Leica opened its first Chicago store on the Magnificent Mile, pairing a retail shop with a gallery, workshops and a limited-edition 'Chicago Edition 17' camera.

Tête de Femme, a 1941 Picasso, is the prize in a charity raffle to benefit Alzheimer research. Tickets are €100 and the drawing is set for April 14 in Paris.

A toddler was found Monday night on the 4300-block of West Van Buren on Chicago’s West Side; police say a woman left the scene and drove away. Detectives are investigating.

A South Side landlord says Roc360 slipped a personal guarantee into an $11.8M loan on 14 buildings — a move that could force him to pay rather than surrender the properties.

Crews have started replacing lead service lines in Cicero, beginning with roughly 120 homes on 48th Court. Officials say state loans and grants will cover costs for qualifying residents.

A 24-year-old man has been charged in the West Side hammer killing of 31-year-old Davonta Curtis, prosecutors say, as investigators process evidence and surveillance.

FBI and Chicago police responded to a reported robbery at a Gold Coast PNC branch on Monday. The branch was closed and investigators have not said whether anything was taken.

An offender has been charged in the September 2025 Near West killing of a 59-year-old, police say; the arrest was made with help from U.S. Marshals.

A 41-year-old woman was shot early Monday in Humboldt Park and remains in serious condition at Stroger Hospital.

A Northwestern‑developed drug, elraglusib, doubled one‑year survival in a randomized phase 2 trial for metastatic pancreatic cancer, researchers report. The result sets up a planned phase 3.

Sheriff Oscar Martinez says a plumbing leak briefly cut running water to the Lake County Jail but denies reports of unsanitary conditions.

Mayor John Laesch picked former Roselle Chief Mark Bozik to lead Aurora’s fire department as the city navigates budget cuts and a big headquarters project. Council confirmation is set for Tuesday.

An early‑morning shooting near River Street left a man critically injured; Aurora police say the investigation is active and there is no ongoing threat.