Morning
Chicago
Tuesday, June 24th, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 24th of June.
ACCIDENTS NEWS
- ➤ Two people were hospitalized after a multi-vehicle crash early Monday morning at Irving Park Road and Mercury Drive in Schaumburg — a 28-year-old man was initially treated for life-threatening injuries that were later determined non-life-threatening as officials continue their investigation. Daily Herald
CULTURE NEWS
- ➤ Red Clay Dance Company from Woodlawn got a $203,116 grant last month to expand its dance studio by turning an old 1,800-square-foot space into a larger hall for dance classes and workshops—this will help the group serve more people and host more events. The Grand Ballroom on Cottage Grove got a $152,712 grant to build a new commercial kitchen so it can support more community events—both grants come from the city’s Neighborhood Opportunity Fund. Hyde Park Herald
ECONOMY NEWS
- ➤ Illinois spent over $700 million last year to attract quantum technology companies and boost the local economy, and officials have now inked deals with international groups, federal labs, and private partners in Chicago — actions that could add many jobs. State and business leaders plan to break ground soon on a research park on Chicago’s South Side to further develop the high-tech sector. Hyde Park Herald
EDUCATION NEWS
- ➤ UIC launched the EXITO program in summer 2024 to offer nine undergraduates three years of research training and mentorship that help them address community health disparities. The program provides courses, faculty mentoring, financial support and a research learning community—giving students essential skills to improve local health and social systems. Today UIC
- ➤ UIC professor Benjamin Shaw will present his talk — How Can Your Social Life Promote Healthy Aging — at the UIC SUAA Annual Assembly tomorrow from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm via Zoom, hosted by the UIC chapter of the State Universities Annuitants Association. Today UIC
REAL ESTATE NEWS
- ➤ A redevelopment project in Lombard is transforming a faded furniture store site near +Roosevelt and Finley roads+ into the Burj Plaza lifestyle center with a banquet hall that will hold up to 1,500 guests. Other buildings will be converted into a drive-through restaurant and smoking establishment, and village trustees must approve final plans before the banquet hall opens by +Memorial Day+. Daily Herald
SPORTS NEWS
- ➤ 16-year-old Daniel Johnson rode with his horse Django and won the Texas flag race at Broken Arrow’s Speed & Action Rodeo Horse Show on June 15 at South Shore Cultural Center—marking his second ride since his summer shoulder injury. Hyde Park Herald
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