Shanzeh Ahmad

Chicago South Side Birth Center celebrates Black Breastfeeding Week with first ‘Latch and Stroll’ event

The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, formerly known as the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, has a reputation for working miracles.

The bobbleheads feature Sister Jean smiling, holding a basketball and wearing a Loyola Ramblers jacket along with a scarf and shoes in school colors, maroon and gold.

Neither Saturday nor Sunday is expected to have “anything too strong or severe,” according to the National Weather Service, but rain is possible.

With crowds expected at this weekend’s Chicago Air and Water Show and the upcoming Labor Day weekend, officials are asking boaters, swimmers and other water recreationists to be responsible and stay safe while enjoying the lake.

A 34-year-old mother of two, whose feet were severed by the boat’s propeller, is scheduled to have both of her legs amputated.

The 767% increase in reported thefts in Cook County is also on trend with increases in reported thefts in other cities across the county.

The 33-page report was made public by the firm Loevy & Loevy after two of Watts’ victims filed a lawsuit last year against the city to force the Civilian Office of Police Accountability to disclose it.

One person was shot and critically wounded in a struggle with a Chicago police officer in Back of the Yards Thursday night, police said.

This Saturday, the Ultimate Threat dance team is set to perform at the Bud Billiken Parade and Verndell “Vee” Smith II's sister said that the plan this year is to go out “with a positive attitude.”

A 29-year-old man was shot and killed while riding on a Red Line train early Saturday on the South Side. The Chicago Police Department said they will be increasing their presence on the CTA as soon as Sunday.

The girl was taken to Comers Children’s Hospital by the Chicago Fire Department and was later pronounced, police said. A female adult was also taken by the fire department to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition.

The plane landed on South Milwaukee Avenue by a Trader Joe’s in Libertyville around 10:15 p.m., the fire department said.

KD Williams, 39, and Wilson Mather-Glass, 25, are two of the occupants of a house in Humboldt Park. They said they moved in Jan. 1 after seeing a new homeless encampment pop up in the neighborhood and a large number of vacant houses at the same time, all allegedly owned by the Chicago Housing Authority.

Nichelle Nichols’ fans worldwide know her for her roles with "Star Trek" and NASA, but she also kept in touch with her roots in Robbins. Nichols died Saturday night, her son Kyle Johnson announced online. She was 89.