Rebecca Johnson

1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Rebecca Johnson

Seventeen high school students were taken to the hospital Friday morning after a school bus and SUV collided in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood, according to Chicago police. A school bus, transporting suburban high school students and traveling westbound, stopped at a red light in the 3900 block of West 111th Street around 7:30 a.m., police said. A 64-year-old man driving an SUV attempted a right turn in front of the bus, and the bus struck the vehicle’s passenger side, police said.

1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Rebecca Johnson |Talia Soglin

Hundreds of marchers and demonstrators gathered at Union Park in the West Loop Thursday morning for a rally on May Day, a celebration commemorating the labor movement. Organized labor and activist groups are calling for protection of immigrants and fair wages and carried signs that said, “Built by immigrant hands, enjoyed by all” and “We are the engine of this country.”A march to Grant Park is planned for later in the day.

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Rebecca Johnson

CHICAGO - A man accused of starting a fire that led to a Chicago firefighter's death was captured on surveillance footage coming out of an alley in the early-morning hours of April 23 and looking back toward a garage that was soon engulfed in flames and smoke, prosecutors said in court Saturday. About a half hour later, Fire Department Capt. David Meyer would suffer fatal injuries after responding to the fire, prosecutors said. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.

2 weeks ago | thederrick.com | Rebecca Johnson

CHICAGO — A man accused of starting a fire that led to a Chicago firefighter’s death was captured on surveillance footage coming out of an alley in the early-morning hours of April 23 and looking back toward a garage that was soon engulfed in flames and smoke, prosecutors said in court Saturday. About a half hour later, Fire Department Capt. David Meyer would suffer fatal injuries after responding to the fire, prosecutors said.

2 weeks ago | chicagotribune.com | Rebecca Johnson

A man accused of starting a fire that led to a firefighter’s death was captured on surveillance footage coming out of an alley in the early morning hours of April 23 and looking back toward a garage that was soon engulfed in flames and smoke, prosecutors said in court Saturday. About a half hour later, Chicago Fire Capt. David Meyer would suffer critical injuries battling that fire that led to his death, prosecutors said.