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Octavia Mitchell, founder of Heal Your Heart Foundation, appears from the Parkway Gardens housing complex in Chicago on Jan. 10, 2023. Her nephew was shot and killed there the day before.

As family loses 3rd relative to gun violence, city pilot program offers financial support to victims of shootings

January 10, 2023 at 7:02 p.m.

After Avante Holmes' apartment on the South Side was broken into a few days ago, he thought he knew who was responsible. On Monday night, the 21-year-old spotted them in...

Joseph Kromelis, also known as "The Walking Man," makes his way south near the intersection of State Street and Madison Avenue on Aug. 8, 2016. A prayer service for the Kromelis' family will be held Jan. 23, said Mark Schmeltzer, director of communications at Mercy Home. The service will be closed to the public.

Private prayer service set for Chicago’s ‘Walking Man’

January 5, 2023 at 4:56 p.m.

A private prayer service has been scheduled in memory of Joseph Kromelis, affectionately known to Chicagoans as the "Walking Man," who died in mid-December from burns he suffered when he...

Maywood courthouse closes Thursday down due to water leak, expected to reopen Friday

January 5, 2023 at 8:05 a.m.

The Maywood Courthouse has closed down Thursday due to a water main break, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans has announced. Crews are working to repair the break, which affected the...

ARCHIVO - El argentino Diego Maradona y el brasileño Pelé descansan en una hamaca en Río de Janeiro, el 13 de mayo de 1995

¿Qué tan común es el paro cardíaco en los atletas jóvenes?

January 4, 2023 at 9:50 a.m.

Te'Jaan Ali estaba jugando baloncesto en el gimnasio de una escuela en el lado sur de Chicago cuando comenzó a sentir calor. El calor en el gimnasio, que no tenía...

David and Janet Ali embrace during a balloon release in honor of their son, Te'Jaan Ali.

How common is cardiac arrest in young athletes? Local experts weigh in

September 24, 2024 at 6:03 p.m.

Te'Jaan Ali was playing basketball in a school gym on the South Side of Chicago when he started feeling hot. The heat in the gym — which didn't have air...

A dog walker untangles leashes while enjoying milder temperatures on Dec. 29, 2022, in Humboldt Park.

Chicago to see warm, foggy conditions before a cold front expected to sweep in Thursday morning

January 3, 2023 at 6:12 p.m.

Chicago is expected to see warm yet soggy conditions throughout Tuesday with colder temperatures at or above freezing expected to sweep through Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Chicagoans...

Donesha Childs looks as her son Jamari Connor, 7, opens a Christmas present during Andrew Holmes Foundation's 2nd Annual Christmas Joy 2022 at The Salvation Army Adele and Robert Stern Red Shield Center on Dec. 30, 2022 in Chicago. Childs and her young son were both seriously injured from gunshot wounds from a shooting on his way to school.

‘I got some Hot Wheels cars!’ says boy, 7, shot in August during Andrew Holmes Foundation party that served holiday cheer to families who faced tragedy, gun violence

December 31, 2022 at 7:15 p.m.

Julio Avila and his wife didn't get the chance to wrap all their Christmas presents for their three daughters, Isabel, 13, Angela, 11, and Lupita, 3. Wrapping paper was still...

Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich plans downtown Mass, reflects following death of Pope Benedict XVI, who showed us to ‘love God with all your heart’

December 31, 2022 at 6:42 p.m.

Chicago's Archbishop Blase Cupich was among many sharing their reflections Saturday following the death of Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Benedict XVI, who was 95, died early Saturday at a monstary...

Pastor Chris Harris, of Bright Star Church, speaks during a memorial service for Susan D. Peters at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center in Chicago on Dec. 29, 2022.

Author, leader Susan D. Peters remembered during memorial service at DuSable Black History Museum

December 30, 2022 at 11:32 a.m.

Lively music, smiles and laughter filled the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center during a celebration of life for award-winning author and community activist Susan B. Peters. Peters passed...

Madison Hranka, of Chicago, searches for her luggage among the hundreds of bags separated from their owners by major Southwest Airlines service interruptions at Midway Airport on Dec. 27, 2022.

Travelers left in limbo as Southwest Airlines struggles to get back on track after winter storm. ‘I just want to get my bags and go home.’

December 27, 2022 at 6:37 p.m.

After a long weekend of winter weather that wreaked havoc on travelers' plans, flight cancellations continued in Chicago on Tuesday, driven largely by Southwest Airlines — and the carrier expected...

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