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2 weeks ago | 
newsnationnow.com | Emmy Victor |Gabriel Castillo |Andy Koval
GARY, Ind. ( WGN) - A man was fatally shot by police on Tuesday night after he barricaded himself inside a northwest Indiana home with his 1-year-old child.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Gabriel Castillo
Gabriel CastilloSat, January 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM UTC‘Fitness Is NOT A Game’ founder Krystal Taylor shares recipes for healthy snacks for busy womenCHICAGO — A busy schedule doesn’t have to get in the way of your health goals this year. Krystal Taylor, the Founder and CEO of “Fitness Is NOT A Game” joined WGN news on Saturday morning to share some recipes for some healthy snacks for busy women.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Gabriel Castillo
CHICAGO — Police are offering new details in the search for a driver involved in a hit-and-run crash on the city’s West Side that left a woman injured only days before Christmas last year. Chicago police said the incident unfolded just after 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 23, near the intersection of North Damen Avenue and West Division Street, in West Town.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Gabriel Castillo
*Editor’s note: The Hobart Police Department originally said one person had been shot inside Burlington, but has since said the victim was not shot but rather “sustained other non-life threatening injuries.” This story has been updated to reflect this claim. MERRILLVILLE, Ind. — An investigation is underway on Friday afternoon after a person was injured during an incident inside a clothing store in northwest Indiana.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Gabriel Castillo
CHICAGO — A federal jury has convicted a Chicago man who kidnapped two women and sexually assaulted one of them at gunpoint in early 2021. Prosecutors said 29-year-old Andrew Anania was convicted on Monday on two counts of kidnapping, one count of carjacking, and one count of using a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, Morris Pasqual, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, announced Thursday.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Gabriel Castillo
WARNING: The attached link contains footage and audio that could be disturbing to some viewers. The full collection of files can be viewed HERE on COPA’s website. CHICAGO — New videos released by Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) on Thursday show the moment an off-duty CPD officer opened fire on a suspect who police said had just stabbed his wife on the Northwest Side last year.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Gabriel Castillo
RICHMOND, Ill. — A jackpot-winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket was recently sold in McHenry County and the big winner is not the only one celebrating. According to the Illinois Lottery, the player purchased a ticket for Sunday evening’s Lucky Day Lotto drawing and ended up hitting a $500,000 jackpot prize after matching all five numbers. The numbers drawn were 2, 3, 10, 19, and 26, according to officials from the Ilinois Lottery.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Gabriel Castillo
WINNETKA, Ill. — A famous house featured in the iconic holiday film “Home Alone” sold this week for nearly $300,000 over its asking price. The home, which is located in the 600 block of Lincoln Avenue, in Winnetka, hit the market back in May with an asking price of $5,250,000 and Coldwell Banker Realty announced Thursday that the Dawn McKenna Group had closed on it for $5,500,000.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Gabriel Castillo
CHICAGO — The Chicago Reader is at imminent risk of closure, the paper’s publisher announced Tuesday. The Reader Institute for Community Journalism, which publishes the Chicago Reader, announced the layoffs of six non-union employee staff positions due to an “urgent need” to reduce costs to avoid shutting down the publication. The announcement came in a post shared on the Reader’s website on Tuesday.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Gabriel Castillo
CHICAGO — A harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo at the Lincoln Park Zoo died as a result of avian influenza last week, zoo officials confirmed Wednesday. According to a spokesperson for the zoo, testing confirmed that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was the cause of death for a Chilean flamingo on Jan. 8 and a harbor seal on Jan. 9. Zoo officials said the harbor seal, named Slater, was 7 years old and known for his rambunctious and curious nature.
