The Griffin Museum will reopen its long-dormant south portico next year with a cafe, terrace and direct access to Jackson Park ahead of the Obama Center opening.

A 14-year-old passenger was killed Sunday after a car ran into stopped vehicles at 183rd and Governors Highway in Homewood. Police arrested a 36-year-old driver and the investigation is ongoing.

Longtime Woodlawn residents at Chaney Braggs formed a tenant union after learning a prospective buyer may raise rents or tear down their building as the Obama Center nears. Organizers are pushing officials to use preservation rules to keep homes affordable.

Batavia’s council paused plans for a new downtown TIF tied to a QT9 headquarters renovation while staff refines the financing and timing. The move delays an April hearing and pushes decisions into the fall.

A 20-year-old woman was shot while driving Monday in the 7300 block of South Stony Island; she was taken to UChicago Medicine in good condition.

A new analysis finds replacing nearly 1.5 million lead service lines in Illinois could support tens of thousands of jobs — but only if state funding and apprenticeship pipelines scale up. The report lays out policy steps to make the work equitable and steady.

DuPage County will vote on a $2.5M contribution to Loaves & Fishes’ Hub 2.0 expansion, joining a $5M Endeavor Health pledge to boost the Aurora hub.

A two-part concept would add 306 apartments and a 167-unit senior living center to 29 acres near Randall Road, with developers seeking early input from the city.

GE HealthCare has closed its $2.3B purchase of Intelerad, adding cloud PACS and AI orchestration to its imaging lineup and expanding into outpatient networks. The deal boosts GE’s recurring‑revenue strategy.

Three men were shot Sunday in South Shore; two are in critical condition at the University of Chicago Hospital, police say.

An Antioch man was sentenced to 20 years after jurors found him guilty of drug and weapons charges tied to video showing a pistol hidden in a McHenry squad car. Prosecutors pointed to DNA, phone photos and squad video at trial.

A late-night crash at South Chicago Avenue and 75th Street left one driver dead and another in critical condition, police said.

A DCFS document suggests the agency had prior contact before the starvation death of 8-year-old Markell Pierce in Round Lake Beach. The finding has spurred calls for transparency.