CHICAGO — Spring break for Chicago Public Schools clears the way for district leaders and negotiators from the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) to work around the clock to figure out a new contract and manage the fallout of a pension payment the city didn’t plan for. Even as they bargain with CPS behind closed doors, […]
CHICAGO — Chicago police are investigating a person of interest in connection with the shooting that killed a 13-year-old boy Monday night inside a home on the city’s South Side. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has since identified the 13-year-old as Tawon Tribble. A police source told WGN the person of interest in the […]
Weather Maps Interactive Radar Weather Bug Cameras NOTE: This story has been turned into an almanac of Tuesday’s weather. We have published a new forecast/weather story for Wednesday. Tuesday high temperatures continued at seasonable levels for a third consecutive day after recording 80% of the day’s possible sunshine. Light winds shifted northeast off the still-chilly […]
CHICAGO (WGN) — Opening day for the Chicago White Sox is less than 24 hours away, which begs the question, what can be expected from the South Siders in 2025? A team that followed up a 61-101 campaign in 2023 with a Major League Baseball-record 121 losses in 2024 likely wants to do anything besides […]
CHICAGO — Police in Chicago are asking for help in the search for a woman who went missing on Wednesday and may be in need of medical attention. Chicago police said 20-year-old Phoebe Cao, who was last contacted on Wednesday, is missing from the area of East Van Buren Street and South Wabash Avenue in […]
Weather Maps Interactive Radar Weather Bug Cameras WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Increasing cloudiness, not quite as chilly. Slight chance of a shower in Thursday’s predawn hours. Winds veer around to the south late. Low: 37. THURSDAY: A good deal of cloudiness, scattered showers possible from time to time, especially during the first half of the day. Brief glimpses […]
CHICAGO (WGN) — Before their first workout of the year at Rate Field Wednesday afternoon, the Chicago White Sox designated one-time top prospect Oscar Colás for assignment and made more than a half-dozen other moves to whittle down their roster ahead of Opening Day. Colás, the South Siders’ No. 2 prospect in 2022 and 2023 […]
CHICAGO (WGN) — An Austin neighborhood church that’s fed the homeless and seniors, offered disaster relief assistance, and that has paid the rent of struggling Chicagoans is now hoping the community will come through as it faces a critical infrastructure challenge. The aging roof at New Inspirational Baptist Church, on the 5800 block of West […]
CHICAGO — The doors are closing for good this week at two Chicagoland Kohl’s locations after the department store chain announced that it would be closing a handful of stores around the country earlier this year. In early January, Kohl’s Corp announced that it would be closing 27 locations in 15 states around the country that […]
CORTLAND, Ill. — Residents in the Town of Cortland are buzzing with excitement after a life-changing jackpot Mega Millions ticket was sold at a local convenience store. The newly minted millionaire snagged the $349 million jackpot prize after matching all five numbers and the Mega Ball during Tuesday’s drawing. The winning numbers were 1, 5, 17, […]
