River West
Creating an “outdoor entertainment venue liquor license” is a big step toward holding concerts this summer at the former Morton Salt facility, 1357 N. Elston Ave. But two alderpersons are a little salty about the prospect.
Ald. Brendan Reilly, who opposes the River West site, warned colleagues that “the last time we were given less than two weeks to vet and approve a deal, it blew up in our faces, and it was called the parking meter deal.”
Just because Ald. Walter Burnett is willing to put up with the inconvenience of a casino doesn’t mean Mayor Lori Lightfoot will easily round up the other 25 City Council votes she needs to ratify Bally’s River West site.
Bally’s was picked over two rival bids involving South Loop sites: one by gaming behemoth Hard Rock International and another by hometown favorite Rush Street Gaming, chaired by billionaire Rivers Casino mogul Neil Bluhm.
In each incident, victims left the keys to their vehicles inside unattended before their vehicle was stolen.
The fatal shooting happened at a party at a short-term rental property in the 700 block of North Morgan Street, police say.
He was shot in the back and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
About 2:15 a.m., four people wearing masks pulled up to BWS Beverage, 790 N. Milwaukee Ave., and broke the glass of the front door, Chicago police said.
As of 3 p.m., two lanes remained closed.
Westbound Milwaukee Avenue will be closed from Hubbard Street to Kinzie Street until late Wednesday night.
“No matter how cruel Mr. Joss’ statements may have been, there was no justification for Mr. Daniel to get a gun and return and shoot him.”
Reggie Daniel fatally shot Darrin Joss, 45, as he was using an exercise machine in the eighth floor gym of the Alta K Station apartment in River West.
A Cook County judge sentenced Fernando Lopez to four years in prison, but Lopez will be credited for 1,142 days spent on electronic monitoring.
Chicagoans and ancient Romans now have something in common besides living in a crumbling empire ruled by an unstable tyrant, Neil Steinberg writes.
Firefighters extinguished an extra-alarm blaze Sunday night in a commercial building in the River West neighborhood.
An auto garage was broken into early Saturday in the River West neighborhood.
A 24-year-old man was stabbed to death Wednesday near Metra tracks in the River North neighborhood, authorities said.
Four armed robberies have been reported in the River West and South Loop neighborhoods.
The advanced manufacturing hub, mHub, will occupy a River West facility once used by Motorola Mobility as a prototyping and testing lab.
A Hegewisch neighborhood man was killed in an accident at a River West construction site Friday morning.
A paraplegic man who uses a wheelchair was ordered held on $1 million bail Friday after he was charged with fatally shooting a man inside a River West apartment building’s gym Wednesday night.
A person of interest in a fatal shooting in the gym of a River West apartment building Wednesday night surrendered to police early Thursday.