Chicago News

CHICAGO, IL. — Chicago restaurants opened up this weekend under new city guidance that allows them to have “vaccinated-only” sections. If patrons are vaccinated, there are no restrictions for them. But the unvaccinated will continue to have distanced tables and partitions. At one suburban restaurant, customers have to show proof of their full vaccination to […]

R. Kelly’s foreclosed Illinois mansion has been sold to former Isley Brothers member, Rudolph Isley. Kelly purchased the six bedroom, eight bath mansion in 1997, but lost the property to the bank after allegedly failing to keep up on the mortgage payments. The Chicago singer tried to sell the home for $1.6 million in 2011 and […]

Hanging up on Oprah is never a good idea, and it’s something a local news station learned the hard way. Lady O was in mid-sentence when the call was abruptly disconnected. Watch what happens next…  

Former Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to 30 months in prison for using $750,000 in campaign money for living expenses, clothes and luxury items. Jackson was scolded by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, saying that he and his wife, Sandi Jackson, used campaign funds as a “personal piggy bank.” “As a public official, you […]

“Pregnant” boys with bloated bellies and sullen faces are popping up in alarming ads across Chicago buses and trains, part of a city campaign to reduce teenage pregnancy. The images, with the tagline, “Unexpected? Most teen pregnancies are,” aim to shock, said Brian Richardson, a spokesman for the Chicago Department of Health. “The point was […]