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CHICAGO – If the cooler temps in recent days were a bit too cool for you, then you’re in luck as we’re expecting a warm-up. Fox 32 Meteorologist Mark Strehl has the forecast. What to Expect: Clear, sunny skies mixing with a few clouds will be in store for Wednesday with highs just shy of 80 degrees. Then, temps will rise into the 80s for the rest of the seven-day forecast with near 90 possible on Friday! Conditions are expected to remain dry for the rest of the week. There is only a 20% risk of precipitation over the weekend.…
Laken Snelling, 21, allegedly hid her dead newborn in a closet. (Fayette County Detention Center) Former University of Kentucky student-athlete Laken Snelling was seen performing with her school’s STUNT team months before detectives say they found her newborn infant inside a closet wrapped in a trash bag. Snelling, 21, was taken into custody on Aug. 31 by Lexington Police Department officers who were responding to a call regarding an unresponsive infant, officials said. Police said the infant was “pronounced deceased at the scene,” adding that Snelling was the infant’s mother. An autopsy on the male infant was inconclusive, the Fayette…
CHICAGO – Protesters are gathering at Congress Plaza to denounce the White House’s new immigration crackdown, dubbed Operation Midway Blitz. What we know: Demonstrators began assembling near Michigan Avenue and Ida B. Wells Drive in downtown Chicago on Tuesday evening, with plans to march along Michigan Avenue following remarks from organizers. The protest is being led by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda. Organizers said they oppose the increased presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Chicago area. They also alleged that recent actions — including the boarding…
ADDISON – A new lawsuit has been filed against a suburban Chicago ice cream shop owner accused of secretly recording children and employees in his store’s bathroom. What we know: Attorneys said Steve Weisberg, 58, groomed a teenage employee by coaching her, building her trust and ultimately persuading her to try on T-shirts in the restroom at Flavor Frenzy in Addison. They allege he told her the shirts would be sold to customers while secretly recording her as she undressed. Prosecutors said Weisberg used hidden cameras to record children and employees inside the restroom and elsewhere at the shop.…
VERNON HILLS, Ill. – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a challenge to President Donald Trump’s tariff policy from a Chicago-area toy company. What we know: The Vernon Hills-based company, whose brands include Learning Resources and hand2mind, sued Trump, arguing the International Emergency Economic Powers Act did not give him legal authority to impose tariffs. A lower court previously ruled in the company’s favor, but the Trump administration appealed that decision and an appeals court left the tariffs in place for the time being. The company then asked the Supreme Court to hear the case, which the court…
CHICAGO – Chicago’s Mexican community is pushing back despite the threat of increased immigration enforcement across the city. Organizers of El Grito Chicago, a Mexican Independence Day festival, said the postponed event is back on the schedule. What we know: The celebration is now planned for Monday, Sept. 15, after being postponed last week because of increased ICE activity. Organizers said it is important to celebrate their culture. They are still taking precautions and are moving the two-day event from Grant Park to St. Paul Catholic Church in Pilsen. “We live in dark times in our country, but here…
EVANSTON, Ill. – Days after Northwestern University President Michael Schill announced he would step down from his role, the school said it will tap a former leader to fill the position on an interim basis. President Emeritus Henry S. Bienen will fill in starting on Sept. 16, the university’s Board of Trustees announced on Tuesday. Henry Bienen, president emeritus of Northwestern University, stands for a photograph next to the molecular model for Pfizer Inc.’s Lyrica on display at the Segal Visitors Center on the university’s campus in Evanston, Illinois, U.S., on Monday, Aug. What we know: Bienen served as Northwestern’s…
The Colorado State Patrol is reminding drivers to always think about their loved ones before they decide to make the selfish decision to drink and drive. Troopers say this causes financial restraints on your family that can change everyone’s life- forever. Troopers are reminding everyone that even having one drink and getting behind the wheel has consequences. Troopers say in Colorado, showing impairment to the slightest degree can get you arrested and jail time. Drivers with DUIs also have to pay at least $13,000 in court fees and fines, their license will be suspended, their vehicle will be impounded, and…
A Colorado woman was found dead inside a home in Lone Tree and now police are asking for help solving the homicide case. Police officers were called to a welfare check at 10400 Park Meadows Drive in Lone Tree just before noon on Sept. 4. When officers arrived, they found Kathleen Mayo, 57, deceased inside the home. Investigators said Mayo drove for Uber/Lyft part-time. They are investigating this case as a homicide. Kathleen Mayo Lone Tree Police Department The Lone Tree Police Department is asking anyone with information to call the tip line at 720-509-1160.
Apple on Tuesday unveiled its latest generation of iPhones, AirPods and watch at the technology company’s launch event, held annually at its Cupertino, California, headquartetrs. The iPhone 17 features a larger, 6.3-inch display and includes the new A19 chip to help power Apple’s AI features. The device’s front camera has also been upgraded to provide a wider field of view and new sensor allowing users to take landscape photos without having to rotate the phone. The new iPhones are the first to be released since President Donald Trump returned to the White House and unleashed a barrage of tariffs, in what his…