Chicago Pastor Corey Brooks gives update from Woodlawn rooftop The cold weather is not hampering Chicago Pastor Corey Brooks. CHICAGO - The cold weather is not hampering Chicago Pastor Corey Brooks. FOX 32 checked in with him on Monday as he continues to sleep and live on top of a shipping container at his South Side church. It's part of an effort to raise money for a new center to help his Woodlawn community.

article special-fx | Flickr CHICAGO (SUN TIMES MEDIA WIRE) - The Congress Parkway bridge over the Chicago River will close for about five hours early Friday, according to the Chicago Department of Transportation. The bridge is scheduled to close to traffic at 12:01 a.m. and reopen by 5 a.m. Friday, according to CDOT. The closure is for routine maintenance and to test the bridge lifting systems. Traffic will be detoured around the closure via Wells, Harrison and Canal.

Illinois SAFE-T Act: Cook County Chief Judge says 'cash bail doesn't work' Several City Council members are urging residents to vote out Judge Evans. CHICAGO - A top Cook County Republican and several Democrats in the Chicago City Council are urging voters to vote "no" on Chief Judge Tim Evans. "We know that there was over a hundred alone that were violent criminals that were on electronic monitoring that went on to commit other violent crimes up to and including murder,"

article If you’re worried about flying commercial because of the pandemic, Costco might be able to help you out -- you’ll just need $17,500. The wholesale retailer sells a one-year membership to a private jet charter company called Wheels Up, which allows members to book a private jet “as easily as a ride share or short-term vacation rental,” the product description says. RELATED: Costco mask policy: Customers with medical conditions now required to wear face shields

After suffering from mysterious hallucinations for four days straight, Edgar Allan Poe died of unknown causes in Baltimore at age 40 on October 7, 1849.The eerie tale of how Edgar Allan Poe died is like something out of one of his own stories. The year is 1849. A man is found delirious on the streets of a city in which he does not live, wearing clothes that are not his own, incapable or unwilling to discuss the circumstances under which he arrived.

article In this photo illustration, the app icons of Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus VR are displayed on a smartphone screen with a Meta logo in the background. (Photo Illustration by Onur Dogman/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) MENLO PARK, Calif. - Facebook-parent Meta said on Tuesday it would cut 10,000 jobs, just four months after it let go 11,000 employees.  "We expect to reduce our team size by around 10,000 people and to close around 5,000 additional open roles that we haven’t yet hired,"

article Photo Source: Periscope / YouTube The suicide of a teenager in France that was allegedly live-streamed via the popular app Periscope this week has shone a spotlight on the harsh realities of real-time video technologies. French authorities have opened an investigation into the suicide. The local prosecutor said Wednesday the young woman threw herself under a commuter train in the suburban Egly station, south of Paris, after claiming she had been raped by her former boyfriend.

Joanna Gaines, star of HGTV's Fixer Upper is certainly no stranger to large-scale renovation projects. These impressive transformations are the very basis of her work on the show, after all. However, despite her affiliation with some of Waco's most unbelievable projects, the designer understands the power of a small makeover – and how their versatile decorating ideas can translate to almost any home. This was the catalyst behind her most recent work – that the Magnolia founder completed in a matter of days.

Foster kitten rescued from home in Wheaton A foster kitten became stuck inside a homes vent for two days. Thankfully, a local company came to his rescue. DUPAGE COUNTY - A foster kitten named Kyle became stuck in a suburban home's vent, but now he's safe. On Sept. 23, Kerri Kombrink – who is a foster parent for ARF Animal Shelter – had one of her foster kittens flip open a vent at her Wheaton home and climb inside the ductwork for their heating and air.

Child killed, mother injured in Livonia tornado A mother suffered critical injuries, while her 3-year-old child was killed when a tornado uprooted a tree onto their Livonia home. LIVONIA, Mich. (FOX 2) - A tornado that hit Livonia without warning killed a 3-year-old boy on Wednesday. The child was in a back bedroom of a home on Houghton Street near Nola with his mother when the tornado knocked a tree onto the home around 3:30 p.