The eyes of the sports world are on women’s basketball, and the Chicago Sky are in the center of the storm after they added two stars to their lineup during Monday’s WNBA Draft. The Sky secured LSU’s Angel Reese and South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso Monday night, and Reese was already making the rounds Tuesday, including a stop on the “Today” show. “It’s a great moment, I’m super excited to go into the W this has always been a dream for me,” Reese said. “Everything they’re building in Chicago I feel like that’s for me… being able to go to Chicago where they’re winning is exciting.” Chicago busi ..read more

Let the games begin at one of these 35 venues!  Nearly three dozen sites in and around Paris will begin hosting various events as the 2024 Summer Olympics get underway. The games will be held from July 26 to Aug. 11 as world-class athletes compete at venues such as … the Eiffel Tower? Yes, volleyball and blind football will be played in the shadow of one of France’s top attractions at a temporary outdoor arena called Eiffel Tower Stadium. Other city landmarks and monuments will also serve as an Olympic backdrop after being transformed into sporting arenas. Here’s a look at some of the mos ..read more

Several high-level officials in south suburban Dolton are now facing a rush of lawsuits and investigations. Federal prosecutors accused Keith Freeman, who currently serves as Dolton village administrator and municipality manager of Thornton Township, of making false statements in his bankruptcy petition. According to the indictment, Freeman filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition Jan. 3 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Chicago. The petition included a document in which the debtor is required to identify, among other things, all of his assets and sources of income, as well as any claims again ..read more

The Chicago area remains under threat for severe weather on Tuesday night, with showers and thunderstorms expected to impact the region into the overnight hours. A tornado watch has been issued for DeKalb and LaSalle counties, and will run through 10 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. The watch will also include Boone, Lee, and Winnebago counties, with the threat of large hail and gusty winds also present with storms as they develop. According to the Storm Prediction Center, northern Illinois remains under a “slight” risk of severe weather, with the main threats consisting of lar ..read more

Use the live interactive radar below to track what’s happening in your area. Our latest weather story can be found here. Several waves of precipitation are expected to hammer the Chicago area Tuesday and into Wednesday morning, with a threat of severe weather on Tuesday night in northeastern Illinois. Most of northern Illinois is under a “slight” risk of severe weather, while northwest Indiana is at a “marginal” risk, according to the Storm Prediction Center. Storms firing in Iowa and Missouri have led to numerous tornado warnings, and those warnings began to shift into Illinois just after 5 p ..read more

Comed is preparing for the potential for power outages Tuesday afternoon as a round of severe weather threatens the Chicago area. According to the company, strong wind gusts and frequent lightning could cause outages in the utility’s service area, and they have positioned crews and additional equipment to deal with any issues. “We’ve been monitoring incoming weather for several days and making plans based on where we think the highest impact could be,” said David Perez, executive vice president and COO of ComEd. “Our priority is to safely restore our customers as quickly as possible. The inves ..read more

There is a desperate call for volunteer help in the suburbs, as CASA Kane County seeks out “CASAs,” or court appointed special advocates. “I feel a shared sense of purpose and meaning, and that’s very satisfying,” said volunteer, Ellen Ljung. Ljung is a retired educator and has been volunteering with CASA for three years. “We can change a child’s story, and it is incredibly rewarding when that happens,” she said. Volunteers act as child advocates. They are trained and supervised, then a judge appoints them to cases where they work in the best interest of children in abuse, neglect, and probate ..read more

Police in suburban Naperville are investigating after a shooting Tuesday afternoon, with some schools temporarily going into lockdown and a shelter-in-place alert going out to mobile devices. According to Naperville police, officers were called to a home in the 2500 block of Leach Drive at approximately 1:30 p.m. for reports of a gunshot victim. Officers found the victim inside the residence, and transported that victim to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect in the case fled the scene on foot, prompting the shelter-in-place order and “secure building and teach” loc ..read more

Illinois is familiar with many types of severe weather warnings, but an alert issued Tuesday in Sangamon County is decidedly less common. According to the National Weather Service, a dust storm warning was issued along a stretch of Interstate 72 in the western portion of the county, and will remain in effect until 4:45 p.m. Illinois State Police also announced they had shut down that portion of the interstate because of visibility issues posed by the dust. A wind advisory and a severe thunderstorm watch were also issued for the area, as severe storms could churn up wind gusts in excess of 45-t ..read more

A new alert was released by the Food and Drug Administration Tuesday after at least 19 people were sickened by counterfeit Botox in at least nine states, including Illinois. Last week, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported two people in LaSalle County were hospitalized after they experienced symptoms similar to those associated with botulism following cosmetic injections from an unlicensed practitioner. According to the release, the patients involved experienced symptoms similar to those of botulism, including blurred vision, droopy face, fatigue, shortness of breath, difficulty br ..read more