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James Elmore, 61, was arrested late last month and faces charges of manslaughter and tampering with evidence in the deaths of two women south of Houston in the 1980s.
Around 11 p.m. one night in January, a Long Island couple was driving back to their home in Hicksville when Nassau County police pulled them over for having a suspended registration. The officers searched the car and claimed to have found drugs inside. The couple was held overnight at the prec
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Kamin, a Democrat who is campaigning to serve as county attorney on a full-time basis, will begin serving in an interim capacity June 15.
NORTHALSTED — Chicago Pride Fest returns with its 25th edition this summer, and organizers just announced this year’s lineup. Pride Fest headliners include Grammy winner Durand Bernarr, singer G Flip, pop artist and TV personality Willa Ford, Grammy nominee MNEK and more. GAG, a party series b
A federal judge said she is “very, very troubled” by a pattern of errors and foot-dragging by city lawyers in a class-action lawsuit over in vitro fertilization benefits for gay men covered by the city’s health plan. The suit, filed in May 2024, alleges the city is violating the rights of gay male e
WOODLAWN — Students at Hyde Park Academy High School are grieving the loss of a third classmate in less than a month after a teen was shot and killed near the school during dismissal on Wednesday. About 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, a 16-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl were shot at a bus stop outside the
PORTAGE PARK — Six Corners’ beloved City News Cafe was closed for a few hours Thursday morning after a car drove into the facade during a police chase, officials said. According to a police report, the crash occurred around 4:30 a.m. at the cafe at 4018 N. Cicero Ave. Newsstand owner Joe Angelastri
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani The mayor is set to unveil a new plan to try to drive down insurance costs for landlords and reduce the need for rising rents. [ more › ]
The family of 8-year-old Cile Steward, whose body has not been found, said they are worried that evidence could be destroyed if Camp Mystic were to reopen this summer.
MCKINLEY PARK — When visiting The Video Strip, customers are met with a movie rental collection so large that “it would take a couple of lifetimes to watch everything in here,” said owner Joe Trutin. Increasingly, customers go into the McKinley Park store for reasons other than movie rentals a
BRONZEVILLE — A veteran Bronzeville teacher is opening her “closet” to students in need of prom finery. Dunbar Vocational High School teacher Tyesa Walton has been busy keeping the racks inside her “Chloe’s Closet” filled with gently loved dresses for the occasion. Students from all over
HUMBOLDT PARK — A quaint park that has long gone without a name could soon honor a late community advocate after a years-long push by a neighbor. The Park District is gathering community input to rename Park 514, 1434 N. Monticello Ave., to Fillenwarth (Patty) Park in honor of Sister Patty Fillenwar
SOUTH SHORE — After a slate of Walgreens closures in South Shore over the last two years, a competing pharmacy chain will open in the neighborhood this year. CVS will open one of its first pharmacy-only locations in Chicago on 71st Street by the end of the year, spokesperson Roslyn Guarino confirmed
CHICAGO — CIVL Fest is back in Chicago through April 25, putting on shows celebrating independent music venues at some of the city’s best concert spots. You can catch festival performances at California Clipper, Reggies and other venues throughout the weekend. There are also makers markets in
EDGEWATER — A south Asia-inspired pizza restaurant is open on Broadway and a breakfast establishment has replaced an Italian eatery on Bryn Mawr Avenue in Edgewater. Meanwhile, Uptown is set to get a late-night coffeehouse, the nation’s first-ever Puerto Rican supper club and a Mexican restaur
DOWNTOWN — Boka Restaurant Group is set to open yet another restaurant this spring, this time inside the landmark Chicago Athletic Association hotel, replacing the former Cherry Circle Room. The Ives, inside the hotel at 12 S. Michigan Ave., will be a “modern grill room” celebrating “cla
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday will unveil a city-backed insurance program for subsidized and rent-stabilized buildings across the five boroughs. The privately run, not-yet-launched program — which Mamdani will announce at the Citizens Housing and Planning Council’s annual luncheon in the afternoo
City Council Speaker Julie Menin is backing Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s nominee to run the Department of Investigation a day ahead of what some expected to be a close confirmation vote. The speaker’s support for former Brooklyn federal prosecutor Nadia Shihata became crucial after she came un
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