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View Article 7:02 p.m. September 28, 2023 NBC Local CPD officers involved in 2022 shooting of unarmed man in Pilsen found not guilty https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cpd-officers-involved-in-2022-shooting-of-unarmed-man-in-pilsen-found-not-guilty/3238592/ A Cook County courtroom packed with Chicago police officers and their families erupted in cheers Thursday afternoon after a judge found fellow cops Ruben Reynoso and Christopher Liakopoulos not guilty in connection with an on-duty shooting in July 2022 that left an unarmed man wounded. Attorney Tim Grace said his ...
View Article 7:02 p.m. September 28, 2023 NBC Local Food pantries grapple with increasing demand, fear more if government shuts down https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/food-pantries-grapple-with-increasing-demand-fear-more-if-government-shuts-down/3238579/ In the western suburbs, food insecurity is skyrocketing. “We have seen a dramatic increase in the last year," said Sarah Corbin, the head of communications for the West Suburban Community Pantry. “We served 1 million more pounds of food last year than the year before.” The West Suburban Community Pantry ...
View Article 7:01 p.m. September 28, 2023 NBC Local Parents question decision to charge NW Indiana teen with murder in best friend's shooting death https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/parents-question-decision-to-charge-nw-indiana-teen-with-murder-in-best-friends-shooting-death/3238657/ Denver Johnson and Jason Paholik Jr. were best friends who were more like brothers, according to family. On May 27, while at a bonfire in Crown Point, Denver jokingly pointed a gun at 16-year-old Jason and shot him in the chest. Jason later died from his injuries. The incident was ...
View Article 7:01 p.m. September 28, 2023 Fox Chicago Chicago Auto Show presents electric vehicle showcase: Get behind the wheel of the future http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-auto-show-electric-vehicle-showcase #### Chicago Auto Show presents electric vehicle showcase The Chicago Auto Show is hosting an event that allows Chicagoans to get behind the wheel of the newest electric vehicles. ** CHICAGO ** \- Get ready to start your engines, quietly. The Chicago Auto Show is hosting an event that allows ...
View Article 7:01 p.m. September 28, 2023 Fox Chicago Chicago man charged with fatally shooting 9-year-old Matteson boy http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-man-charged-fatally-shooting-9-year-old-matteson-boy #### Matteson police give update after 9-year-old boy fatally shot: 'Utterly deplorable' Omuiri Jones Brown was shot outside his home in Matteson around 6 p.m. Thursday evening, Police Chief Mike Jones. A 20-year-old victim was injured in the same shooting that happened during a fight in the neighborhood. Jones called ...
View Article 7:01 p.m. September 28, 2023 Fox Chicago Chicago weather: Summer-like temps move in for the weekend http://www.fox32chicago.com/weather/chicago-weather-summer-temps-weekend #### Summer-like temps move in for the weekend Emily Wahls has your Chicago weather update! ** CHICAGO ** \- As Thursday progresses, Chicagoans can anticipate a change in weather conditions. Cloud cover is expected to thin out as we move into the evening hours, eventually giving way to partly cloudy ...
View Article 7:01 p.m. September 28, 2023 Fox Chicago McHenry County's top prosecutor slams SAFE-T Act on social media http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/mchenry-county-top-prosecutor-slams-safe-t-act-social-media #### McHenry Countys top prosecutor slams SAFE-T Act on social media It’s been 10 days since the SAFE-T Act took effect in Illinois making cash bail a thing of the past, and one suburban states attorney is already calling it a total failure. ** MCHENRY COUNTY, Ill. ** \- It’s ...
View Article 7:01 p.m. September 28, 2023 Chicago Tribune Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon visits Orland Hills dispensary to launch Mac 9 cannabis strain https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-jim-mcmahon-marijuana-orland-hills-st-0929-20230928-bdoqiw2navdnjin3yihk4beagm-story.html#ed=rss_www.chicagotribune.com/arcio/rss/category/news/ Wearing dark sunglasses and a brand T-shirt, former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon met with fans and signed autographs Thursday at Stash Dispensary in Orland Hills. McMahon, who played for the Chicago Bears for seven years including in 1985, the team won the Super Bowl, was at the dispensary to ...
View Article 7:01 p.m. September 28, 2023 Chicago Tribune Samsung ‘was hoist with its own petard’ in court ruling that could cost it millions for alleged violations of Illinois biometric privacy law https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-samsung-mass-arbitration-illinois-biometric-privacy-law-20230928-5wjaph56hjgdxiz5keklg36uhu-story.html#ed=rss_www.chicagotribune.com/arcio/rss/category/news/ A terms of service agreement — that long list of legalese that most people ignore — could cost Samsung millions of dollars in a mass arbitration action over the Illinois biometric privacy law. A Chicago federal judge ruled the South Korean electronics giant must pay more than $4 million in ...
View Article 7:01 p.m. September 28, 2023 Chicago Tribune Most neighbors of Northwestern’s Ryan Field speak out at meeting against proposed rebuild and potential concert noise https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/ct-evr-ryan-field-luc-meeting-tl-1005-20230928-3o7hjpahqjednhycya524qjkdu-story.html#ed=rss_www.chicagotribune.com/arcio/rss/category/news/ The second Evanston Land Use Commission meeting on Northwestern University’s Ryan Field rebuild proposal saw residents within 1,000 feet of the field give their public testimony, with a majority speaking against the plan. The meeting served as [ an extension of the first ][11] held on Sept. 6 where representatives ...
View Article 7:01 p.m. September 28, 2023 Chicago Tribune Chicago man sues city, police after exoneration for 1989 murder, alleging officers framed him https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-lee-harris-sues-city-alleges-framed-for-dana-feitler-murder-20230928-p7uorfrlxze3tipuheoav7qxb4-story.html#ed=rss_www.chicagotribune.com/arcio/rss/category/news/ Lee Harris, who spent more than three decades in prison in the murder of a Gold Coast woman before being exonerated and released earlier this year, filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging Chicago police officers framed him for the murder. Harris, a former resident of the Cabrini-Green housing projects, was [ ...
View Article 7:01 p.m. September 28, 2023 Chicago Tribune Fans pay $1 to bid farewell to the ‘just horrible, a disaster of a season’ White Sox https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-white-sox-fans-one-dollar-game-20230928-lfcjpnm6uvc25ijz666a6gmpuq-story.html#ed=rss_www.chicagotribune.com/arcio/rss/category/news/ Sharing in the collective misery of a nightmare season may have cost White Sox fans sleep, joy and even dignity. But at the team’s fourth-to-last home game Thursday, it at least didn’t cost much money. The ballclub offered tickets for 89 cents — $1 with taxes — for its matchup ...
View Article 7:01 p.m. September 28, 2023 Chicago Sun-Times Teachers will have ‘strong demands’ in contract talks — even with one of their own on other side of bargaining table https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/9/28/23894641/ctu-stacy-davis-gates-chicago-teachers-union-brandon-johnson The Chicago Teachers Union will have “some pretty strong demands” in the new teachers contract, union president [ Stacy Davis Gates ][12] said Thursday, even though the mayor of Chicago is now one of their own: former teacher turned paid CTU organizer [ Brandon Johnson. ][13] In negotiations, “the driving ...
View Article 7:01 p.m. September 28, 2023 Chicago Sun-Times Local author Scott Turow to receive Fuller Prize from the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/9/28/23894916/scott-turow-chicago-literary-hall-of-fame-fuller-prize-presumed-innocent Though he’s about to receive a lifetime achievement award, Evanston author Scott Turow says he still has a lot of achieving left to do. “In general terms, I am as productive as I’ve always been. I write every day for quite a bit of the day,” said Turow, 74. “I’m ...
View Article 7:01 p.m. September 28, 2023 Chicago Sun-Times Giannoulias wants permanent jump in driving test age from 75 to 79 https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/9/28/23895072/older-drivers-driving-test-rules-alexi-giannoulias Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias filed administrative rules this week that would increase the age at which a driver is required to pass a driving test when they renew their license, raising it from 75 to 79. The rules would keep in place a state policy that went into ...
View Article 7:01 p.m. September 28, 2023 Chicago Sun-Times Pritzker touts Illinois pot legalization as model for other states https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2023/9/28/23894723/pritzker-illinois-cannabis-legalization-benzinga-conference Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday bragged that Illinois legalized pot in a way that repairs “past harms” of the war on drugs and should be a model for other states. “We built out the most equitable, accessible and prosperous cannabis ecosystem in the nation, and it’s one that helps repair ...
View Article 7:01 p.m. September 28, 2023 Chicago Sun-Times ‘It’s really a symbol for unity’: Chicago’s Chinatown gears up to celebrate Moon Festival Saturday https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/9/28/23894977/chicagos-chinatown-gears-up-to-celebrate-moon-festival-saturday Chicagoans are invited to gaze at a movie and the moon during Saturday’s celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, in Chinatown. “It’s really a symbol for unity, for togetherness, for cherishing each other,” said Hong Chen, director of the Chinese Language and Literature Program at ...
View Article 7:01 p.m. September 28, 2023 Chicago Sun-Times Water discharge from Trump Tower into Chicago River continues to break rules, Illinois attorney general alleges https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/9/28/23895006/trump-tower-chicago-river-pollution-attorney-general-kwame-raoul Chicago’s Trump International Hotel and Tower has continued to skirt laws and regulations related to its intake and discharge of water in the Chicago River, the Illinois attorney general’s office alleges. Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed an amended complaint Thursday to a [ lawsuit filed in 2018 ][6] that alleged ...
View Article 7 p.m. September 28, 2023 Chicago Sun-Times Woman shot during White Sox game breaks silence, says she didn’t bring gun into stadium in exclusive interview with ABC 7 https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/9/28/23895104/woman-shot-white-sox-shooting-guaranteed-rate-field One of the [ two women wounded by gunfire inside Guaranteed Rate Field during a White Sox game ][1] has publicly spoken for the first time since the incident Aug. 25. In an exclusive interview [ with ABC 7 ][2] released Thursday, the woman said she still doesn’t know how ...
View Article 7 p.m. September 28, 2023 CBS Local Paseo Boricua tour highlights culture, history and Puerto Rican pride in Chicago https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/paseo-boricua-tour-humboldt-park/ ** CHICAGO (CBS) -- ** As CBS 2 continues to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we take a walking tour of Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood. As CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon explains, this isn't just any tour. It's a step into history. "We are the first Puerto Rican cultural district ...