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Bears report for camp: What will define success in 2024?
LAKE FOREST — Rookies reported on Tuesday and veterans reported on Friday, meaning the Chicago Bears roster has gathered at Halas Hall and it’s time for training camp to get underway. But with a new quarterback under center and new expectations abound around the team, what will define success for the Bears in 2024? “It’s […]
Dr. Borah from the CDPH discusses uptick in summer COVID cases in Chicago
CHICAGO — President Biden’s COVID diagnosis came as a surprise to many, but it comes amid an increase in reports of positive cases. Dr. Brian Borah, the Medical Director for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surveillance at the Chicago Department of Public Health, joined WGN News on Friday to discuss the diagnosis and the recent uptick in summer […]
NWS confirms record 24 tornadoes from Monday night storms
CHICAGO — A rash of tornadoes brought on by Monday night’s Derecho has set a new record for the Chicago and Rockford areas. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), two more EF-0 twisters were confirmed on Friday, one that touched down in Broadview and another in Oak Forest, both in Cook County. The additional […]
Man critically injured after argument leads to shooting outside South Side Walmart
CHICAGO — A man was critically injured on Friday afternoon after a fight outside of a Walmart on the city’s South Side led to a shooting. According to Chicago police, the incident unfolded just after 3:30 p.m. in the parking lot of a Walmart in the 10900 block of South Doty Avenue in Pullman. Officers […]
2 men accused of spray painting ‘FREE GAZA’ on Israeli flag at northwest suburban grocery store facing hate crime charges
BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. — Two men accused of spray painting “FREE GAZA” on an Israeli flag at a grocery store in the northwest suburbs last month are now facing hate crime charges. Prosecutors said the alleged incident unfolded just before 11:30 p.m. on Monday, June 24, at a Woodman’s Food Market along Stratford Drive in Bloomingdale. […]
Chicago man accused of supplying fatal dose of drugs to Naperville man
Christopher Hobson, a 38-year-old Bronzeville resident, has been charged with three counts of drug-induced homicide and two felony counts of manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance for allegedly providing a fatal dose of fentanyl and alprazolam to a Naperville man in early 2023.
6 lingering questions heading into Chicago Bears training camp
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — With the Chicago Bears set to embark on their first training camp practice Saturday, here are a half-dozen lingering questions the team will need to answer as the NFL regular season continues to approach. 1. What if Caleb Williams isn’t ‘that guy’? It’s a question Bears fans likely dread thinking about, […]
Search underway for 13-year-old girl missing for over 2 weeks
CHICAGO — Authorities in Chicago are asking the public for help in the search for a 13-year-old girl who officers say has been missing for over two weeks. According to Chicago police, 13-year-old Deangle Pruitt went missing from the 100 block of North Lacrosse Avenue, in the city’s Austin neighborhood, on Wednesday, July 3. Police […]
Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy to headline annual ‘Chicago Live!’ performing arts festival at Navy Pier
CHICAGO — Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy will headline this year’s ‘Chicago Live!’ a free annual performing arts festival returning to the Navy Pier in September. Chicago Live! exclusively features performances from Chicago-based and Chicago-grown artists across five stages at the Navy Pier over two days. Organizers say this year’s event will be the largest yet […]
Man gets new 27-year sentence in failed 2012 Chicago bomb plot
A federal judge on Friday sentenced a suburban man to 27 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of court-supervised release for his attempt to kill hundreds of people with what he thought was a 1,000-pound car bomb outside a Loop bar more than a decade ago.
Reports: Former Bear Eddie Jackson signs with Ravens
CHICAGO — Former Chicago Bears safety Eddie Jackson has reached an agreement on a deal to join the Baltimore Ravens, according to multiple reports. First reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter and later confirmed by The Athletic’s Jeff Zrebiac, Jackson is joining the Ravens on a one year deal. Zrebiac said the team has been in […]
Petition calls for patrol, dive team after 6-year-old boy’s Kankakee River death
An online petition launched after the death of a 6-year-old boy in the Kankakee River earlier this week calls for the creation of a river and patrol team that can more quickly respond to emergencies.
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