David Struett

12 hours ago | chicago.suntimes.com | David Struett

Robert Crimo III, the admitted shooter in the Highland Park July 4 parade massacre, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday, as a courtroom packed with survivors of the mass shooting looked on. Judge Victoria Rossetti told a courtroom full of survivors of the 2022 attack that Crimo would serve seven life sentences, one after another.

1 day ago | nbcchicago.com | David Struett

Man-made air pollution has decreased in recent years — but overall air pollution is worsening due in part to wildfires sweeping smog across the country, according to a new analysis. The American Lung Association notes “a distressing reversal” of progress in its 2025 State of the Air report, released Wednesday. “Years of successful cleanup of emissions from transportation, energy generation and industrial processes have contributed to falling ozone levels across much of the country since ...

1 day ago | ourcommunitynow.com | David Struett

Share Man-made air pollution has decreased in recent years — but overall air pollution is worsening due in part to wildfires sweeping smog across the country, according to a new analysis. The American Lung Association notes “a distressing reversal” of progress in its 2025 State of the Air report, released Wednesday.

2 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | David Struett

The sentencing hearing for the convicted Highland Park Fourth of July parade shooter is set to begin Wednesday, wrapping up a years-long court case for one of the worst mass shootings in state history. Robert Crimo III will likely get life in prison for killing seven people and wounding four dozen on July 4, 2022. But it is unclear whether he will show up in court since much of the hearing could take up hours of survivors’ victim-impact statements.

4 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Robert Herguth |David Struett

Four municipal workers in Chicago have been disciplined or ticketed for three incidents over the last year in which they accidentally breached active runways at O’Hare Airport with their ground vehicles, newly obtained records show. No injuries or crashes occurred.