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3 days ago | 
wgntv.com | Jenna Barnes |Ashlyn Wright
CHICAGO (WGN) — Tuesday Mass at the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago has an air of excitement this week. The graduate school for students from around the globe is beaming with pride that its alumnus Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV. “We always pray for our alums who are doing such phenomenal ministries in 60 countries all over the world,” Sister Barbara Reid said.
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4 days ago | 
wgntv.com | Dana Rebik |Ashlyn Wright
CHICAGO — Aline Lauture with the Haitian Congress Center was thrilled to learn Pope Leo XIV not only has ties to Chicago but to her ethnic background. “This news, we just embrace the news,” Lauture said. “The pope has Haitian roots, we’re like, ‘Yay!’”The City of Chicago was founded by a Haitian; Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. “Now, the fact we share a cultural link, if not a kinship, with the pope is very important,” Jari Honora said.
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5 days ago | 
wgntv.com | Angelica Sanchez |Ashlyn Wright
HINES, Ill. — Politicians and unions are raising concerns over potential cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs, as officials consider a reorganization that could eliminate more than 80,000 jobs. “Politicians will show up for parades and wave those flags. We’ll give our speeches about how much we love veterans. But this is the proof,” U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said. “What are we willing to do to give dignity to those veterans when they need that help the most?”Sen.
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1 week ago | 
wgntv.com | Dina Bair |Ashlyn Wright
VATICAN CITY — Faith tells them the decision is made from Heaven and passed on to the cardinals in the silence of the Sistine Chapel. But there are human characteristics the electors are considering as they cast ballots for the man who will lead the Catholic Church in changing times. “The conclave is almost like a retreat so I’ll kind of look forward to it,” Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, said. Cardinal Dolan knows what to expect after helping elect Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 2013.
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2 weeks ago | 
wgntv.com | Lourdes Duarte |Ashlyn Wright
CHICAGO — Gun buyback programs aim to take firearms off the streets by offering cash for guns, but one weapon has reportedly ended up back on the street, raising concerns. It’s estimated that the Chicago Police Department has taken thousands of guns off the street. There’s a system in place to log and destroy the guns that are turned in. A group of reporters have been able to match the missing gun to shell casings at three different Chicago shootings.
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2 weeks ago | 
wgntv.com | Mike Lowe |Ashlyn Wright
THE LOOP — Outside of the Chicago Theatre, State Street itself is a stage, and artist Jenny Jing Zhang is bringing her own front row seat to the daily drama of construction and commotion, in which construction workers are digging and cars are speeding through the street. “It’s about people, right? People, cars, what’s happening in the city,” Zhang said. Zhang is a sketch artist using watercolor paint, colored pencils, and a fountain pen to document the day.
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2 weeks ago | 
fox59.com | Ashlyn Wright |Jenna Barnes
MUNSTER, Ind. - A Northwest Indiana widow is suing two cremation services after her husband's remains were allegedly mishandled. Darla Smith lost her husband, Darryl, last August. "The love of my life. 23 years we were together," Smith said. "He always got the short end of the stick."And Smith fears that in death, he's been treated even worse. She contracted with Crown Cremation Services in Crown Point, Indiana, which subcontracted the work to Heights Crematory in Chicago Heights, Illinois.
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2 weeks ago | 
cbs4indy.com | Ashlyn Wright |Jenna Barnes
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2 weeks ago | 
wgntv.com | Jenna Barnes |Ashlyn Wright
MUNSTER, Ind. — A Northwest Indiana widow is suing two cremation services after her husband’s remains were allegedly mishandled. Darla Smith lost her husband, Darryl, last August. “The love of my life. 23 years we were together,” Smith said. “He always got the short end of the stick.”And Smith fears that in death, he’s been treated even worse. She contracted with Crown Cremation Services in Crown Point, Indiana, which subcontracted the work to Heights Crematory in Chicago Heights, Illinois.
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2 weeks ago | 
wgntv.com | Bronagh Tumulty |Ashlyn Wright
CHICAGO — An Uptown daycare is set to shut its doors on Wednesday but not because the owner wants to. Parents of the children who attend the daycare are trying to make a miracle happen. They say the court system has failed in this case. About a decade ago, Tanneh “TJ” Parker took over her mother’s dream of owning a daycare and made it her own. But now, it’s a nightmare. “It’s sad to look at this space. You don’t see all the joy. This was a happy place for children,” Parker said.
