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Girl, 15, driving on learner’s permit critically wounded in shooting on Lake Shore Drive near Grant Park; CPD adds additional units to LSD in response

June 4, 2021 at 5:14 p.m.

A 15-year-old girl was critically wounded in a shooting on Lake Shore Drive near Grant Park late Thursday night, according to Chicago police. The girl was driving a black Ford...

Ten-year-old twins Samrya Cribbs, center, and Samya Cribbs look on as their father, Sonny, prepares them a cool beverage as the Brookfield family hangs out at 31st Street Beach in Chicago on June 5, 2021.

‘Hydrate … shade … sunscreen.’ Summer temperatures, sunshine expected for weekend in Chicago.

June 3, 2021 at 4:25 p.m.

Summerlike temperatures with highs in the upper 80s and low 90s are expected through the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures are forecast to jump significantly in the...

Lynnae Rinne, left, talks with a food recipient as volunteer Zac McEntire places groceries into the trunk of a car during the Care for Real drive-thru food pantry event in Rogers Park on May 27, 2021.

Rogers Park food pantry borrows an idea from fast-food franchises: Drive-thru service

June 5, 2021 at 2:37 p.m.

Dressed in winter jackets and extra layers for warmth, volunteers at an outdoor food pantry in Rogers Park persevered through an unseasonably chilly and rainy Thursday afternoon in May. But...

A Tiffany glass dome is seen June 2, 2021, at the reopened Cultural Center in downtown Chicago.

Chicago Cultural Center reopens for first time since start of COVID-19 pandemic

June 2, 2021 at 7:04 p.m.

About 20 people crowded the doors outside the Chicago Cultural Center minutes before the landmark's anticipated reopening Wednesday morning after it had been closed to the public since the beginning...

Daley Center security staff officers Al Faulkner, left, and Steve Holmes raise the pride flag at the start of Cook County's Pride Month ceremony at Daley Plaza on June 1, 2021. The rainbow flag will fly in Daley Plaza during the entire month of June for the first time ever.

Rainbow flag raised at Daley Plaza in honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, to be flown for all of June for first time

June 1, 2021 at 1:13 p.m.

Rainbow flags were raised across Cook County Tuesday morning, marking the first year LGBTQ pride flags will be flown over county buildings all June for Pride Month, according to officials....

The Metea Valley High School marching band participates in the Memorial Day parade in Naperville on May 31, 2021.

Memorial Day 2021 in Chicago marks step closer to normalcy following pandemic cancellations last year

May 31, 2021 at 6:34 p.m.

As the Naperville Municipal Band finished the final notes of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the annual Memorial Day parade, several members could be seen wiping away tears. It had been...

Former Catholic schoolteacher in the Joliet Diocese indicted on 5 criminal counts following accusation of child grooming, records show

May 28, 2021 at 6:05 p.m.

A former Catholic schoolteacher in the Joliet Diocese was indicted on five counts Thursday after he was arrested earlier this month for allegedly traveling to meet a child and child...

Chicago police officers place a barricade along the lakefront near Oak Street Beach on May 28, 2021. With waves up to 11 feet expected, beaches were being closed on the first day they were supposed to be open since 2019.

High waves close most Chicago beaches to swimming on day of reopening as weather sends tree onto 2 cars on Lake Shore Drive, closes part of Lakefront Trail

May 28, 2021 at 5:39 p.m.

Waves of up to 11 feet along Chicago's lakefront closed most Chicago beaches to swimming Friday, the first day they were supposed to be open since 2019, as a tree...

Far South Side man killed wife by pouring lighter fluid on her, lighting her on fire, prosecutors say

May 28, 2021 at 4:36 p.m.

A Far South Side man was ordered held without bail after prosecutors said he admitted pouring gasoline on his wife and lighting her on fire last month, leading to her...

Man dies when thrown from car as it plunges into retention pond after driving off ramp in Bolingbrook

May 27, 2021 at 12:38 p.m.

A Downers Grove man was killed early Thursday in Bolingbrook when he drove off the ramp from northbound Interstate 55 to northbound Interstate 355 and was thrown from his car...

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