For years, Simon Brown, 59, walked children over the Dan Ryan to school. His death leaves a void in his family and the community. “He's going to be sorely missed in this neighborhood."
Chiquita Martin and Marcella Lockett were making deliveries Tuesday when they spotted a woman hanging from the tracks above. They stopped, saw her grip slipping, and she dropped into the bed of their truck. “It was shocking,” Martin said.
WGN metereologist Tom Skilling, namesake of 'Skilling It,' was on hand for the unveiling of six newly named snow plows at the Department of Streets and Sanitation's salt dome. One will be deployed in each of the department's districts.
Good Hope Free Will Church provided meals to hundreds of individuals in need. The church is located in East Garfield Park, a community that lacks widespread access to fresh food.