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Friday, April 26, 2024
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Matt Moore

Newsletter Reporter
Marion Friel, funeral director of Green Burials of Love, Ltd., stands for a portrait next to an eco friendly casket inside the Colonial Wojciechowski Funeral Home in Niles on Friday, April 12, 2024.
Afternoon Edition
Afternoon Edition: 'Green burial?' Chicagoans explore eco-friendly funerals
Plus: The first federally recognized tribal nation in Illinois, historically low voter turnout in Illinois and more.
By Matt Moore
 
A worker with the CTA gets ready to clean the inside of a CTA train at “The Yard” located at the Kimball Brown Line Station, Wednesday, April 10, 2024.
Afternoon Edition
Afternoon Edition: Is CTA's 'Second Chance' program off track?
Plus: Jerry Reinsdorf’s new broadcast plan, Shedd Aquarium workers form union and more.
By Matt Moore
 
Fire communications operator Amanda Garr and George Ma’Ayteh, a retired Chicago Fire Department lieutenant, shake hands during a news conference on Wednesday.
Afternoon Edition
Afternoon Edition: Retired firefighter thanks the 911 operator who saved his life
Plus: Ex-Citi VP who swindled elderly is sentenced, the fate of a historic theater and more.
By Matt Moore
 
Construction workers apply a grey marble cladding to the Obama Presidential Center in Hyde Park on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Unlike the renderings that showed white or cream color, a grey marble is being installed
Afternoon Edition
Afternoon Edition: Obama Center taken for granite?
Plus: Emergency assistance center opens, must-see theater shows this spring and more.
By Matt Moore
 
FBI agent James Rudisill, a decorated Army veteran.
Afternoon Edition
Afternoon Edition: Supreme Court ruling a win for Army vet in GI Bill fight
Plus: Suburbs decline funding for migrant crisis, a mysterious Taylor Swift mural pops up and more.
By Matt Moore
 
Angela Davis Fegan, a visual artist based in Pilsen.
Afternoon Edition
Afternoon Edition: Hopes and doubts for Biden's new student debt relief plan
Plus: Traffic to O’Hare blocked by protests, WNBA Draft begins and more.
By Matt Moore
 
Afternoon Edition
Afternoon Edition: Local woman who bought first Ford Mustang in U.S. still owns it 60 years later
Plus: Program aims to keep seniors employed, 6 things to do this weekend and more.
By Matt Moore
 
The approximate location where two people were shot, one fatally in the 6900 block of North Glenwood Avenue, near the Morse Red Line staton, in the Rogers Park neighborhood, Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
Afternoon Edition
Afternoon Edition: Bar owner steps up in deadly shooting: 'Let me look at your wound'
Plus: late-night e-scooter ordinance, a shorter Pride Parade and more.
By Matt Moore
 
Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks during an Eid-Al-Fitr prayer event at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill., Wednesday, April 10, 2024.
Afternoon Edition
Afternoon Edition: Johnson renews call for Gaza cease-fire at Eid celebration
Plus: Chicago-made celebrity chef mourned, local author’s new book explores divorce ranch culture and more.
By Matt Moore