Nuveen paid $27M for Elston Plaza in Avondale, a Jewel‑Osco‑anchored strip center that joins the firm’s growing U.S. grocery‑anchored portfolio.

A Joliet man was arrested and charged after threats to a Kendall County judge; he was booked in Yorkville and is due back in court on April 30, 2026.

Three Logan Square businesses were robbed early Friday in a roughly 20‑minute spree. Area Five detectives are investigating.

A 3-1 loss in Edmonton officially knocked the Blackhawks out of playoff contention and pushed their postseason drought to six seasons.

Samuel R. Harris, a child survivor who founded the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie and helped preserve survivors’ testimony, has died at 90. Museum leaders and local officials praised his decades of public education.

A Sangamon County judge handed Cristobal Santana a 95-year sentence after a jury convicted him of shooting and beating an Illinois State Police trooper during a 2023 traffic stop.

A 31-year-old man was shot while sitting in a parked car in Garfield Park early Saturday; police say occupants of two cars opened fire and the victim is in good condition.

Police found an 81-year-old woman dead in a Vernon Hills home after a standoff; her son was arrested and is being evaluated, authorities say.

A work van clipped Long Grove’s Robert Parker Coffin Bridge on Thursday, the latest in a string of strikes since the span’s 2020 reopening.

Newmark’s Midwest multifamily team closed nine Chicago‑area deals in 2025 totaling $689.3M, led by a near‑$175M Streeterville sale and an $88.5M Oak Park trade.

A retired Chicago SWAT leader and Crittenden County deputy was critically wounded during a guardianship call in Sturgis; the suspect died at the scene.

A five-vehicle crash at Chicago Road and Joe Orr Road killed two drivers and sent three juveniles to hospital Friday afternoon. Investigators are probing the cause.

Guttmacher data show Illinois provided about 32,490 abortions to out‑of‑state patients in 2025, nearly a quarter of all cross‑state cases.