McCook officials hand-delivered letters to Halas Hall offering a 150-acre Vulcan quarry for a domed, 80,000-seat stadium — and $1-a-year rent. Village leaders say it’s worth a shot.

Oswego trustees will weigh a package—including a sales‑tax rebate and up to $340K in aid—to bring Ellwood Steak & Fish House to a vacant downtown storefront.

Surveillance video shows burglars smashing a smoke shop and ransacking a game parlor in Avondale. The smoke shop owner says repeated hits have left him considering closure.

AbbVie is reportedly buying Apogee Therapeutics for about $11 billion, adding a late‑stage eczema drug and deepening its immunology pipeline in North Chicago.

Attorneys asked the Illinois Prisoner Review Board to seek a posthumous pardon for Chester Weger, arguing new evidence and testing undercut a 1961 conviction. The filing asks Gov. J.B. Pritzker to weigh clemency.

City Council approved city funding that clears the way to convert the historic Fifth Third Bank at 3959 N. Lincoln into 64 supportive apartments for survivors of gender‑based violence.

Elgin police say a woman's body was recovered from the Fox River north of the Kimball Street Bridge on Sunday; the Kane County Coroner’s Office is investigating.

A shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway injured one person and briefly paused Red Line service at 95th Street Sunday morning.

A 17-year-old was critically wounded early Sunday after two gunmen on a motorbike opened fire in Brighton Park. Area detectives are investigating.

The City Council gave landmark status to Roger Brown’s 1888 Halsted home, protecting its exterior and the historic ghost sign from demolition.

NWS warns of 4–6 ft waves and gusty NNE winds this evening; stay out of Lake Michigan.

Three teenagers were wounded at a large West Side gathering in North Lawndale; one is in serious condition, police say.

A 15-year-old was shot Saturday evening in Bronzeville after an argument turned into a fight. Area 1 detectives are investigating; the teen is in fair condition at Comer Children's Hospital.