A morning ground stop paused departures at Chicago O'Hare as thunderstorms moved through. Forecasters warned of damaging winds and hail later in the day.

Two teenagers were arrested after an alleged West Side carjacking; both face aggravated vehicular hijacking charges, police said.

Chicago attorneys filed a $2B bad‑faith suit against Travelers after a Madison County jury ordered $241M in a dry‑ice wrongful‑death case. Lawyers say the insurer refused to settle and left Prairie Farms exposed.

A still-and-box alarm brought CFD to the 800 block of South Kedvale after flames burned through two roofs; crews worked defensively and no injuries were reported.

An early-morning blaze spread to two homes in West Garfield Park, sending one person out on a stretcher. Fire officials say the cause remains under investigation.

Gusty winds and rounds of thunderstorms will batter Chicago on Thursday, April 2. Secure outdoor items and expect travel delays during the afternoon and evening.

Selva, the Emily Hotel’s rooftop lounge in Fulton Market, is showing a brief "closed" notice on its site. The holding message offers no timeline as the neighborhood continues to shift after recent food‑hall and restaurant changes.

The River North favorite opened a 1,750‑sq‑ft Lincoln Park outpost on April 1, adding a full coffee program and new menu items including a Hot Reuben.

Scooter's Coffee is building a drive‑thru at 530 S. Main in Bourbonnais; the franchisee says construction is on schedule and a late‑summer opening is planned.

Chicago is committing more than $300M to 15 projects that will create or preserve 1,223 rental homes, including hundreds set aside for very low‑income households.

A 30-year-old was arrested Tuesday and charged after a Jan. 6 West Garfield Park shooting that left a 48-year-old man seriously wounded, police say.

A 25‑year‑old man was shot while entering a building around 1 a.m. on Chicago’s Northwest Side; he was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in serious condition and Area Five detectives are investigating.

Northwestern precision fMRI shows imagination taps higher-level association systems — default and language networks — rather than only replaying sensory cortex.