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Mayor Lightfoot presides over final scheduled Chicago City Council meeting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:41 GMT

CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot presided over her final scheduled Chicago City Council meeting Wednesday.Along with Lightfoot, several members of city council also attended their last scheduled meeting, with a number of speeches given honoring those who are leaving.This was certainly not how Lightfoot wanted this to go. She did not make it to the run-off after finishing third in the February election.Lightfoot is leaving Brandon Johnson's administration, however, in a better place budget-wise than previous outgoing mayors have done for their predocessors.She reportedly passed along some advice to Johnson's administration — don't screw this up.Lightfoot will likely be remembered for her combative style of politics and guiding the city through COVID-19.Along with Lightfoot, about a dozen city council members entered the chamber for the last time Wednesday as sitting alderpersons, barring of course any emergency meetings. Brandon Johnson makes first trip to state Capitol as Chicago’s...

Police: Woman punched in face after work, 2 men arrested

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:41 GMT

GRAYSLAKE, Ill. -- Two men have been arrested after attempting to rob two Grayslake ice cream stand employees on April 3.According to the Grayslake Police Department, two men reportedly attempted to rob two female employees of The Freeze located on the 100 block of Hawley Street just before 11:30 p.m. on Monday, April 3. South Elgin man charged after allegedly stabbing mother to death in front of shared home Authorities said the two men approached the two female employees in the parking lot of The Freeze after closing for the night. Both employees were sitting separately in their cars when the two men demanded money. A suspect punched one of the female employees in the face through the window of her car.Grayslake police were able to respond and take one of the men into custody. The other suspect was later arrested.The suspects were identified by GPD as Joshua Adams, 26, of Hainesville, and Samuel Gil, 29, of unincorporated Grayslake.Adams has been charged with one count of disorde...

Cook County correctional officer accused of beating inmate with handcuffs over his knuckles

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:41 GMT

CHICAGO — A Cook County correctional officer has been charged after he allegedly put handcuffs over his knuckles and hit an inmate multiple times in 2021, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office.Reginald Roberson Provided / Cook County Sheriff's OfficeAccording to a news release, Reginald Roberson, 52, was charged Wednesday after he allegedly hit a 29-year-old inmate multiple times in the jail's receiving area on Dec. 29, 2021. The sheriff's office said the person he hit was treated for minor injuries. Their identity hasn't been released. Video shows Cook County correctional officer beating inmate ‘more than 30 times’ The Cook County State's Attorney's Office charged him with aggravated battery and official misconduct Class 3 felony charges, according to the news release.The sheriff's office said the case was brought to the Office of Professional Review through several processes to identify excessive use of force or misconduct, including a jail supervisor reviewing camera fo...

Boy, 15, charged after violent vehicle theft at gas station in Wicker Park

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:41 GMT

CHICAGO — Chicago police say the person who allegedly attacked and later stole a man's vehicle at a gas station on the city's West Side is a 15-year-old boy.Authorities announced charges against the juvenile on Wednesday, which include felony counts of carjacking, aggravated battery robbery and vehicle theft. SEE ALSO | Chicago man sentenced to over 4 years for bribing city officialsWGN News reported Tuesday that the incident in the 1600 block of N. Western happened at a moment’s notice at a gas station in the city’s Wicker Park neighborhood.Moments after the owner of a Honda CRV exited his vehicle and walked into the convenience store, someone tried to jump in the SUV and take off. Noticing this, the SUV owner runs outside and pulls the man out of the vehicle. According to police, a second suspect intervened, assaulting the owner of the Honda before making off with his vehicle. Read more: Latest Chicago news headlinesThe victim was hurt but refused medical treatment. Police recover...

'See Tracks? Think Trains!,' police warn after 11-year-old barely escapes collision in Mount Prospect

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:41 GMT

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. — Police in Mount Prospect are cautioning locals after an 11-year-old boy narrowly escaped being struck by a Metra train on Tuesday. According to police, the boy was riding his bicycle in the area of Union Pacific Railroad Crossing at Emerson Street near Prospect Avenue as train gates were down. With warning devices activated, the juvenile rode around the lowered gates just as a train was incoming, police added.SEE ALSO: Best public high schools in IllinoisThe engineer on board sounded his train horn, alerting the 11-year-old. According to police, the boy jumped off the bike and cleared the train's path. Though the train struck the bike, the child was not injured.Mount Prospect police used this incident to remind locals about the importance of railroad crossing safety. 2 arrested after stolen mail, IDs, credit cards seized in Mount Prospect traffic stop "Never pass flashing lights or go around lowered gates. Always wait until lights have stopped flashing and ...

Carnival bans cruise passengers over video of fishy behavior: 'They will not be cruising on Carnival again'

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:41 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – If you want seafood, just head to the ship’s buffet, all right?At least two passengers on a recent Carnival cruise have been banned for life from sailing with the company after footage appeared to show one of them fishing from the balcony of their room, Carnival confirmed.“Fishing from our ships is prohibited,” a representative for the company wrote in an emailed statement shared with Nexstar on Wednesday. “We have identified the guests and they will not be cruising on Carnival again.”The incident first came to light after a TikTok user posted footage of the couple’s behavior, according to Cruise Hive, a cruise news and resource site. It was unclear whether that now-deleted TikTok video, which reportedly amassed millions of views, was originally shared by one of the offending guests themselves.Copies of the video, which remain on TikTok, appear to show one passenger reeling in what appears to be a greenish-yellow fish, about a foot in length. After pulling it up several ...

ISU Alum Jane Lynch visits Central Illinois

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:41 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD)-- Celebrity Jane Lynch returned to her old stomping grounds at ISU to speak to current students on Monday.Lynch says ISU is a bucolic university with an experience that is the prototype for the American University.She considers it one of the highlights of her life. Owner of euthanized cat sues animal control and vet "Most of the trajectory of my life, I had nothing to do with. It just kind of happened. A lot of times I tell people, 'Don't have any goals, just see what's right in front of you.'" Lynch said. "This was not a goal but when the thought came to me and I picked up the phone and it happened, I was like, 'Oh so this is what I'm doing next.'"Lynch would go on to have a successful career in Hollywood, playing parts in Glee, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and others.

Surveillance video helps identify man connected with Texas cheerleader shooting, document says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:41 GMT

Editor's note: The video above shows previous reporting surrounding the shooting.AUSTIN (KXAN) — Elgin police used surveillance video to identify the man believed to be connected with Tuesday's shooting that sent a Round Rock ISD student and cheerleader to the hospital, according to criminal complaint documents.The man was accused of firing shots into a car in the parking lot of an H-E-B, located at 1080 E. U.S. Highway 290 in Elgin. Officers initially responded to the shots fired call around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday.While at the scene, EPD obtained surveillance footage of the parking lot where the shooting occurred. The surveillance footage displayed a Texas license plate for the suspect, the document states.The documents also showed there were four young adult women in the vehicle the suspect shot at. Two people were injured in the shooting, police said. PAST COVERAGE: Father of teen cheerleader injured after shooting at Elgin H-E-B parking lot says she’s stable Payton Washington was ...

City of Kyle to honor Vietnam veterans

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:41 GMT

KYLE, Texas (KXAN) – To honor Texas veterans of the Vietnam War who died after returning to the United States, the City of Kyle will host "The Wall That Heals" exhibit from May 4 through 7 at Lake Kyle Park. The In Memory program, founded by Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF), will feature an honor roll display at The Wall That Heals and feature names and photos of the veterans. “We want to honor as many Vietnam Veterans from Hays County as possible,” said American Veterans Post 115 Commander Kerman Hammond. “If your loved one served in Vietnam, returned home and later died – we want to be able to proudly display their name and photo in our community." Veterans honored through In Memory will have their name and photo on display as well as an online personal remembrance page with biographic information. Applicants will receive a printed tribute certificate and an invitation to In Memory weekend in Washington, D.C. Submissions were due on Tuesday, April 4, and required pr...

‘Dear Mama,’ a TV miniseries about rapper Tupac and his mom, premieres Friday on Hulu

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:41 GMT

Mary Carole McCauley | Baltimore SunThe late Baltimore rapper Tupac Shakur’s complicated relationship with his mother, Afeni, is explored in a new five-part television miniseries starting Friday.“Dear Mama,” the title of one of Shakur’s most famous songs, also is the name of the miniseries debuting at 10 p.m. on FX network, and streaming on the subscription service Hulu on Saturday.The first two episodes will be released simultaneously, and the series will wrap up May 12, two days before Mother’s Day.Director Allen Hughes was given access to the late rapper’s estate, according to the online website Deadline. Hughes reportedly told members of the Television Critics Association that the miniseries will feature never-before-seen audio and video footage of mother and son.The documentary slides back and forth in time between the 1970s, when the rapper was a 17-year-old high school student living in California, and the 1990s, when he was gunned down during a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas...