Rob Hughes

1 week ago | abc7chicago.com | Rob Hughes

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There was a powerful show of support for Ukraine in the Chicago area this weekend. Crowds packed Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral for a concert. Now, more than three years since Russia invaded Ukraine, the message in the music was "we haven't forgotten."On Palm Sunday, a combination of musicians representing the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra, Ukraine and others played a powerful performance in Chicago's Ukrainian Village.

3 weeks ago | abc7chicago.com | Rob Hughes

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. (WLS) -- A northwest suburban softball coach is making history. Ken Grams is one win away from becoming the all-time-winningest high school softball coach in Illinois, and he's done it all at Elk Grove High School. Grams is on the cusp of history Monday evening. But school administrators and his players say Grams, himself, is living, breathing history. "Right now, I'm sitting at 1,044," Grams said.

3 weeks ago | abc7chicago.com | Rob Hughes

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The death toll continues to rise after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled much of Southeast Asia on Friday, resulting in mounting casualties and flattened skyscrapers from Myanmar to Thailand. A Chicago native living in Thailand spoke with ABC7 Sunday and describe the scary moments during the quake. Naquinna Edjang, Chicago woman who just moved to Thailand to teach, is speaking out after the devastating natural disaster.

1 month ago | abc7chicago.com | Rob Hughes

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Big plans are in the works on the South Side at the intersection of 79th and Cottage Grove. A local church purchased a building on the corner that previously known as Happy Liquor and Foods. Pastor John Hannah plans to breathe new life into a building he hopes will help transform a neighborhood. Neighbors say the liquor store attracted the wrong kind of business, some even taking a different bus stop to avoid it. "People just standing outside. It's real dangerous.

1 month ago | abc7chicago.com | Rob Hughes

NEWTON COUNTY, Ind. (WLS) -- An update on the Indiana mother found alive in a ditch after she was missing for nearly a week. Brieonna Cassell had surgery Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn on Wednesday. She was found on Tuesday inside her car after she crashed into a ditch in rural Newton County, Indiana. Her family said the crash left her with significant compound fractures to both of her legs. "I didn't know what happened to her. I didn't know where she was.