Chicago native Kathleen Spangler has been handed the keys to Butterfly Cottage in County Leitrim after winning an international online raffle that drew large ticket sales. The handover completes a months‑long giveaway hosted on Raffall.

Ada S. McKinley will open a new mental wellness clinic in Englewood this Tuesday at 6033 S. Wentworth, pairing counseling suites and 24/7 crisis support with a food giveaway.

Three siblings were killed in a Thanksgiving apartment fire in Kenosha; investigators and neighbors are searching for answers while fundraisers start.

Judge Charles S. Beach II will be sworn in as Cook County’s chief judge Dec. 1 at Chicago‑Kent’s Ogilvie Auditorium; the investiture will be livestreamed.

A Marengo man suffered deep finger lacerations after reaching into a clogged snowblower. Fire officials remind residents to shut off machines and use a clearing tool.

A federal jury will hear Ariel Roman’s civil-rights suit next Monday over the 2020 Grand Red Line shooting that COPA found violated department policy.

New actuarial numbers show roughly 29,800 inactive former Chicago teachers are non‑vested and likely to get only refunds — a clash of short tenures and long vesting rules. The fund’s $14.17B shortfall makes fixes politically and fiscally tricky.

An 18-year-old man was killed and two others were wounded in a Bronzeville shooting Sunday evening; police say multiple people opened fire. Detectives are investigating and no arrests were reported.

A second‑floor exhaust fire at the Builders Building sent smoke into the Lower Wacker tunnel and set off alarms across the Loop; officials staged ambulances and reported no injuries.

A 28-year-old Schaumburg man faces a first-degree murder charge after his 67-year-old father was found dead at their home. An autopsy ruled the death a homicide from blunt head trauma.

A 19-year-old was killed Sunday evening in the 800 block of S. Oakley Blvd on Chicago’s Near West Side; police recovered a handgun and are investigating.

Two burglars smashed into an Express Food Mart in Rogers Park and fled with an Illinois Lottery machine and nearly $7,000 in tickets. Chicago police say detectives are reviewing surveillance footage.

MacArthur Foundation awarded $1.5M to Chicago food banks and neighborhood groups to help backfill gaps from a November SNAP disruption. The largest grant goes to the Greater Chicago Food Depository.