A CPD community alert warns of early‑morning crews stealing tools from work vans across the Near West Side and Loop. Detectives are asking for tips and video.

Evanston’s four‑person CARE team has handled thousands of nonviolent calls and will expand after city budget moves to add staff, vehicles and hours. The growth follows high call volume and local pilot success.

Friends and neighbors released balloons at a Lansing Culver’s for a 47-year-old killed while waiting in the drive‑thru. Family members urged witnesses to come forward.

Hot and humid with afternoon storms likely; Thursday brings a higher severe risk and flash-flood potential. Gusty winds and heavy downpours are possible.

Chicago's inspector general has launched an ethics probe into a deputy commissioner at the Department of Aviation. The OIG video released June 9 offered few details about the allegations.

Masked ICE agents were seen chasing a car in Belmont Heights; video shows the vehicle crash and an older person detained.

A Loop apartment conversion at 29 S. LaSalle that had been in foreclosure is now listed for sale, joining LaSalle Street's wave of office-to-residential projects.

CTA says shorter weekend trains free cars for deeper cleaning and save energy, but riders pushed back after a rocky rollout during a busy weekend. The agency has since tweaked the plan.

Olive Garden is headed to Yorkville's Kendall Marketplace — a roughly $5.4M, 7,800‑sqft project that could open in 2027 and create about 50 jobs.

Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital in suburban Chicago has begun enrolling veterans in a supervised psilocybin-assisted therapy trial for treatment‑resistant PTSD.

A pedestrian was found lying on southbound I‑94 near I‑290 and was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene; Illinois State Police say the investigation is ongoing.

Cafe9 Pisolino opened at Italian Village in the Loop, serving gianduja lattes, house pastries and a Tuscan chicken salad sandwich. The streetside counter occupies the Vivere space at 71 W. Monroe.

A one‑day T‑Mobile Member Month promotion sent drivers to a Northwest Side Shell for $1.99‑per‑gallon fuel, drawing long lines and one‑vehicle limits while supplies lasted.