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Festival officials said they hope the space and quiet in coming days allows Highland Park's community to heal after Monday's mass shooting.
Mary Billman died in January and is the only person to die from a suspected outbreak of listeria linked to a Florida ice cream maker.
The weekly concert series at Independence Grove will take place Aug. 23 after officials canceled the show following Monday's mass shooting.
Elpidio Marcelo, 24, was pronounced dead at a local hospital, and a Wisconsin woman remains hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.
Police in 2019 removed 16 knives, a dagger and sword from the Highland Park mass shooting person of interest's home, but no one was charged.
The Stone Creek Circle home caught fire and did an estimated $225,000 in damage after flames were seen coming from the second floor.
Officials do not believe the cause of the fire in unincorporated Cary to be suspicious and the exact damage total has not been determined.
The man arrested after Highland Park parade mass shooting appeared at pro-Trump rallies and posted music videos depicting gun violence.
The 27-year-old All-Star guard agreed to the largest contract in Bulls team history and is coming off his first postseason appearance.
From Chicago-style hot dogs to corndogs and classic varieties in between, these stands and hot dog carts made their mark with reviewers.
The officer was responding to a domestic incident on Taylor Street and is in serious condition after suffering multiple gunshot wounds.
Police said the five people were leaving a business just before 2 a.m. on when they started to argue with a person who pulled out a gun.
Cops said that owners of parlors in Cook, Will and DuPage counties also laundered money and allowed undercover cops to be solicited for sex.
The two California will leave the Pac-12 and join an expanding athletic conference to provide more exposure and a broader national platform.
The two California schools announced plans to leave the Pac-12 in a move that provides its athletes with a broader national platform.
An Italy-based pizza evaluator landed Chicago's Spacca Napoli and Forno Rosso among the most authentic 50 pizza spots in the country.
Most workers in the city will see a 40 cents per hour jump while the hourly rate also increases for tipped workers and those under 18.
The state, which has seen cases in Chicago and in Cook, DuPage, Lake, and Will counties, trails only California and New York in caseloads.
More than 4,000 reports of colored lights, odd-shaped aircraft, and other unexplained objects have been called in by statewide residents.
Downstate attorney Thomas DeVore and J.B. Pritzker foe captured Tuesday's GOP primary after Deerfield's Steve Kim conceded the election.
