Chicago
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Company offers training as shared scooters arrive in Chicago
Jun 14, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Shared electric scooters will be hitting the streets of Chicago, and one of the companies participating in the program is offering tips on how to operate ...
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Endangered birds could stop the music at Chicago beach fest
Jun 14, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Some endangered birds could ground a Chicago beachfront music festival proposed for late August. Promoters of Mamby on the Beach are seeking a permit from...
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Chicago investment firm takes majority stake in Whataburger
Jun 14, 2019 7:00 am - SAN ANTONIO (AP) - An investment firm has purchased a majority stake in Whataburger as the Texas-based fast-food company seeks to expand in an increasingly competitive m...
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Western lowland gorilla born this week at Chicago zoo
Jun 14, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Western lowland gorilla at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo has given birth to a healthy infant. The Chicago Tribune reports Friday that it's ...
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He died after Chicago family took him off life support. Then he walked through the door.
Jun 14, 2019 1:00 am - The hospital staff was insistent, but Brenda Bennett-Johnson could not be sure. It was May 13 and Bennett-Johnson and her sister Rosie Brooks were visiting the intensive...
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Bears sign RB Montgomery to rookie dealJun 14, 2019 1:00 am - Bears top pick David Montgomery's summer break is off to a nice start. The third-round running back officially signed his four-year rookie contract on Friday, one day af...
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5 unforgettable, last-minute Father's Day ideas in Chicago and the suburbsJun 13, 2019 10:00 am - You've got a card, and, we hope, made plans for dinner. But if you want to do a little more for Father's Day, there are plenty of places to go in the suburbs and city to...
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Crash at Chicago bus stop leaves 5 people injured
Jun 13, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Four people at a Chicago bus stop have been injured after a car slammed into them following a crash with another vehicle. Police say the driver of one of ...
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Man arrested after shots fired at vehicle on Chicago freeway
Jun 13, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 24-year-old man has been arrested in connection with shots fired at a vehicle on Interstate 90 in Chicago. Illinois State Police say the Cook County Sta...
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Chicago to hire outside firm to operate workers comp program
Jun 13, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - In another move to reform how the city conducts its business, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago will transfer day-to-day control of its $100 million-per-y...