An Environment committee will vote Feb. 3 on resolutions recognizing a rat‑contraceptive pilot and supporting a Chicago Area Waterway System reclamation study. The items cross public‑health and environmental lines.

A new slice stall from the Table, Donkey & Stick team opened in Sterling Food Hall, serving New York‑style slices, grandma squares and whole pies for delivery.

A tight band of snow may drop 1–4 inches across parts of northeastern Illinois Tuesday morning, creating brief but slick travel hazards.

A 9-year-old suburban Chicago boy was burned when a popular NeeDoh squishy toy exploded after being microwaved; hospital staff say it’s at least the fourth such case this year.

Glenstar and Patrick Halloran have launched a $30M overhaul of 200 S. Wacker Drive, adding amenities and 52,000 sq ft of turnkey suites to attract tenants. The move tests whether repositioning can raise rents in a split downtown market.

A Waymo-backed measure would greenlight autonomous-vehicle pilots in Illinois and could allow statewide robotaxi service after a three-year test, drawing both praise and fierce opposition.

Developer Boris Predovich pitched "Arya," a 15.5‑acre mixed‑use plan for 159th Street that would add condos, duplexes and roughly 30,000 sq ft of storefronts to Homer Glen.

Cook County judge acquitted Robert Ellis of a 2021 impersonation charge; it’s his third courtroom win after defending himself in a years‑long fake‑cop saga.

A 13-year-old Hebron boy died after a crash at Steel Wheels BMX's Hobart track; the Lake County coroner ruled the death an accident.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a new partnership with Ring and the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence to deliver technology and safety tools to survivors.

An unidentified man was pulled from the South Branch of the Chicago River near Pilsen Monday morning; Area 3 detectives are investigating and an autopsy is planned.

A Peoria County Sheriff's deputy was shot during a traffic stop on South Western Avenue and remains in serious condition after surgery.

Masked crews tied to a late‑model blue SUV have targeted ATMs on Chicago’s Northwest Side; police say multiple incidents from late December through January are linked.