South Loop's first Black-owned dispensary gets key approval The South Loop could be home to the first Black-owned marijuana dispensary. CHICAGO - The South Loop could be home to the first Black-owned marijuana dispensary. Matt Brewer, CEO of Family Roots Dispensary, is a native South Sider, and a Harvard Business grad, who started the company, alongside his mother and brother. The $650,000 project would create up to 50 construction jobs, and up to 45 permanent positions.

CHICAGO - With Halloween just around the corner, Chicago is full of festive activities to get your spook on this weekend.  You don't have to be a kid to play a trick or get some treats. Check out what's happening.  Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade Be a part of the 3rd Annual Upside Down Halloween Parade in Washington Park Saturday from 12 to 3 p.m.   The event will take place on Russell Drive and will feature dance performances, circus acrobats, musical groups, sports mascots and more.

Suburban vaccination clinic offering free Six Flags tickets Free tickets to Six Flags Great America will be offered at a vaccination clinic this weekend. WOODRIDGE, Ill. - Free tickets to Six Flags Great America will be offered at a vaccination clinic this weekend. The clinic will be held Saturday in Woodridge at the West Suburban Community Pantry. Anyone who receives their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will receive a ticket to the theme park, while supplies last.

article GETTY Stock image of H&M store in Chicago CHICAGO (Fox 32 News) - Ten people attacked a security guard at the H&M store in Chicago on Saturday night. Chicago Police said they were called to the Magnificent Mile store around 8 p.m. The 24-year-old security guard said he had told two women that the store was about to close, and that they reacted by punching and kicking him. Approximately eight other people got involved in the attack.

At just 20, Matthäus Hetzenauer became the most successful snipers in the Third Reich — and one of the most decorated. Wikimedia Commons Matthäus Hetzenauer, clutching the deadly tool of his trade. From 1943 to 1945, Matthäus Hetzenauer terrorized Soviet troops on the Eastern Front with his keen eye. He personally shot and killed 345 men, though Hetzenauer’s biographer believes the kill count could even have been twice that. The decorated sniper was wounded and captured all before his 30s, but he persisted in becoming one of the deadliest snipers in all of Germany.

Image 1 of 2 ▼ CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) - An Uber driver made a startling discovery in the back seat of his car after dropping off a customer in River Grove Monday night: a wallet containing $3,000 cash. But because Uber clears addresses after people are dropped off, Jose Figueroa was not sure how he was going to return the man’s wallet. So, he had to open it up to try and find some information about where the man lived and that’s when he saw all the $100 bills.

article Lou Ferrigno (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images) (FOX News) -- Even the Hulk isn't invincible. "The Incredible Hulk" star Lou Ferrigno was hospitalized this week after he claimed a pneumonia vaccine was administered to him improperly. "Went in for a pneumonia shot and landed up here with fluid in my bicep," the 67-year-old former bodybuilder captioned a photo of himself with an IV in Providence St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif.

CHICAGO - Two men convicted of killing Chicago police officers in separate incidents decades ago were paroled Thursday, drawing the ire of officials who opposed the move and believe it "sends a troubling message" Johnny Veal was 17 when he and another man killed Sgt. James Severin and Officer Anthony Rizzato in 1970 as they walked across a field in the Cabrini-Green public housing complex. Veal, 68, and the now 74-year-old George Knights were convicted of the murders and sentenced to 100 to 199 years.

3 fatally shot in Chatham Three people were shot to death following an argument in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood. The victims were walking early Sunday morning when they came across the offenders. The two offenders got into a car and shot the victims several times before fleeing. CHICAGO - A fight ended in a fatal shooting on Chicago's South Side early Sunday morning.  Police said three adults were walking in the 500 block of East 76th Street in Chatham around 2:17 a.

Burlesque dancers like Lydia Thompson and Gypsy Rose Lee defined the art form, raising eyebrows with their scandalous moves and risqué outfits.Vintage burlesque dancers never meant to be especially titillating. In fact, their main goal was to make the audience laugh. In 19th-century London, the burlesque performances that crowds flocked to theaters to see were variety shows that put a comedic spin on classical plays and operas. Indeed, the term burlesque comes from the Italian burlesco, derived from burla, which means ridicule or mockery.