Highland Park
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Motorcyclists to throttle up for POW/MIA causeMay 07, 2025 10:49 am - More than 80 years after U.S. Army Pvt. James C. Loyd disappeared during a chaotic, nighttime gun battle in Italy, the World War II soldier was set for a solemn burial at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood this month.
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Highland Park officials settle on permanent memorial sites for July 4 mass shootingApr 29, 2025 10:37 am - Highland Park city officials are moving forward with the recommendation of two sites for a permanent memorial to the victims of the July 4, 2022, parade mass shooting.
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Highland Park parade shooter gets seven life sentencesApr 24, 2025 11:04 am - “Irretrievably depraved, permanently incorrigible and beyond any rehabilitation” is how Lake County Judge Victoria Rossetti described the Highland Park shooter moments be...
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‘Heavy and heartbreaking’: Highland Park survivors testify as sentencing beginsApr 23, 2025 3:47 pm - The man who admitted to killing seven people and wounding dozens more at Highland Park’s 2022 Independence Day parade was a no-show Wednesday for the start of his sentencing hearing.
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Survivors of 2022 July Fourth parade mass shooting describe chaos, panic and bloodshedApr 23, 2025 3:28 pm - Survivors recounted the horror a gunman caused when he fired dozens of bullets at a 2022 Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, detailing during a sentencing hearing for the man on Wednesday how they fled the route, hid inside businesses or treated the wounded packed into an emergency room.
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Wayfarer Theaters to host screening of ‘Eric Larue’ followed by Q&A with screenwriter Brett NeveuApr 21, 2025 1:42 pm - Wayfarer Theaters has announced a special event screening of the new American drama film "Eric Larue," followed by an exclusive question-and-answer session with the film’s screenwriter, Brett Neveu.
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‘We never give up’: Les Turner ALS Foundation gala raises $620KApr 15, 2025 1:17 pm - The Les Turner ALS Foundation’s 2025 Hoping Through Caring Gala raised more than $620,000 at the annual fundraising event held April 5 at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago.
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Hop to it: It’s not too late to make reservations for Easter brunchApr 15, 2025 11:12 am - The clock is ticking if you want to make reservations for brunch on Easter Sunday. Here are some options that still might have availability.
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A silent crisis: Cradles to Crayons initiative works to close clothing insecurity gap for kidsApr 14, 2025 10:23 am - Suburban nonprofit Cradles to Crayons takes donations of children’s clothing and redistributes them to area providers to help close the inadequate clothing gap for kids.
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Highland Park mass shooting victims can sue gun maker Smith & Wesson, judge rulesApr 01, 2025 5:09 pm - Lawsuits against the manufacturer of the gun used in the 2022 Highland Park parade mass shooting have been allowed to proceed to trial.