Southern Belle’s Pancake House purchased the former Dearborn’s building off U.S. Route 34 in Sandwich; the owner says the new breakfast-and-lunch spot could open in June.

ASI Health has filed to rezone a vacant Humboldt Park lot for a five-story health and workforce center that would combine care, memory services and job training. The group says the project could train thousands of caregivers annually.

BEDS Plus has started work converting the former Aloha Motel on Cicero Avenue into the Cicero Avenue Transitional Shelter, a motel‑to‑shelter rehab with private rooms and services. The project expands shelter capacity on Chicago’s southwest side.

Marquette paid about $43.7M for Forest Pointe in Lake Bluff and plans unit overhauls plus new outdoor amenities at the garden‑style complex.

Two Downers Grove friends won a $518,309 FastPlay Twenty 20s jackpot on the Illinois Lottery iLottery app; one plans to help pay for college while the other enjoys retirement flexibility.

Surveillance video shows a group ripping an ATM from a Logan Square bar early Friday, leaving a smashed storefront. Police are investigating as the theft adds to a string of predawn ATM hits across the city.

A three-day Power Rising Summit opens in Chicago with Vice President Kamala Harris and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton among the headliners and a new voter-registration push.

Dense fog will slow morning commutes, then highs near 78°F and gusty winds. A line of severe storms tonight could bring damaging winds and heavy rain.

Churchwick Partners plans to convert the Sonesta ES Suites at 201 E. Walton Place into rental apartments; a community meeting is set for April 21.

A federal judge handed Robert Dunlap 23 years after prosecutors said his Meta‑1 Coin trust bilked nearly 1,000 investors. Authorities ordered restitution and are pursuing asset recovery.

FAA ordered departures to O'Hare grounded Thursday as thunderstorms rolled through, causing dozens of cancellations and hour‑plus delays.

A Chicago father who has lived in the U.S. for more than 50 years lost his final appeal on April 14, when the Seventh Circuit refused to overturn an immigration board order. The ruling leaves his family facing separation.

An interior demolition permit for 111 W. Monroe clears the way for a Prime/Capri conversion into 345 apartments, a 226‑room hotel and a restored Monroe Club rooftop.