Andy Dahn

In 2023, a jury found Robert Watson, 31, guilty of the fatal stabbing of 76-year-old Emanuel Burgarino, a Wisconsin sports bar owner. Watson was sentenced to 100 years in prison for the crime.

Dekalb City Manager Bill Nicholas says 911 calls came in around 1 p.m. from the Brian Bemis Toyota dealership in the 1800 block of Sycamore Road for reports of a man armed with a knife.

A major book store is preparing to move into an iconic Wicker Park space, and that’s getting positive reviews from some neighbors. In just a week, the Noel State Bank building at 1601 N. Milwaukee Ave. will become a Barnes & Noble.

Five people are arrested in Chicago after a 2022 shooting in West Hollywood that stemmed from the murder of a Chicago rapper.They’re identified as Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey and Asa Houston.

Nearly 80 Chicago workers are out of a job after a South Side Pepsi facility abruptly closed on Monday morning. The move, which the union said violates federal law, means at least 79 workers at the facility will lose their jobs.

Uptown’s Graceland Cemetery is full of history, architecture and, depending on your source, hauntings — and it’s getting plenty of visitors this week. “It’s just a serene part of nature in the middle of the city,” said tour guide Adam Selzer.

On Vote Early Day, a group of Chicago college students took to the streets before doing their civic duty. A group marched from Harold Washington College to the Loop Supersite. MTV Entertainment is assisting in this year’s efforts.

FBI agents are sounding the alarm about a masked crew behind a string of violent robberies in the Chicago suburbs and two other states. FBI Chicago says there have been a total of four incidents between July of 2023 and September of this year.

Southwest Side parents and students took their opposition to plans of closing seven charter schools to the Loop Wednesday. They gathered outside of Chicago Public Schools headquarters with a clear message to Acero Schools leadership: no closures.

PepsiCo has been targeted in a new federal lawsuit one week after the abrupt closure of its Back of the Yards warehouse, which left nearly 80 employees out of a job.