Category: Chicago News

KENOSHA, Wisc. — Three people were killed and two others were wounded in a shooting in Kenosha. Kenosha police responded to a shooting at a home on the 600 block of 40th Place just after midnight on Wednesday. Details about the shooting were not immediately available. Police believe the shooting was an insolated incident and […]

CHICAGO — As Chicago Sky fans celebrate the team’s WNBA championship, many are frustrated by the scarcity of championship memorabilia. The demand for Sky gear is high after the team’s 80-74 win Sunday night secured the franchise’s first WNBA championship. Yet spokespeople for the organization told WGN that a Nike supply chain issue appears to […]

CHICAGO — Bodycam footage was released Tuesday of a deadly shooting of a man wielding a knife by Chicago police last month. COPA has been investigating the shooting since it happened on Sept. 19. The shooting occurred shortly after 11 a.m. in the 6500 block of South Harvard Avenue. According to police, officers were responding […]

The documentary “Love, Charlie” debuts Tuesday at AMC River East as part of the Chicago International Film Festival. The documentary chronicles the life of Chef Charlie Trotter, a Chicago icon who made his legendary Lincoln Park restaurant a destination for fine dining. A Northwestern University graduate, filmmaker Rebecca Halpern joined WGN News to talk about […]

CHICAGO — Governor JB Pritzker offered a potential timeline for lifting Illinois’ mask mandate as coronavirus case counts, hospitalizations and deaths continue to trend downward. The governor suggested that Illinoisans may rid themselves of masks by the holidays. However, by week’s end, the CDC will release its recommendation on who should get booster shots for […]

BUXTON, N.D. — An aviation student from Chicago was killed in an airplane crash in North Dakota. The University of North Dakota plane went down about 8:30 p.m. Monday in a field near the Traill County community of Buxton, in northeastern North Dakota, according to the Highway Patrol. The Grand Forks-based school identified the victim […]

CHICAGO — Nineteen Chicago cops were stripped of their police powers Monday over their refusal to disclose their vaccination status to the city. Most of those officers were assigned to CPD headquarters in Bronzeville, according to John Catanzara, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, the union that represents rank-and-file officers. City employees had until […]

CHICAGO — A new ranking lists the best high schools in Illinois and the top five are all from Chicago. According to U.S. News, the top five high schools in the state are the following Chicago Public Schools: Walter Payton College Preparatory High School Northside College Preparatory High School Jones College Prep High School Whitney […]

The Illinois Tollway will close the ramp from Southbound I-294 (Tri-State Tollway) to Westbound I-290 (Eisenhower Expressway) starting Thursday, October 21, at 8 p.m. The closure will last through November for ramp and pavement reconstruction.   Traffic will be directed to continue southbound on I-294 to eastbound I-290. Drivers will then exit at Mannheim Road […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Republicans are pushing for legislation that would help override prosecutors, as some state legislators believe police chiefs should have the authority when law enforcement believes clear evidence exists. “Crime is increasing. It’s getting worse and we have a State’s Attorney that is looking the other direction,” House Minority Leader Jim Durkin […]