UPDATE: *IPS added ramp closure of Interstate 90 northbound and southbound at Division until 6 a.m. on Tuesday.
This morning's news about Sunday night and Monday morning looting in the loop and in the North/Clybourn area has Wicker Park businesses concerned and officials taking new tactics.
Not only has the overnight looting downtown restricted the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) Blue Line service beyond Division St. tonight but debris is stopping service short of O'Hare.
Boarding changes and intermittent stairway closures are the two potential events affecting travel time for Blue Line riders between Aug. 10 and 15, warns the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA).
The first of two carjackings in the Wicker Park area within 24-hours occurred, Sun., Aug. 9 at 9:50 p.m. The second at 9:40 a.m., Mon., Aug. 10, according to the Chicago Police Department.
At 1:38 a.m. on Saturday, August 8, in the 1400 block of Milwaukee Ave., a 30-year-old man was shot in his left thigh, according to the Chicago Police Department. The unit is reported to be a in a pricey Airbnb apartment.
While you may recognize Chicago Police Department's (CPD) new 12th District Commander Gabriella Shemash as an officer from the night shift, chances are you didn't know about her link to how DNA is now handled at CPD.
An exhibition with 64 artists using a plethora of techniques, All in the Same Boat – or Are We?, curated by Anne Farley Gaines at the Stola Contemporary Gallery, 3738 W. Irving Park Road is a must see in-person.
The latest WPB Weekend Arts Guide is filled with plenty to do and see in the neighborhood arts as area galleries host numerous exhibitions and more spaces continue to reopen or expand their remote and virtual programming!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections linked to onions. There have been 396 reported cases in 34 states, including Illinois, with 59 hospitalizations.
![TheSameBoatLaurel](/sites/default/files/imagecache/small/Laurel_Kim_AllInTheSameBoat.jpg ""Mutiny from the Covid" by Kim Laurel")
![HebruBrantley](/sites/default/files/imagecache/small/HebruBrantley-LILAC23_Editions-VerticalGallery.jpg ""Lilac 23, 2020" by Hebru Brantley in Hebru Brantley: Editions at Vertical Gallery")
