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Passengers with luggage travel through the Great Hall of Union Station in Chicago on Sept. 10, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago public health officials warn of possible measles exposure at Union Station

September 10, 2026 at 6:10 p.m.

Chicago officials are warning of a possible measles exposure at Union Station after someone with the highly contagious illness passed through the West Loop hub late last month.

Krystele Matthews on Sep. 9, 2026. Matthews' car was stolen with personal items inside, including the ashes of her 15-year-old son, Zahir Eitan Jones, who died in August. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Stolen ashes returned after car taken with 15-year-old son’s remains inside

September 10, 2026 at 5:04 p.m.

A woman has been reunited with the remains of her 15-year-old son thanks to a public plea for help after her car was stolen on the city’s West Side earlier...

Chicago police and a tow truck recover a vehicle from the Little Calumet River while searching for a missing woman on Sept. 8, 2026, after an accident near the intersection of West 130th Street and South Indiana Avenue in Chicago's Riverdale neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Woman’s body found day after Little Calumet River accident

September 10, 2026 at 5:17 p.m.

Police on Wednesday said they pulled a 26-year-old woman's body from the Little Calumet River in the same location where an accident had prompted rescue and recovery efforts the day...

Police launch homicide investigation after CTA passenger pushed off moving train

September 8, 2026 at 5:54 p.m.

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a person was pushed off a moving Red Line Train on the city’s South Side Monday afternoon.

9-year-old boy shoots, critically injures 13-year-old on South Side: police

September 4, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.

A 9-year-old boy shot and critically wounded a 13-year-old boy on the city’s South Side Friday afternoon, police said.

People ride a scooter on Kinzie Street near Clinton Street in Chicago as the temperature hovers in the upper-90s in the late afternoon on Sept. 1, 2026.

Weather officials cancel extreme heat warning for northern, central Cook County: ‘Things are looking up’

September 3, 2026 at 2:27 p.m.

An extreme heat warning was issued for central, northern and southern Cook County was canceled Thursday midday, weather officials announced.

Marine mammal care specialist Laura Brakhage, right, plays with a beluga whale named Beethoven at the Shedd Aquarium on Jan. 27, 2021. Beethoven, a 34-year-old male beluga, and 20-year-old female Rain died Sept. 2, 2026, at the aquarium. (José M. Osorio/baiduhai)

Two more belugas die at Shedd Aquarium, officials announce

September 3, 2026 at 11:37 a.m.

Two additional belugas have died at Shedd Aquarium, the facility shared late Wednesday.

Elizabeth and Hunter Case stand in their backyard in Old Town as they look at the Wacker House next door on Aug. 21, 2026. The owner stripped lead paint from the exterior of the historic home, exposing the Cases’ young daughter to the substance. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Lead exposure, lost history and a runaround: How changes to the Wacker House go beyond a preservation fight

September 2, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

For years, an Old Town homeowner has been making unlawful alterations to his property — at the expense, neighbors say, of the house’s historic roots and their own safety.

Shirley Pollion-Hines speaks during a news conference at the Romanucci & Blandin law firm in Chicago, on Sept. 1, 2026, about a lawsuit filed on behalf of the estate of her grandson, Dominique Pollion, shown in a photo behind her, who was stabbed and killed while riding in a CTA train. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Family of man fatally stabbed on Blue Line in January sues CTA, security contractors

September 1, 2026 at 5:52 p.m.

The family of a man fatally stabbed while he slept on a Blue Line train earlier this winter is suing the Chicago Transit Authority, alleging the agency failed to provide...

Jeffrey Fields holds an off-limits and do not enter sign from the city of Chicago that he found hidden above a window during a vigil, Aug. 30, 2026, outside South Chicago Chapel where over 50 decomposing bodies were discovered earlier in the month in the South Deering neighborhood. Fields cousin Shawnese Shannon was cremated by Planet Green Crematory who’s also listed as an owner of South Chicago Chapel. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

City files suit against South Chicago Chapel: ‘Immensely unsanitary situation’

September 1, 2026 at 7:25 a.m.

The city of Chicago is suing South Chicago Chapel weeks after dozens of mishandled human remains were discovered at the South Deering funeral home.

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