Cyryl Jakubowski

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI It’s going to take about 2 years. The Foster Avenue bridge over the Kennedy Expressway will be torn down, with work and detours expected through June of 2026, with the street...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI Sporting a hefty white beard, and almost unrecognizable, the notoriously clean and clean-shaven comedian, “Alright let’s talk about this, I got lazy,” Brian Regan delivered a bunch of new material in...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI The new emergency room department at Ascension Resurrection Medical Center, 7435 W. Talcott Ave. is expected to tentatively open in mid-July as a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on May 23. Meanwhile...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI A man reported that his red 2022 Ford F-150 truck was stolen at gunpoint while he was in a parking lot at about 3:55 a.m. Saturday, March 23, in the 5000...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI People who park their vehicles at the Harlem CTA Blue Line will need to find parking elsewhere as work to demolish a more than 40-year-old bus bridge and canopy over the...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI The ambulance substation that opened in 2021 at the Carrington assisted living facility at 3501 N. Northeast Pkwy. is “ineffective” and the Village of Lincolnwood is scrapping the idea and closing...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI A man was charged with attempted murder in connection to a brutal attack and a carjacking of a 61-year-old woman at about 6:40 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, in the 4400 block...

OPINION by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI Nursing homes suck. Not all of them, so no need to write a letter to the editor. For the noble purpose they all serve some of them are quite horrible...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI A Jefferson Park area man was killed in a grisly car crash at about 8:40 p.m. Thursday, March 30, in the 6700 block of West Forest Preserve Drive in the Village...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI An Amazon Fresh grocery store will be the anchor tenant in the 4500 block of West Touhy Avenue as part of the planned District 1860 development on the site of the...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI A man was charged with first-degree murder after he allegedly stabbed an acquaintance 27 times in front of several witnesses at about 4:20 p.m. Friday, June 25, in a parking lot...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI The class of 2020 at Guerin Prep High School in River Grove will be the last class to graduate from the Catholic school after a decision has been made to close...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI A new Metra station along Lehigh Avenue near Touhy Avenue in the Village of Niles would be a part of a large retail, residential and entertainment development that’s been in the...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI The aging football field, the dirt and gravel running track and baseball and softball diamonds that have lost their shape over the years will be replaced by next year at Steinmetz...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI A Northwest Side man was fatally injured when a Metra train on the Union Pacific Northwest Line struck his vehicle as he attempted to cross past lowered crossing gates at about...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI More than 30 handguns and rifles and a supply of drugs were seized Friday, June 17, from a home near Newcastle Avenue and Gunnison Street as police executed a search warrant,...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI After nearly 36 years at its location on the Northwest Side, Gene’s Sausage Shop and Delicatessen, 5330 W. Belmont Ave., closed on Jan. 15 after it was sold to Carnicerias Jimenez,...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI Peoples Gas will work on several gas main replacement projects on the Northwest Side through the summer as part of a long-term program to replace aging cast iron mains with plastic...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI Work on a ecosystem restoration project that involves the removal of trees along the west bank of the Chicago River at Horner Park, 2724 W. Montrose Ave., could begin soon after...