ABC brings the carnival to San Diego Comic-Con with an Abbott-inspired A.V.A. Fest
A mother and grandmother, who was a retired Cook County probation officer from Chicago, are dead after a confrontation in a child custody dispute on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on Friday, NYPD said.
A major rollover crash caused traffic delays Friday evening in the west suburbs after a dump truck collided with another vehicle, authorities said.
A Chicago shooting Friday left a 16-year-old boy killed and a man in grave condition in Brighton Park on West 46th Street, police said.
The worlds largest traveling car show is coming to the Chicago area this weekend. The Hot Wheels Legends Tour gives custom car builders the chance to have their creations turned into the next Hot Wheels die-cast toy car.
Two guns were recovered at the scene.
CHICAGO - A jewelry booth owner lost some of her most valuable pieces Thursday night in a smash and grab crime. Maria Gil, owner of Jayeria Dos Perlas inside the Super Mall in West Elsdon, told WGN thieves shattered a display case at her jewelry booth Thursday night and stole some of her most valuable ...
CHICAGO The friendly face on the sign of MK Noodle depicts its energetic owner, MinhKhan Le. She is a 51-year-old immigrant, born in Laos to Vietnamese parents. She lived in Thailand, and then moved to Chicago, where she has owned and operated Vietnamese pho restaurants for more than a quarter century. Its tough, Le ...
Chester Weger spent decades in prison and was known as the Starved Rock Killer for the deaths of three women at the state park in 1960.
ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. A suspect is in custody related to the 15-year-old Round Lake Beach girl killed after a stray bullet entered her home while eating dinner. Officers responded to the 1500 block of Cherokee Drive on the report of an injured person at around 9:10 p.m. Wednesday night. Valeria Rodriguez, 15, was ...
CHICAGO July 26 Chicago Reader has launched a crowdfunding campaign via Kickstarter to help fund the initial print run of Free Chicago: Fifty Years of the Reader. The limited edition, 9 x 12 coffee table book will highlight the first five decades of one of the nations longest surviving free city papers. Free The post Chicago Reader launches Kickstarter for a coffee table book highlighting 50 years of the Reader appeared first on Chicago Reader.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHICAGO, July 26, 2024 Chicago Reader announced today that GRAMMY-nominated Terry Hunter of Chosen Few DJs will headline its third annual Reader UnGala Benefit, sponsored by Wintrust Bank, on October 3, 2024. Held at the Museum of Contemporary Arts, the evening will begin at 6 PM with a VIP reception, followed by The post 3rd Annual Reader UnGala returns to the Museum of Contemporary Art appeared first on Chicago Reader.
It takes a special kind of person to enjoy Saw the Musical. Thats because you must be a fan of the film to appreciate this productions absurdity at its fullest. Luckily, Saw is my Rocky Horror, so I am the ideal demographic for this show. If you arent a fan, you should probably avoid this The post A bloody good time appeared first on Chicago Reader.
Repression, revolution, rebirth: the tides of change are always rolling, in politics and art. Uptown Music Theater in Highland Park leans into that spirit with their latest production: a revival of the global smash hit Les Misrables. Adapted from Victor Hugos 1862 novel of the same name, the musical created by composer Claude-Michel Schnberg with The post Les Mis storms the North Shore appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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A 65-year-old retired probation officer from Chicago fatally shot her grandchilds mother on an Upper East Side street Friday.
Congressional Democrats in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and beyond are seeing an outpouring of volunteers to help Vice President Kamala Harris.
The FBI said former President Donald Trump was struck in the ear by a bullet during the assassination attempt on July 13.
A 16-year-old boy and a man were killed Friday morning when a gunman opened fire in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, according to authorities. The teen and a 40-year-old man were on the 2500 block of West 46th Street about 10:40 a.m. when a person got out of an SUV, approached the
Small business owners in Paris expected a boon in visitors once the Olympics arrived. Instead, some, particularly in heavily touristed areas in central Paris, say theyre experiencing a bust.
A suspect in this weeks fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Round Lake Beach girl in her home has been arrested and a gun has been recovered, police said Friday morning.
Citing concerns ranging from crime and tenant vetting to building height and compatibility with the neighborhood, the Arlington Heights plan commission has rejected revised plans for a 3-story, 25-unit permanent supportive housing development for people with disabilities and veterans on South Arlington Heights Road.
Deaths stemming from instances of domestic violence rose a staggering 110 in Illinois last year, according to a new report from advocates who cite the lingering effects of the pandemic and easy access to guns for the spike.
The DuPage County coroner has released the name of a man shot to death earlier this week in unincorporated Lombard.
It was the worst-kept secret in Arlington Heights over the last three years the smiling arrow signage and green color scheme on the building facade might have given it away but at long last, a new Amazon Fresh grocery store is open.
Some north suburban residents who tuned into the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony saw a familiar face - a world-class wrestler who hails from their town.
All eyes will be on Simone Biles as she makes her return to the Olympic stage after shocking the world when she withdrew from one of her final events in the 2020 Tokyo Games, but when is she set to compete
Members of the Chicago Police Department, the United States Secret Service and other federal law enforcement partners on Friday canvassed the areas around McCormick Place and the United Center, where the Democratic National Convention will take place from Aug. 19 to Aug. 22.
Marine archaeologists have discovered the wreckage of a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in the late 1800s. The Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association announced this month that its searchers found the Margaret A. Muir in 50 feet 15.2 meters of water off Algoma, Wisconsin, on May 12. The Muir was a 130-foot 39.6 meters, three-masted schooner that was built in 1872. The ship was en route from Bay City, Michigan, to South Chicago, Illinois, with a cargo of bulk salt when it sank during a storm on Sept. 30, 1893. According to the association, the crew made it to shore in a lifeboat but Captain David Clows dog went down with the ship.
Who was the mysterious masked character that carried the Olympic torch across Paris in the 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony and does it have anything to do with Assassins Creed
Celebrating its reputation as a cradle of revolution, Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century on Friday with a rain-soaked, rule-breakingopening ceremonystudded with stars and fantasy along the Seine River.
At the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Celine Dion appeared atop the Eiffel Tower in her first performance since revealing her diagnosis with a rare disease known as stiff-person syndrome.
WGN Radio News Director and Olympic Correspondent Ryan Burrow joins John Williams to talk about the events hes most looking forward to watching during the games, when we will see the gymnastics, swimming, and the track & field events, and how athlete training has changed since hes started covering the Olympics.
Mack I. Julion, assistant secretary-treasurer, National Association of Letter Carriers, joins John Williams to talk about what needs to be done to protect letter carriers from becoming victims of violence.
FBI Agent Siobhan Johnson joins John Williams to talk about the security plans for the upcoming DNC in Chicago. Agent Johnson explains the importance of the publics work in preventing violence at large scale events like the upcoming DNC.