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Ahead of concerts, a dog finds a small patch of grass outside fenced-off Harrison Park on June 21, 2023.

Re:SET Chicago, Michelada Fest draw complaints as large concerts kick off in neighborhood parks

June 23, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

When superstar musicians take to the stage in Riis Park starting Friday, Carlos Arjona will be listening whether he wants to or not. The Belmont Cragin resident didn't know the...

Police investigate the scene where more than 20 people were injured, one fatally, in a shooting in a parking lot outside B.C.D. Liquors in Willowbrook, Illinois in the early hours of June 18, 2023.

Woman who was among 23 shot at strip mall near Willowbrook recounts how celebration turned to chaos; slain man ID’d

June 20, 2023 at 12:02 p.m.

There had to be at least 200 people in the parking lot when Mariah Dixon arrived Saturday night for what has been billed as a Juneteenth celebration outside a strip...

3 wounded, 1 killed in car shooting in Ashburn neighborhood

June 20, 2023 at 8:28 a.m.

Four people were shot, one fatally, when a shooter fired from one car into another in Chicago's Ashburn neighborhood Monday, police said. The four men were traveling east in the...

More than 80 vehicles were reportedly involved in numerous crashes on Interstate 55 from milepost 76 to 78 on May 1, 2023, Illinois State Police said. Officials updated the death toll for the pileup to eight. The crashes happened during a dust storm described as similar to "whiteout" conditions.

I-55 dust storm crash: Read the Tribune investigation

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

The busy I-55 stretch between St. Louis and Springfield had seemed normal on May 1. But then a wall of dirt 200 feet high engulfed the interstate. "All of a...

Officers work the scene where five people were shot in Wendell Smith Park in the 9900 block of South Princeton Avenue in the Roseland neighborhood on June 18, 2023.

2 killed, 3 wounded in Roseland at Father’s Day barbecue, police say

June 19, 2023 at 10:32 a.m.

Two people were shot and killed on Sunday night during a Father's Day barbecue in the Roseland neighborhood, police said. One person is in critical condition and two others are...

More than 80 vehicles were involved in numerous crashes from the dust storm along Interstate 55 between mileposts 76 and 78 on May 1, 2023. Eight people were killed.

Fatal I-55 dust storm crash puts focus on Illinois farmers: ‘We haven’t advanced … but we can’

June 19, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

To the untrained eye, Richard Lyons' farm looks messy. There are no uniform rows of green against a bare canvas of brown soil. Instead, soybean sprouts, 6 inches tall, spring...

Police investigate the scene where at least 22 people were injured, one fatally, in a shooting in the parking lot of a strip mall near Willowbrook in the early hours of June 18, 2023.

1 killed and at least 22 injured in shooting at a strip mall near Willowbrook, authorities say

June 19, 2023 at 12:16 p.m.

One person was killed and at least 22 injured in a mass shooting near Willowbrook in southeast DuPage County early Sunday morning, authorities said. Fire officials received calls reporting gunshot...

Ruth Rau with her husband, Otto Rau, in 2007. Ruth and Otto were driving to see her doctor in Springfield on May 1 when they were caught in the dust storm and crash along Interstate 55. Ruth, 81, died in the hospital two weeks later. Otto, 87, survived the crash.

The I-55 dust storm crash took lives, shattered families. Here are some of their stories.

June 19, 2023 at 10:45 a.m.

Matt Zinchuk was worried. In three decades, his mom rarely missed a piano lesson. And yet, on that Monday evening in May, with students waiting at the family's Champaign home,...

First responders work the scene after the series of deadly crashes involving at least 80 vehicles that shut down Interstate 55 near Springfield on May 1, 2023.

Deadly I-55 dust storm: The ‘hellish’ minutes scores of drivers spent battling a 200-foot wall of farm soil

May 19, 2025 at 3:34 p.m.

By all accounts, Monday, May 1, started as a beautiful morning. Clear skies. Cool. The gusting wind out of the northwest, not uncommon for a central Illinois landscape covered by...

The crowd reacts as My Chemical Romance performs at Riot Fest in Chicago's Douglass Park on Sept. 16, 2022.

Park District permits Riot Fest amid protester pushback against ‘mega fest’ music festivals

June 14, 2023 at 6:59 p.m.

The Chicago Park District's Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a provisional permit for Riot Fest on Wednesday, clearing the way for the three-day rock music festival to return to Douglass...

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