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Peter Berg, who is blind, presses the button for an audible pedestrian signal while walking his service dog, Lloyd, on March 18, 2025, at South Ashland Avenue and West Harrison Street in the Illinois Medical District. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Judge orders Chicago to install audible crossing signals for the blind and visually impaired

March 18, 2025 at 6:13 p.m.

The order would require the city to install at least 75 accessible pedestrian signals this year.

Arlington Heights mayoral candidate Tom Schwingbeck Jr. is flanked by fellow candidates Jon Ridler, left, and Jim Tinaglia during a candidate forum at the Arlington Heights Village Hall on March 13, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Arlington Heights mayoral candidates want to bring the Chicago Bears, but they say it has to benefit the village

March 16, 2025 at 10:54 a.m.

The three candidates spoke to a packed auditorium at the village hall Thursday, vying to succeed Mayor Tom Hayes, who is retiring.

A toddler sits on the ground momentarily at an arrival area for migrants bused in from Texas in the 500 block of West Vernon Park Place on Oct. 3, 2023. OEMC workers on-site said they expected two more buses to arrive later, for a total of 10 buses for the day. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Immigrants drove population growth in the Chicago area and Cook County last year, latest census figures show

March 13, 2025 at 9:14 a.m.

The Chicago metropolitan area saw a slight increase in population, according to the most recent estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, as international immigration outpaced domestic departures in many big...

Police officers exit as Jones College Prep students are allowed to reenter a building after an unfounded bomb threat on March 5, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

False bomb threats reported at two Chicago high schools, police say

March 6, 2025 at 6:28 a.m.

Chicago police said they responded to two false bomb threats at schools Wednesday, a practice known as swatting, creating traffic backups and confusion. The first call to police at 2:05...

Metropolitan Correctional Center, foreground, as seen from the 300 block of east Superior St on July 23, 2014. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Federal prison guard charged with having sexual contact with detainees at Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center

March 5, 2025 at 5:20 p.m.

A federal corrections officer has been charged with having sexual contact with four detainees at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, court records show. Brittany Hall, a Federal Bureau of...

Makenna Krabath, 15, puts her hand up to signal to cars to stop while walking with Cindy Bergeron, right, a teacher for the visually impaired with the Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization, along Madison Street during a field trip to downtown Chicago with other suburban school students with visual impairments on Feb. 26, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Visually impaired students learn to navigate Chicago streets without audible warning signals

March 5, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

In 2023, a federal judge ruled Chicago’s failure to install warning devices for the blind violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. Yet nearly two years later, there is no court...

An aerial photo shows the former Arlington International Racecourse on March 12, 2024, in Arlington Heights. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Chicago Bears to submit traffic and financial studies for Arlington Heights stadium site, official says

February 28, 2025 at 9:55 a.m.

Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes said that reports from local real estate agents that the team had reached a deal to build a new enclosed stadium are “speculation.”

Dolton mayoral candidate Jason House thanks a supporter as he celebrates a victory in the primary election over incumbent Mayor Tiffany Henyard in Dolton on Feb. 25, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Suburban Chicago elections: Two high-profile politicians ousted, Larry Dominick keeps control of Cicero

February 26, 2025 at 10:00 p.m.

Suburban Chicago elections: Two controversial politicians ousted and Larry Dominick keeps control of Cicero

Cheryl Cryer carries jars of herbs and flowers in her shop, Urban Apothecary, on Feb.10, 2025, in Batavia. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

In absence of state regulation, some suburbs are banning hemp products that get users high

February 14, 2025 at 2:22 p.m.

In the absence of strong state and federal regulations, some suburbs have banned the sale of hemp products that get users high.

Aeriz cannabis products for sale in a Chicago dispensary in 2022. Aeriz is one of the defendants in a lawsuit. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Lawsuits claim cannabis products violate Illinois law on limits for THC

January 31, 2025 at 7:02 p.m.

The cases highlight increasing debate over cannabis potency as the percentage of THC — the component that gets users high — keeps increasing.

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