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Federal marshals storm suburban Chicago home rescuing abducted North Carolina teen
CHICAGO (CBS) — With guns drawn, heavily armed officers heavily armed were on the scene as federal marshals stormed a home in Libertyville and rescued a 15-year-old girl.The girl was reported missing in North Carolina earlier this month, and neighbors in the suburb knew there was trouble in the house.The peaceful ambiance of Prairie Ridge Road in Libertyville was jolted this week when U.S. marshals swarmed the block where a 15-year-old girl from North Carolina was found.The man arrested in this case had a reputation for being everything but a good neighbor.Federal law enforcement officials zeroed in on this home in...
This Chicago Bears free agent signing will have a greater impact than fans realize
The Chicago Bears will have a new-look offense in 2024 with a rookie quarterback in Caleb Williams to go along with rookie wide receiver Rome Odunze and veteran Pro Bowler Keenan Allen. The additions to the Bears' offense are joined by returning playmakers DJ Moore and Cole Kmet. While running...
Shocking Details of Failed Blockbuster Bears Trade Surface
The Chicago Bears did an exceptional job improving the roster this offseason. General manager Ryan Poles made it his mission to find a way to get more playmakers on the field. The Bears added a long list of studs in both free agency and the NFL Draft. Chicago selected Caleb Williams and Rome Odunze back in April's draft.
This month drivers on north-suburban IDOT roads seriously injured or killed three different people biking
Thankfully, Streetsblog has seen no reports of bicycle fatalities within the city of Chicago this year. Let's hope that this good luck streak continues. However, sadly the northern suburbs have not been so fortunate. In July alone, there have been at least three reports of drivers seriously injuring or killing people on bikes in Morton Grove, Skokie, and Lincolnwood. Two of the crashes happened yesterday, Wednesday, July 24. All three collisions took place on roads controlled by the Illinois Department of Transportation, which has historically prioritized fast traffic flow over street designs that help prevent severe crash injuries and deaths.
Ascension selling 9 Illinois hospitals to California-based Prime Healthcare
Ascension is selling nine of its Illinois hospitals — more than half of its hospitals in the state — to a large, California-based health system, it announced Thursday. Ascension plans to sell the hospitals, along with four of its post-acute and senior living facilities, to Prime Healthcare. Neither Prime nor Ascension disclosed the sale price Thursday. The hospitals slated to be sold to Prime ...
City faces engineering staff vacancies
Despite challenges like understaffing and past underinvestment in park infrastructure, the city continues to make slow progress on park renovations that meet community needs and Parks and Recreation Board goals. Capital Planning and Engineering Bureau Chief Lara Biggs presented a list of in-progress and planned renovations included in a draft...
5th Ward residents hear proposal for soccer pitch, updates on Envision Evanston
Divided reactions greeted a proposal to develop a soccer pitch on an empty grass plot at Jackson Avenue and Emerson Street that was described Thursday at a virtual Fifth Ward meeting. An update also was shared about plans for the next phase in the Envision Evanston 2045 initiative. Neal Levin...
Trees come down on Central as Independence Park renovations begin
Outside Backlot Coffee Thursday morning, customers were surprised to see city arborists armed with chainsaws cutting down a row of trees just across Central Street. Evanston wouldn’t just take down trees, someone wondered aloud. So what was going on?. It turns out that the removals are part of a...
Information for the city’s 2025 Consolidated Elections is now available
For those interested in running for municipal office in the upcoming 2025 Consolidated Election, information is now available. Consolidated primary election petition circulation begins on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Filing Deadlines:. First day for filing petitions is on Monday, October 21, 2024. First day to file nomination petitions with the...
Breaking down Northwestern field hockey’s 2024 schedule
We are one month away from the start of the Northwestern field hockey season. But before the season starts at the end of the August, a few Wildcats in head coach Tracey Fuchs, Maddie Zimmer and Ashley Sessa will represent the USA in Paris. The road to four consecutive championship...
Latest news from Evanston: Your Friday daily digest
Newsletter images missing? Read this on the web instead. Good Friday morning, Evanston. Above, family members of the late Bill Logan, Evanston’s first Black police chief, stand in front of a Police Department squad car decorated with flowers and bunting currently parked in front of his former home on McDaniel Avenue, where they now live. “He’s a hero. He’s a leader,” Police Chief Schenita Stewart said of Logan. (At This Time photo by Richard Cahan.)
Indiana man learns sentence after trafficking 15 guns to Cook County
CHICAGO - An Indiana man was sentenced to federal prison this week for trafficking 15 guns from Indianapolis to the Chicago area in 2022. Devante T. Brown, 29, of Indianapolis, pleaded guilty earlier this year to a federal firearm charge. According to federal prosecutors, Brown and a co-defendant, Corey Sartin,...
High-Speed Chase Ends in Arrest for North Riverside Chick-Fil-A Robbery
North Riverside, IL – North Riverside Police have charged Jakari M. Norwood, 24, of Chicago with armed robbery and possession of a stolen vehicle. According to police, Norwood allegedly robbed a Chick-Fil-A employee at gunpoint on April 11 at 7201 W. Cermak Road. After the incident, Norwood led police on a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle before escaping. He was arrested Monday in Chicago with the help of the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force.
Extremely Local News: Chicago restaurant, Amici, featured on TikTok
Shamus Toomey, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. Shamus has details on:. Former South Works Site Could Become Quantum Computing Campus By 2027, Officials Say: The former steel mill was picked to host a multibillion-dollar quantum development park anchored by Silicon Valley startup PsiQuantum, which pledges 150 jobs. Neighbors want to ensure they benefit from the massive project.
4 suspects allegedly discharged chemical irritant then battered and robbed victim at Red Line station
CHICAGO - Chicago police are searching for four suspects who allegedly battered and robbed a victim at a CTA Red Line station last week. At about 12:20 a.m. on July 19, the four suspects allegedly approached a victim at the Red Line Morse stop in the 1300 block of West Morse Avenue and discharged a chemical irritant.
Sonya Massey autopsy report confirms death from gunshot to head
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — An autopsy report released Friday in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, the Illinois woman shot by a deputy after she called for help, confirms she died of a bullet to the head. The autopsy released by Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon indicates the bullet hit Massey beneath her left eye and […]
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