May 13, 2021 Military dad surprises sons at school after year-long pandemic deployment Two Illinois brothers got a heartwarming surprise when they found their military father waiting for them outside their elementary school after he had been away for a year on deployment.
May 13, 2021 1,000 feral cats released onto Chicago streets to combat rat problem A Chicago animal shelter has reportedly deployed more than 1,000 feral cats onto the streets in an effort to fight the city's rat problem.
May 12, 2021 3 Army soldiers charged after guns found at Chicago mass shooting traced to illegal weapons pipeline Three soldiers stationed at Fort Campbell – which straddles the Tennessee/Kentucky border -- were arrested by federal agents early Tuesday in connection to the transfer of dozens of firearms to Chicago associates after guns recovered from the scene of a mass shooting in the city were linked back to an illegal firearms pipeline.
May 6, 2021 Chicago suburb set to pay reparations, but not all on board Acknowledging past racist policies, Evanston is giving eligible Black residents $25,000 housing grants for down payments, repairs or existing mortgages this year.
May 6, 2021 2021 Brood X cicadas: Here's where the insects are emerging A brood of trillions of periodical cicadas is poised to emerge in states across the country this month.
May 6, 2021 Chicago man bites off parts of couple’s ears, gouges eyes in ‘horror movie’ attack: report A Chicago man is accused of biting off chunks of a couple’s ears and gouging their eyes in a weekend attack that a judge likened to a horror movie, according to a local report.
May 5, 2021 Trillions of cicadas about to emerge across US Within days, a couple weeks at most, the cicadas of Brood X (the X is the Roman numeral for 10) will emerge after 17 years underground.
May 4, 2021 Chicago man allegedly made anti-Asian comments, boasted before driving into crowd A Chicago man allegedly yelled anti-Asian comments before telling his neighbor to "watch" as he rammed his truck into a picnic, according to reports.
May 4, 2021 Tornadoes hit southern states once again; more twisters, flooding expected Still picking up the pieces after weeks of severe weather conditions, the southern U.S. was slammed once again Monday.
May 3, 2021 Chicago Public Schools CEO becomes latest of several top officials to resign The head of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) said in a letter Monday that she wouldn't renew her contract, which expires at the end of June.
