Gusty northwest winds will gust to about 30 mph Monday in Chicago, with a slight chance of lake-edge snow Monday night.

A caisson permit clears the way for foundation work on a seven‑story, 91‑unit project at 4006 N Sheridan in Uptown, and the Holiday Club faces demolition.

A horse stranded in swollen Coon Creek was pulled to safety by Marengo firefighters and a veterinarian after overnight storms; one responder was treated for cold exposure.

A downtown Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory mascot was stolen Friday night and recovered after Chicago police used a helicopter. Two people are in custody.

A 30-year-old man was killed in a stabbing inside a Washington Heights home early Sunday; police say the suspect fled in a white sedan and detectives are investigating.

Blustery Sunday in Chicago with gusts to about 30 mph and a small chance of scattered showers late Sunday night. Small Craft Advisory runs through 10 a.m.

United added $10 to first- and second-bag fees and raised third-bag charges for tickets bought April 3 as airlines pass higher jet fuel costs to travelers.

Nuveen paid $27M for Elston Plaza in Avondale, a Jewel‑Osco‑anchored strip center that joins the firm’s growing U.S. grocery‑anchored portfolio.

Samuel R. Harris, a child survivor who founded the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie and helped preserve survivors’ testimony, has died at 90. Museum leaders and local officials praised his decades of public education.

A retired Chicago SWAT leader and Crittenden County deputy was critically wounded during a guardianship call in Sturgis; the suspect died at the scene.

Guttmacher data show Illinois provided about 32,490 abortions to out‑of‑state patients in 2025, nearly a quarter of all cross‑state cases.

Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee warned that an Iran-driven energy shock could reignite inflation and push expected 2026 Fed rate cuts into 2027. Markets have already repriced odds and consumers may feel the pinch at the pump.

Police investigated a retention pond near East Algonquin and Parkside Drive after a report of a floating object that witnesses feared might be a body. Officers taped off the area while they worked to confirm what was in the water.