Chicago-based Bowa Construction bought Maitland's Verity Construction on May 13, 2026, giving the firm an in-market foothold in the Orlando metro and wider Southeast.

Four people drove an SUV through the front of a Stony Sub in Avalon Park early Wednesday, stole an ATM and fled; Area 2 detectives are canvassing for video and witnesses.

Rebuilt after a 2024 grease fire, Irene’s Finer Diner reopened in North Center with new dishes and old favorites. The soft‑open runs mornings into early afternoons.

CDOT is nearly finished rebuilding four Montrose Harbor bridges; pedestrian and bike underpasses are expected to reopen by the end of May. Stonework will continue through summer.

A 14‑year‑old was arrested after an alleged carjacking of a 75‑year‑old woman with a disability on Chicago's Near West Side. He faces aggravated vehicular hijacking charges.

An American Airlines flight from Miami landed at Chicago O'Hare with reported flat tires; passengers deplaned via portable stairs and were taken to the terminal. No injuries were reported.

A Chicago man received a 16‑year split sentence in Lake County after pleading guilty to pouring boiling water and bleach on a Gary woman, leaving her hospitalized and her children affected.

Rochelle's council voted 6-1 to raise and extend municipal electricity and gas taxes to shore up funding for sidewalk repairs and new paths.

IDPH is investigating a possible hantavirus case in Winnebago County tied to rodent exposure; officials say it appears unrelated to the MV Hondius cruise outbreak. Confirmatory testing is underway.

A full-floor One Bennett Park penthouse that sat for years as raw space is now listed finished at $12.25 million, offering a rare turnkey trophy in Streeterville. The move follows earlier marketing that had pitched the top floors as buyer-finished canvases.

A Lancet‑published consensus has renamed PCOS to PMOS to emphasize hormonal and metabolic causes. Patient groups are split as the three‑year roll‑out begins.

A man faces attempted murder charges after police say he shoved a woman onto the Blue Line tracks at the Cicero station; riders intervened and the victim was hospitalized in fair condition.

A 16-year-old is stable after collapsing at the Huntley High track; an off‑duty paramedic and school staff used an AED before he was taken to Northwestern Huntley Hospital.