Illinois

In Chicago on Tuesday, eleven elementary school students were taken to the hospital after eating cannabis edibles, CBS News reported. The incident occurred at 2 p.m. at Fort Dearborn Elementary School. Police said 22 students partook in the alleged cannabis edibles, but details regarding their content were not provided. In a letter to parents, Fort Dearborn principal Kimberly Porter wrote that "Prohibited substances of any kind are not allowed at our school, and we encourage you to take this opportunity to have a conversation with your child about the health...

Peacock dropped some news hot off the press. The streaming service announced on Monday that "The Paper," a new mockumentary comedy show set in the same universe as "The Office," will premiere in September. Just like its NBC predecessor, "The Paper" will follow the hilarious trials and turmoil of an office in a different kind of paper business. Instead of selling paper like the Dunder Mifflin crew in "The Office," "The Paper" centers around a newspaper staff. "The Paper" will include an "Office" fan favorite: Oscar Nunez, who plays Oscar...

Lynne Jordan never planned to be a professional singer. The Ohio native realized her vocal ability early in life but kept her talents hidden until she attended Northwestern University. One night at a campus party, the bashful journalism major was persuaded by a friend to sing a song with the live band. She was so impressive that she landed another gig for $500 — a pretty penny for the early 1980s. “I thought, ‘Let me get over this shy, humility crap,’” Jordan said, laughing. “I could buy dinner. That’s some...

Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour gallops into Chicago this week, for concerts May 15, 17 and 18, a performance-packed three days worth of boots, spurs and Beyoncé classics. The superstar’s arrival in the Midwest will close a two-week, five-concert showcase at Los Angeles’s SoFi stadium that began on April 28. Fans can anticipate the tour will arrive in Chicago with an immersive journey into the album’s inspirations. The “Cowboy Carter” album recounts stories of American history between bars of Western tales and horse-gaited rhythms. The Southern-influenced work spurred a surge in...

A few weeks ago, representatives of Terrabis stood before the Mundelein Village Board discussing their proposal to turn a former bank building into their newest cannabis shop location. The board members were deciding whether or not to give a thumbs-up to the company to move ahead with more planning. The company’s co-founders had backgrounds in the corporate world of McDonald’s and Insomnia Cookies, and their shop’s design looked closer to a new fast-food restaurant than a drug store. As the trustees shared their views, two voiced their opposition, with one...

An Evanston business owner claims her outdoor terrace was damaged by a Lake Forest design firm is now suing the company for more than $50,000, according to the lawsuit. The complaint states that Andrea Liss, who owns an Evanston design firm, contends that employees of Lake Forest’s Craig Bergmann Landscape Design stained the outdoor terrace at her business while attempting to clean it last year. With the terrace in poor condition, her opportunities to use it for commercial-related events are limited. “Instead of creating a vision for this client, the...

Mike Bevan has combined a background and interest in fitness with the motivation provided by his 17-year-old son to recently launch his business, Special Strong of Western Chicagoland, which provides science-based adaptive fitness programs for people with mental, physical or cognitive challenges. The mission is to “unlock the strength and confidence within the mind, body and spirit” of his clients, so they can live a “more independent and abundant life,” Bevan said.

A rapper and alleged leader of the violent O Block gang faction was among two men killed in a high-powered ambush attack early Saturday morning in Edgewater that left a third man wounded. Rachaun “Munna Duke” Vance was an associate of Dayvon “King Von” Bennett, the late rapper who was O Block’s most prominent member. Vance was identified by his nickname as a leader of the O Block criminal enterprise during a monthslong racketeering trial at Chicago’s federal courthouse that ended in January 2024. Vance, Derrell Givens and another man...

Oswego trustees recently approved a 113-unit townhome development that was delayed after the 2008 housing crash. Sierra Tango Pine Ridge, LLC was granted approval to amend a major planned unit development and preliminary planned unit development and plat for Pine Ridge Club B which reflects a reduction in housing units. The 22.53-acre site is at the northeast and northwest corners of Mill Road and Heatherwood Drive in the village. In 2005, a final planned unit development and plat was approved for Pine Ridge Club, village planners said. The plans permitted...

The Catholic church’s social service arm has long offered resources to women with unplanned or unwelcome pregnancies to give them alternatives to abortion, which the church’s leadership opposes. But Catholic Charities in Chicago is using a lobbying firm that also represents an abortion provider, and the same lobbying firm and its employees have given campaign money to politicians and groups backing abortion rights, the Chicago Sun-Times found.