Police issue community alert for aggravated sexual assault in Lincoln Park

According to police, at approximately 3:29 a.m. on July 8, a man followed a woman into a residence vestibule in the 1900 block of North Sheffield Avenue and sexually assaulted her. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Four injured, one killed after midnight in North Lawndale shooting

No one is in custody and police are investigating. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Stretch of the CTA Blue Line to close this summer and fall for work to remove slow zones

The Forest Park branch of the Blue Line hasn’t had major improvements since it opened in 1958 Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Boy, 14, dies four days after being struck by vehicle outside Hinsdale sub shop

A 14-year-old boy died Friday morning four days after a Jeep drove into the side of Fontano’s Subs in Hinsdale. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Everything you need to know before Beyonce’s ‘Renaissance’ tour hits Soldier Field

Here’s everything you need to know about Beyoncé’s massive Renaissance world tour that arrives at the Soldier Field this weekend. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Ex-Mayor Lori Lightfoot sued to keep a letter about the city treasurer secret from the Tribune. Will Brandon Johnson continue her fight?

The Attorney General has said the city improperly withheld letter about claimed misconduct in Melissa Conyears-Ervin’s office. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Armed pair hold up BMO Harris Bank in Naperville, according to FBI report

Two armed, masked men robbed a BMO Harris Bank in Naperville Wednesday morning, according to the FBI. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Former youth volleyball coach charged with trying to solicit underage ‘girl’ for sex, authorities say

Police said Bromley for the last several weeks was communicating online with an investigator that he believed was a girl under the age of 14. Bromley, authorities said, enticed the “girl” to meet him for a sexual relationship. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Weather sensors at Chicago State University are part of an effort to monitor climate change in vulnerable communities

The sensors will measure temperature, air quality, wind speed, precipitation and soil conditions, which will tell scientists what is happening to the microclimates of Chicago’s most vulnerable neighborhoods. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

3-year-old girl dies after falling from 9th floor balcony in the Douglas neighborhood

The fatal fall happened about 11:45 a.m. on the 500 block of East 33rd Place, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Loretto Hospital workers plan to strike over what they allege are substandard wages, unsafe staffing levels

It’s still possible the hospital and union could reach an agreement, averting the strike Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Metra was chosen to operate service to Rockford. That could help the commuter rail as it struggles to bring back riders

Service between the two cities is not projected to start running until late 2027 Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

1st lawsuit filed against Pat Fitzgerald and Northwestern leaders stemming from a hazing scandal

A former Northwestern football player filed the first lawsuit against Pat Fitzgerald and members of the school’s leadership, seeking damages stemming from a hazing scandal that cost the former football coach his job. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Teenage boy fatally shot Monday in South Shore neighborhood identified

Shortly before 5 a.m. Monday, two 17-year-old boys were outside in the 8100 block of South Shore Drive when two gunmen approached on foot and opened fire, striking them both, Chicago police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Bribery count against ComEd dismissed three years after agreement blew Michael Madigan probe wide open

Three years after a bribery case unveiled against ComEd blew the lid off the investigation into then-House Speaker Michael Madigan, a judge dismissed the charges against the utility as part of a deferred prosecution agreement. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Chicago homicides in 2023: 330 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years.

Maps and charts showing where and when homicides took place in the city during 2023, with race, sex and age of the victims. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Chicago aims to turn Diplomat Motel into ‘healthy housing’ for homeless people — with much more than a roof overhead

The idea follows COVID-19 housing experiments at downtown hotels, but residents will receive medical and caseworker services too. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

U.S. District Judge James Zagel, ‘Renaissance man’ who presided over some of Chicago’s biggest trials, dies at 82

Longtime U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel, the former leader of the Illinois State Police who went on to preside over the corruption trial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and other landmark federal cases, has died. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Police: 1 dead, 4 injured in Garfield Park drive-by mass shooting

One person is dead and four others injured following a drive-by mass shooting Sunday morning in Garfield Park. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Actress, singer Jane Birkin dead at age 76

Actress and singer Jane Birkin has died at age 76, according to France’s Culture Ministry and French media. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Saturday forecast: Air quality alert in effect until Sunday, thunderstorms expected in afternoon, 1 tornado confirmed Friday evening in Wheaton

At least one tornado was confirmed by radar indicators Friday evening in suburban Wheaton, officials said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Fallout at Northwestern: What to know about the football hazing scandal, firing of Pat Fitzgerald — and what’s next for the university

What to know about the Northwestern football hazing scandal with reaction from former players and students, as well as issues in the baseball program and what’s next for the university. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Feature your business, services, products, events & news. Submit Website.