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01/24/2025

The new insurance rates will take effect on Feb. 24 and will impact about a quarter million customers.

Allstate Insurance is raising home insurance rates by over 14% for customers in Illinois, effective Feb. 24, due to an increase in severe weather and higher repair costs.

01/24/2025

"Doors should be locked...doors should be very secured." Family is shocked and confused after a 28-year-old woman died. She was found on the roof of Vista Medical Center East. More: https://tinyurl.com/4j2fe5ms

01/24/2025

Concertgoers at the Salt Shed now have another way to catch a buzz thanks to a new collaboration with a Chicago-based cannabis company.

Read the full story: https://tinyurl.com/2ceh8z27

01/24/2025

A family with a mixed immigration status has made the difficult decision to split the family apart and give their matriarch living with terminal cancer the opportunity to live out her final days in her native Mexico without fear of deportation.

But they need help.

https://tinyurl.com/mry9xwca

01/24/2025

BREAKING NEWS: A 66-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Chicago's West Side on Friday morning.

CHICAGO — A 66-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash on the city’s West Side. The fatal incident happened around 8:50 a.m. Friday on the 700 block of North Oakley Boulevard in West…

01/24/2025

A man was found dead inside a crashed vehicle outside Washington Square Mall on Chicago's West Side.

Full story: https://tinyurl.com/yxu8wxu6

01/24/2025

Four boys have been cited after a young coyote was shot with a bow and stomped to death earlier this month in Mt. Greenwood.

CHICAGO — Four boys have been cited after a young coyote was shot with a bow and stomped to death earlier this month in Mt. Greenwood. Officers responded to the 10600 block of South Sacramento Aven…

01/24/2025

A wrong-way driver was killed after crashing into a semi tractor-trailer on Interstate 80 in suburban Minooka early Friday morning.

A wrong-way driver was killed after crashing into a semi tractor-trailer on Interstate 80 in suburban Minooka, Illinois, and the semi driver was transported to an area hospital with injuries.

01/24/2025

Meet Lila, today's Feldco Friday Forecaster. ☀️

01/24/2025

A hospital patient in Waukegan died Thursday after being found on the roof. Story: https://tinyurl.com/4j2fe5ms

01/24/2025

"I asked them [the agents] what documentation they were looking for, and they said it was a license or a passport. I thought, who walks around with a passport?"

“I asked them [the agents] what documentation they were looking for, and they said it was a license or a passport. I thought, who walks around with a passport?”

01/24/2025

JUST IN: The Trump administration has started flying immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally out of the country using military aircraft, a White House spokesperson said Friday.

The Trump administration has started flying immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally out of the country using military aircraft, a White House spokesperson said Friday. White House press secretary…

01/24/2025

The man charged in the deadly shooting of an 8-year-old Brookfield boy was playing with a handgun at the time to "look cool," court documents allege. Full story: https://tinyurl.com/5n6fvppj

01/24/2025

President Trump and Republicans this week slammed a plea for “mercy” by Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde during a Tuesday morning prayer service, calling it unjustified and inappropriate. But she is unfazed by their denunciations.

“I am not going to apologize for asking for mercy for others,” said Budde.

01/24/2025

RECALL ALERT: Ford Motor Co. is recalling 272,827 Broncos and Mavericks due to a power problem that can cause vehicles to stop unexpectedly or fail to start.

Ford Motor Co. is recalling 272,827 Broncos and Mavericks due to a power problem that can cause vehicles to stop unexpectedly or fail to start.

01/24/2025

FRIDAY FORECAST 🥶

TODAY: Increasing clouds, SW 5-10 G20. High: 21.

TONIGHT: Cloudy, isolated snow shower chance, rising temps, S 10-15 G25. Low: 19.

More: https://tinyurl.com/5n8z9frs

01/24/2025

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow President Trump to serve a third term in the White House so that the country “can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs.”

Like other U.S. presidents, Trump is barred from running for a third White House term by the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution.

01/24/2025

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) started using the term “Gulf of America” to refer to the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, one day after President Trump signed an executive order setting in motion the process to change its official name.

The statement marked one of the first official uses of the term “Gulf of America” by the U.S. government.