Wednesday, January 21, 2026

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environment
  • by david hall
Could pair of plovers become lovebirds at Montrose Beach?

Searocket, a female piping plover, was seen at the beach Wednesday morning. Birders are hopeful for a match after they saw the pair near each other, which they say is a good sign.

crime
  • by david hall
Lockport man pleads not guilty to hate crime, other charges in shooting of neighbor

John Shadbar, 70, is accused of shooting his neighbor with an assault rifle May 7. Prosecutors allege Shadbar acted because the victim, Melissa Robertson, who is white, had Black children. Robertson survived and is recovering.

chicago
  • by david hall
Man’s body pulled from Lake Michigan near Kathy Osterman Beach

A man in his 30s was found unresponsive in the water about 11 a.m. Thursday in the 5600 block of North DuSable Lake Shore Drive. Authorities are investigating.

crime
  • by david hall
Murder on South Side leads to racketeering charge for purported Rack City gang members

Rack City, a faction of the Black P Stone Nation also known as the Racketeers, claims territory around West 93rd and South Halsted streets. For years, they’ve been in a violent rivalry with a Gangster Disciples faction known as the Princeton Park GDs, authorities say.