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| View Article | 1:02 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | WTTW | Chicago Police Department Overspent Its Budget By $520.5M From 2023-2025: Data | https://news.wttw.com/2026/10/28/chicago-police-department-overspent-its-budget-5205m-2023-2025-data | The Chicago Police Department spent $520.5 million more than its City Council- approved budget between 2023-2025 — and is on track to exceed its budget for a sixth straight year, records show. Mayor Brandon Johnson, who took office mid 2023, proposed a spending plan for 2027 that would increase CPD’s … |
| View Article | 1:02 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | WTTW | Peoples Gas President on Proposed Rate Hike, Modernization Plans: ‘It Is About Safety, Reliability’ | https://news.wttw.com/2026/10/27/peoples-gas-president-proposed-rate-hike-modernization-plans-it-about-safety-reliability | A rate hike proposed by Peoples Gas is sparking debate over affordable energy and the necessity of replacing century-old iron pipes in Chicago. The utility company’s current $144 million proposed hike has received pushback by consumer advocates who claim that number could go far lower to achieve the same goal. … |
| View Article | 1:01 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | WBEZ | Would you survive a zombie apocalypse? - WBEZ Chicago | https://www.wbez.org/say-more-with-mary-dixon-patrick-smith/2026/10/28/would-you-survive-a-zombie-apocalypse | Reports indicate a horde of zombies is making its way to the Chicago area. They are expected to arrive on Saturday, Halloween. With 72 hours to prepare, _Say More_ wants to know how you think you’d do in the coming zombie apocalypse. Listeners and experts weigh in and share tips … |
| View Article | 1:01 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | WBEZ | History of the Soul Train Awards ceremony - WBEZ Chicago | https://www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-with-sasha-ann-simons/2026/10/28/history-of-the-soul-train-awards-ceremony | The ceremony is a spinoff of the popular Soul Train TV show launched by Don Cornelius in Chicago in 1971. The show showcased Black performers and creatives and helped “shape how the world experienced Black music and culture,” BET President Louis Carr said in a news release. _In the Loop_ … |
| View Article | 1:01 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | WBEZ | Flu season arrives earlier than usual in Chicago - WBEZ Chicago | https://www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-with-sasha-ann-simons/2026/10/28/flu-season-arrives-earlier-than-usual-in-chicago | It’s only October, but it seems like flu season has already started. Across the Chicago area, flu cases and hospitalizations are rising. [ _Influenza test positivity is currently_ ][1] 2.1%, which is higher than previous years. _In The Loop_ finds out all the need-to-knows this early flu season. **GUEST:** Dr. … |
| View Article | 1:01 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | NBC Local | Antique firearm discharges at Wheaton event space, prompting police response | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/antique-firearm-discharges-at-wheaton-event-space-prompting-police-response/4008601/ | A large police response was initiated Tuesday night after an antique firearm discharged at a suburban Wheaton event space. According to officials at Wheaton Yard, the firearm fell off a chair at the restaurant and event space during a gathering on Tuesday night, and when it hit the floor the … |
| View Article | 1:01 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | Fox Chicago | Chicago man arrested 2 weeks after woman attacked at CTA Red Line station | http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-man-charged-woman-attacked-cta-red-line | #### The Brief * * Tyrone Jenkins, 37, was arrested Tuesday in Roseland. * Police say he attacked and seriously injured a 27-year-old woman at a Red Line station on Oct. 13. * Jenkins faces two felony aggravated battery charges and was due in court Wednesday. **CHICAGO** \- A Chicago … |
| View Article | 1:01 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | Fox Chicago | Schaumburg man killed when car crashes into pole, tree in Palatine | http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/schaumburg-man-killed-palatine-crash | #### The Brief * * A 19-year-old Schaumburg man died in a single-vehicle crash early Wednesday in Palatine. * His Nissan Altima hit a utility pole and a tree near Dundee Road and Denise Drive. * The cause of the crash remains under investigation. **CHICAGO** \- A Schaumburg man was … |
| View Article | 1:01 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Ebony/Jet building's lost, hip interiors detailed in new book | https://chicago.suntimes.com/architecture-design/2026/10/28/ebony-jet-building-interiors-book | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][9] * [ Facebook ][10] * [ Bluesky ][11] * [ Email ][12] * [ Reddit ][13] * [ Flipboard ][14] Nearly a decade has gone by since the former Ebony/Jet Building was sold to a residential developer, and the … |
| View Article | 1:01 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96 | https://chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-influential-labor-leader-feminist-and-civil-rights-icon-dies-at-96 | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][1] * [ Facebook ][2] * [ Bluesky ][3] * [ Email ][4] * [ Reddit ][5] * [ Flipboard ][6] Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation’s fruit and vegetable … |
| View Article | 1:01 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | Chicago Reader | Chicago deserves a festival space for the people | https://chicagoreader.com/music/gossip-wolf/ballot-measure-question-festival-grounds-event-space-outdoor/ | ![several music fans pumping their fists and smiling up against the rail of a festival grounds, photographed from the direction of the stage][1] Fans get hyped at Lollapalooza 2025. Lollapalooza brought Chicago into the new era of big for-profit festivals in public parks. Credit: Experience by Shea Flynn for Lollapalooza … |
| View Article | 1 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | CBS Local | Chicago REAL ID supercenter in the Loop to close at end of December | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-real-id-supercenter-in-the-loop-to-close-at-end-of-december/ | Nearly two years after opening a downtown supercenter to process [ a surge in demand for REAL IDs ][20] , the Illinois Secretary of State's office plans to close the facility at the end of the year, saying it has fulfilled its mission. [ The state opened the supercenter at … |
| View Article | 1 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | CBS Local | Chicago man charged with posing as basketball coach, grooming 15-year-old boy | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-man-charged-posing-basketball-coach-grooming-boy/ | A man from Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood posed as a basketball coach to groom a teenage boy for sexual purposes, Chicago police alleged Thursday. Andre Jackson, 56, was taken into custody by Chicago police and the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force on Monday at the Calumet District … |
| View Article | 1 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | CBS Local | Howard Brown Health's Rogers Park facility to undergo renovations | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/howard-brown-health-rogers-park-renovations/ | Howard Brown Health's Rogers Park location will undergo renovation this spring, the health system announced on Wednesday. Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2027 for around 22,000 square feet of the center at 6500 North Clark Street. The expansion project will increase lab capacity, reduce wait times, … |
| View Article | 1 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | CBS Local | Dolores Huerta, labor activist and civil rights icon, dies at age 96 | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dolores-huerta-dies-age-96-labor-activist-civil-rights-leader/ | Dolores Huerta, the labor activist and civil rights leader who co-founded with Cesar Chavez the group that later became the United Farm Workers, has died, her family said in a statement [ posted to social media ][1] . She was 96. Huerta's family said in a statement through her foundation … |
| View Article | 1 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | block-club-chicago | Chicago Is Having Its Sunniest October In A Century — But That’s About To Change | https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/10/28/chicago-had-its-sunniest-october-in-a-century-but-thats-about-to-change/ | CHICAGO — It’s not your imagination: The weather has been incredible in Chicago this month. After the month began with 1.41 inches of rainfall on Oct. 1, we’ve experienced an October that is far warmer, sunnier and drier than normal. “The opening salvo of our traditionally cloudy period of the … |
| View Article | 1 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | ABC Local | Chicago man accused of posing as basketball coach, grooming teen boy: police | https://abc7chicago.com/post/andre-jackson-accused-indecent-solicitationaggravated-criminal-sexual-abuse-grooming-case-involving-teen-boy-cpd/19990328/ | CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 56-year-old Chicago man has been accused of grooming a 15-year-old boy after posing as a basketball coach, Chicago police said Wednesday. Andre Jackson has been charged with indecent solicitation/aggravated criminal sexual abuse and grooming in the incident, police said. ### [ ABC7 Chicago is now streaming … |
| View Article | 1 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | ABC Local | New weight loss drug retatrutide provides double the weight loss of Ozempic, Lilly says | https://abc7chicago.com/story/new-weightloss-drug-retatrutide-provides-double-weight-loss-ozempic-lilly-says/19990480/ | Eli Lilly’s next generation weight loss drug, known as retatrutide, was shown to provide more than double the weight loss of Ozempic’s highest dose, according to new clinical trial results shared Wednesday. In the phase 3 clinical trial of more than 1,000 adults with type 2 diabetes, those taking retatrutide … |
| View Article | 1 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | ABC Local | Learn more about cancer-fighting foods | https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/19990495/ | Learn more about cancer-fighting foods. Visit [ wellnesshouse.org ][7] for more information. [7]: https://wellnesshouse.org/ |
| View Article | 1 p.m. | October 28, 2026 | ABC Local | Dutch zookeeper dies after leopard attacked her in the animal's enclosure | https://abc7.com/post/beekse-bergen-safari-park-attack-dutch-zookeeper-dies-persian-leopard-attacked-animals-enclosure/19990526/ | AMSTERDAM -- A longtime zookeeper at a safari park in the Netherlands died Tuesday from injuries she suffered when she was attacked by a leopard in its enclosure over the weekend. The Beekse Bergen Safari Park said in a statement that the woman, whose name has been withheld in accordance … |