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View Article 5:02 p.m. April 18, 2024 NBC Local Annual suburban tulip festival to open for season on Saturday https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/annual-suburban-tulip-festival-open-season-saturday/3414561/ _ Note: The video in the player above is from a previous report. _ As trees gain their leaves and flowers bloom, it's clear that spring is in the air, with one suburban farm getting ready to show off the colors of the season. [ ** Watch NBC Chicago local ...
View Article 5:02 p.m. April 18, 2024 NBC Local Possible measles exposure identified at suburban Sam's Club https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/possible-measles-exposure-identified-at-suburban-sams-club/3414669/ _ Note: The video in the player above is from a previous report. _ A possible exposure of measles was identified last week at a Sam's Club store in Evergreen Park, health officials said. [ ** Watch NBC Chicago local news and weather for free 24/7 ** ][1] According to ...
View Article 5:02 p.m. April 18, 2024 Fox Chicago Fire rips through roof of home on West Side, prompting large emergency response http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/fire-rips-through-roof-of-home-on-west-side-prompting-large-emergency-response #### Fire rips through roof of home on West Side, prompting large emergency response A fire tore through the roof of a home on the city's West Side, prompting a massive response from firefighters and first responders. ** CHICAGO ** \- A fire tore through the roof of a home ...
View Article 5:02 p.m. April 18, 2024 Fox Chicago Police swarm Lemont hotel after woman found fatally shot http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/police-swarm-lemont-hotel-after-woman-found-fatally-shot ** LEMONT, Ill. ** \- Officers are swarming a hotel in [ Lemont ][5] after a woman was found shot and killed in a room. Lemont police say they were called just after 9:30 a.m. Thursday to the D-Lux Budget Inn, located in the 12200 block of Archer Avenue. A ...
View Article 5:01 p.m. April 18, 2024 Fox Chicago New Uber safety feature: Chicago among first cities to test rider verification system http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/uber-testing-new-rider-verification-feature-chicago #### New Uber safety feature: Chicago among first cities to test rider verification system Uber is launching a new safety feature to address safety concerns and Chicago is one of the first cities to test it out. ** CHICAGO ** \- [ Uber ][3] is launching a new safety feature ...
View Article 5:01 p.m. April 18, 2024 Fox Chicago These are the safest cities in Illinois in 2024, according to SafeWise http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-safest-cities-2024 ** CHICAGO ** \- A newly released list is shedding light on the safest cities in [ Illinois ][1] for the year 2024. The question is: do you live in one of them? According to [ SafeWise ][2] , Illinois residents, when compared to the rest of the nation, exhibit ...
View Article 5:01 p.m. April 18, 2024 Chicago Sun-Times Bulls get chance for some revenge against the Heat down on South Beach https://chicago.suntimes.com/bulls/2024/04/18/bulls-chance-revenge-against-heat-down-on-south-beach There was no hiding from the bright lights. Especially down on South Beach where flashy and bright is a way of life. Just over two minutes left in the final win-or-go-home play-in game, the Heat down one, and Jimmy Butler makes the go-ahead layup. From that point on, Miami ran ...
View Article 5:01 p.m. April 18, 2024 Chicago Sun-Times NHL approves moving Coyotes from Arizona to Salt Lake City https://chicago.suntimes.com/nhl/2024/04/18/nhl-approves-moving-coyotes-from-arizona-to-salt-lake-city TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes are officially headed to Salt Lake City. The NHL Board of Governors voted unanimously Thursday to approve a $1.2 billion sale from Alex Meruelo to Utah Jazz owners Ryan and Ashley Smith, clearing the way for the franchise’s move to Utah next season. The ...
View Article 5:01 p.m. April 18, 2024 Chicago Sun-Times The Clark Sisters, Chandler Moore among Chicago Gospel Music festival lineup https://chicago.suntimes.com/music/2024/04/18/chandler-moore-the-clark-sisters-among-chicago-gospel-music-festival-lineup-2024 Grammy Award-winning vocalists The Clark Sisters — the highest-selling female gospel group in history — are among the headliners for this year’s Chicago Gospel Music Festival, it was announced Thursday by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). The event, which runs 4 to 9 p.m. on ...
View Article 5:01 p.m. April 18, 2024 Chicago Sun-Times With Stadium, Jerry Reinsdorf can create something he couldn’t 40 years ago https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-media/2024/04/18/stadium-jerry-reinsdorf-eddie-einhorn-chicago-white-sox-bulls-blackhawks-nbc-sports-chicago-sportsvision-sportschannel Launching a regional sports network is nothing new to White Sox and Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf. In 1982-83, Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks games aired on SportsVision, a pay-TV service devised by business partner Eddie Einhorn. It required a converter box that unscrambled the signal through what was then WPWR- Channel ...
View Article 5:01 p.m. April 18, 2024 Chicago Sun-Times Pride Parade will now allow participants from schools, organizers say https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2024/04/18/pride-parade-chicago-will-now-allow-school-participants-after-previous-denials Pride Parade organizers have reversed their earlier decision, now allowing some school participation in the June 30 festivities after originally cutting all schools that had previously joined the popular event. The [ _ change came a day _ ][18] after the Sun-Times reported parade organizers denied entry to six Chicago ...
View Article 5:01 p.m. April 18, 2024 Chicago Sun-Times Transform South Works site into a lakefront park, not a quantum computing facility https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2024/04/18/quantum-computing-us-steel-south-works-site-lakefront-park-pensions-letters It boggles the mind that the City of Chicago is still looking at priceless lakefront land on the South Side as something other than parkland. Everything east of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive and south of Rainbow Park should be the next great lakefront park for the hundreds of thousands ...
View Article 5:01 p.m. April 18, 2024 Chicago Sun-Times Jun Mhoon, music producer and adolescent drummer for The Staple Singers, dies at 69 https://chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2024/04/18/jun-mhoon-dead-staple-singers-drummer-music-producer-obituary-chicago Long before he was a record producer, before he was even a teenager, Jun Mhoon was playing drums on tour with The Staple Singers, gazing in amazement at thousands of faces while warming up crowds for bands like The Doors, passing love notes from Bob Dylan, and asking “Who’s Bob ...
View Article 5:01 p.m. April 18, 2024 Chicago Sun-Times Watchdog group asks feds to probe Trump over $50 million 'non-existent' loan to his Chicago company https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/04/18/donald-trump-chicago-loan-justice-department WASHINGTON — A watchdog group on Thursday asked the Justice Department and the FBI to investigate whether former President Donald Trump made “material false statements” on federal financial disclosure reports when he claimed that one of his Chicago companies had a $50 million outstanding loan. Noah Bookbinder, president of Citizens ...
View Article 5:01 p.m. April 18, 2024 Chicago Sun-Times Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist, dies at 80 https://chicago.suntimes.com/music/2024/04/18/dickey-betts-dies-allman-brothers-band-co-founder-legendary-guitarist-dies-at-80-obituary Dickie Betts, who died Thursday at age 80, really was born a ramblin’ man. He left home at 16 to join the circus and became a renowned guitarist touring the world with the Allman Brothers Band. He wrote the group’s biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” and remained on the road until ...
View Article 5:01 p.m. April 18, 2024 Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Teachers Union demanding 9% annual raises, won't rule out a strike https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/04/18/chicago-teachers-union-new-contract-ctu-strike-stacy-davis-gates-schools-cps-brandon-johnson The Chicago Teachers Union is demanding an annual pay raise of 9% or the [ Consumer Price Index ][1] — whichever is less — and won’t rule out a strike, even with one of their own in the mayor’s office, CTU President Stacy Davis Gates said Thursday. “We’re a labor ...
View Article 5 p.m. April 18, 2024 CBS Local Taylor Swift reveals first single from "The Tortured Poets Department" ahead of new album's highly anticipated release https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-album-release-fortnight-single/ Taylor Swift's economic and political impact [ Taylor Swift's economic and political impact 06:20 ][38] [ Taylor Swift ][39] wrote about her highly anticipated new album " [ The Tortured Poets Department ][40] " hours ahead of its expected release. Swift took to social media Thursday afternoon to say the ...
View Article 5 p.m. April 18, 2024 CBS Local Alex Caruso could miss Bulls' play-in game vs. Heat on Friday with foot injury, per report https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/caruso-could-miss-bulls-play-in-game/ The [ Chicago Bulls ][27] may have to face the [ Miami Heat ][28] without their best defender, [ Alex Caruso ][29] , as ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported he suffered a [ "significant" right foot sprain ][30] . Caruso sustained the injury in Chicago's 131-116 Play-In Tournament win against the ...
View Article 5 p.m. April 18, 2024 CBS Local FBI investigates 2 incidents at suburban Chicago banks https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/incidents-suburban-chicago-banks/ ** CHICAGO (CBS) ** \-- Police and the FBI were called to two separate banks in the west and northwest suburbs Thursday. Witnesses said robbers first targeted a US Bank branch at 1301 Irving Park Rd. in Hanover Park. The second incident, reported to be an attempted robbery, happened at ...
View Article 5 p.m. April 18, 2024 CBS Local Fire sweeps through coach house on Chicago's West Side https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/fire-coach-house-chicago-west-side/ ** CHICAGO (CBS) ** \-- A fire ripped through a coach house in the West Side's Austin neighborhood Thursday afternoon. The fire broke out in a coach house at 5106 W. Chicago Ave., near LeClaire Avenue. The coach house fronts the alley behind Chicago Avenue to the north and occupies ...