A new Central Street teahouse from local retailer Yaoyu Tong focuses on rare Japanese teas, slow tastings and a minimalist space away from the boba rush.

A South Side woman was found strangled inside a Greater Grand Crossing apartment after a lawyer alerted police. Detectives say a man is in custody and the death was ruled a homicide.

Pretty Cool Ice Cream is moving production to a 5,000-sf Irving Park facility to triple capacity and begin shipping bars nationwide this summer. The Logan Square shop will remain open.

The Community Development Commission approved $5.9M in TIF to rehab Villa Guadalupe at 3207 E. 91st, preserving 53 affordable senior units and adding three supportive-housing units.

St. Charles police and the FBI are investigating a robbery Tuesday at the BMO Harris branch on 300 S. Randall Road. Authorities say suspects fled and there is no ongoing public threat.

A Buffalo Grove High School staffer was critically injured after a vehicle hit a pole while exiting the school lot. Dundee Road was closed for hours and police opened an investigation.

An older, unidentified man was pulled from the water at Fort Sheridan Beach in Highland Park. The coroner says drowning and investigators are asking the public for help.

Guzman y Gomez is opening three new Chicagoland sites — Lincoln Square, Naperville and Lakeview — and hired two U.S. executives as it expands locally.

An OIG audit finds COFA’s reports were often late or thin and urges staffing, data-access and records fixes to strengthen City Council oversight.

Bill Daley says former mayor Richard M. Daley suffered a third stroke earlier this month but has returned home and is undergoing rehab ahead of his 84th birthday.

Lake County’s elections board voted to let Democrats fill travel‑board and absentee‑ballot counter vacancies when Republicans miss appointment deadlines to avoid staffing gaps. Officials say the change is meant to protect homebound voters.

A U‑Haul truck became stuck under Long Grove’s Robert Parker Coffin Bridge, blocking the road and prompting an inspection. The driver was cited and no one was hurt.

Police arrested a 25-year-old man Monday in Little Village and charged him with first-degree murder in a December Near West Side killing.