Jenna Barnes

1 week ago | wgntv.com | Jenna Barnes |Ashlyn Wright

NORTHBROOK, Ill. — In downtown Northbrook, a longstanding free speech zone is the focus of a new uproar with some neighbors saying it has now crossed the line into hate speech. “It was terrible. It was just gut wrenching. It was shocking,” Jeff Kaminsky said. A sign at the corner of Shermer Road and Walters Avenue reads ‘Northbrook stands with migrants’ and shows a blue inverted triangle, which is a Nazi symbol. “I live a block away. I can see it if I walk outside my door and come half a block up.

3 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Alonzo Small |Jenna Barnes

CHICAGO (WGN) — A 26-year-old is hospitalized after shots rang out Thursday evening near Murphy’s Bleachers, the famed Wrigleyville-area sports pub near Wrigley Field. According to police, a person of interest is in custody. CPD said the shooting occurred just before 7 p.m. in the 900 block of W. Waveland. The male shooting victim was on the sidewalk when he was shot in the left arm by an unknown offender. Chicago police investigate a shooting in the 900 block of W.

3 weeks 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.

4 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Jenna Barnes |Ethan Illers

CHICAGO (WGN) – While it’s no secret the Chicago White Sox have been struggling as of late, there’s a newfound optimism among fans now that they know the history-making Pope Leo XIV is on their side. “It shows he has good judgment and so hopefully he can make some good rules and give us…whatever he does from his on high and get us a winning team,” White Sox season ticket holder Dan Sullivan said.

1 month 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.