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Ice protests, Caleb Williams expectations & Taste of Chicago 2025 | Week in Review On this episode of “Week in Review”: From possible National Guard deployments to the resignation of Northwestern’s president, we break down the week’s biggest local stories. We cover RFK Jr.’s fiery Capitol Hill testimony, rising jobless claims, and what’s new at Soldier Field and Taste of Chicago 2025. Plus, a Game 1 preview for Bears’ Caleb Williams, World Cup ticket updates, and a tribute to comedy legend Bob Newhart. CHICAGO – An unusual discovery was made along the Chicago River, stemming from a cold case investigation…
CHICAGO – Cooler temps were again in store for your Sunday, but with plenty of sunshine to go with them. Fox 32 Meteorologist Mark Strehl has the forecast. What to Expect: High temperatures are expected to reach the upper 60s, maybe 70 degrees in some areas, well below the normal highs of around 79 degrees for this time of year. That cold is due to a jet stream pulling in cool air from Northern Canada into the Great Lakes region. What’s next: But on Monday and during the workweek, we should see warmer conditions that are more normal. Highs on…
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – A crash on Interstate 55 in Will County early Sunday morning left one person dead, another injured, and all southbound lanes closed. What we know: The crash happened just before 3 a.m. on I-55 near Weber Road in Romeoville, according to Illinois State Police. Troopers found the two-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes involving a passenger car and a commercial vehicle. Two people were taken to an area hospital with injuries. One of the individuals later died. All southbound lanes were closed at IL-53. ISP was investigating the crash. What we don’t know: It was unclear how…
CHICAGO – A gunman fired into a car and shot a teenager in the city’s downtown area early Sunday morning. The shooting happened in the 700 block of S. Wells Street in the South Loop, according to the Chicago Police Department. What we know: A little before 3:30 a.m., the 17-year-old male victim was in a car that was stopped at a traffic light. That’s when an unidentified man who was walking nearby had a gun and fired multiple shots at the car before fleeing. The teen was shot in the right arm. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital,…
Chicago police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men wanted in connection with a CTA robbery on the West Side last month. What we know: The incident happened about 7 a.m. on Aug. 24 at the CTA Green Line station in the 4000 block of West Lake Street in West Garfield Park, police said. Two men allegedly confronted the victim, engaged in a brief struggle and stole his belongings before fleeing. One suspect was described as a Black man, 25 to 35 years old, wearing a black hooded jacket, blue shirt, light blue jeans and white…
WOODSTOCK, Ill. – A car crashed into a duplex in Woodstock on Saturday afternoon, damaging the structure and causing a gas leak, officials said. What we know: The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District said crews responded about 2:47 p.m. to the 2300 block of Aspen Drive, where they found a vehicle had struck the garage of a single-story duplex, causing moderate to heavy damage. A natural gas meter was also hit, leading to an active leak. The driver, an adult woman, was out of the vehicle before firefighters arrived. She was evaluated at the scene but declined hospital treatment, officials said.…
State police rescue California woman lost in woods filming reality TV segment Troopers from the Michigan State Police Gaylord post assisted the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department in searching for a missing California woman who was lost in Pigeon River State Forest overnight Sept. 5. The woman, 36, was a contestant in a YouTube survival challenge and had become lost the previous evening but was not reported until 5 a.m. Sept. 6. A K-9 unit, and the police helicopter were used to help locate the woman just after 10:30 a.m. The woman was walked out of the woods without incident once…
CHICAGO – A 42-year-old man was found fatally shot inside a South Side home Saturday morning, Chicago police said. What we know: Officers responded about 10:49 a.m. to the 300 block of West 93rd Street in the Princeton Park neighborhood, where the man was discovered with a gunshot wound to the body, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not yet identified him. No arrests have been made, and Area Two detectives are investigating.
DOJ considers gun ban for transgender people We are now learning that senior Justice Department officials are thinking about limiting transgender people’s right to keep and own firearms. This comes after the Minneapolis Catholic church shooting last week. LiveNOW’s Mike Pache is learning about the legality of such an idea with Robert McWhirter, a Constitutional Law Attorney. The National Rifle Association (NRA) has sounded off on reports that the Trump administration is mulling a way of limiting transgender people’s ability to purchase firearms. The gun lobby group, the largest in the U.S. with 5 million members according to its website,…
CHICAGO – A 17-year-old boy has been charged in connection with an armed carjacking that took place earlier this year on the South Side, Chicago police said. What we know: The teen was arrested Friday in the 7100 block of South Morgan Street, according to police. He was identified as one of the suspects who, on Jan. 19, used a gun to steal a vehicle and personal belongings from a 33-year-old man in the 5000 block of South Washington Park Court, police said. The teen is facing one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm. Police said…