment
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has made quantum computing a priority for his administration and for Illinois taxpayers. The governor joined officials from quantum manufacturer EeroQ Wednesday at the company’s headquarters on Chicago’s West Side. “Illinois is on a mission to be at the center of this industry. We’re one of the few states in the nation to develop, actualize and invest in a plan for the quantum...
Illinois Haunted House, ranked America's Third Scariest, opens to public for Halloween season
Lockport, IL – HellsGate Haunted House, Chicagoland’s only haunted house hidden deep in the woods, is returning with even more thrills and chills this Halloween season. Visitors will face an extended 45-minute adventure through over 40 rooms, including newly uncovered horrors lurking in the sewers beneath the manor.
You Can Fill Out A Survey To Help Improve A Woodlawn Plaza
WOODLAWN — Local officials are looking for neighbors’ input as plans to renovate a Woodlawn plaza move forward. The Chicago Department of Transportation will spend up to $450,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds for infrastructure improvements to the plaza at 62nd Street and Ingleside Avenue, officials said.
DuPage County group aims to help first-time voters as election nears
Early voting in most of Illinois' counties will begin this week, and the League of Women Voters in DuPage County is working to educate first-time voters on the process involved. “We’ve gotten feedback that people are maybe a little bit anxious, or they don’t know if it’s the first time...
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