Explore abc7chicago.com Stories

Recent "jessica donofrio" Stories, Video and Galleries

  • Chicagos first speed camera goes live Monday.
  • Chicago speed cameras are now issuing tickets to drivers who go over the speed limit near Gompers Park on the city's Northwest Side.
Tags:
chicago news, paul meincke
  • Chicago fire officials said a fire that led to a partial collapse of a Park Manor building on the city's South Side may have been set.
Tags:
chicago news, jessica d'onofrio
  • Inspirational last man to finish Chicago Marathon
  • Winners do not usually come in last place- but Maickel Melamed's story may change your thinking about that.
Tags:
chicago marathon, chicago news, jessica d'onofrio
  • Replicas of the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria sailed through downtown streets during Chicago's 2013 Columbus Day Parade.
Tags:
chicago news, jessica d'onofrio
  • Person of interest released from custody, investigation continues
  • A community alert has been reissued after a series of attacks and assaults occured on Chicago's South Side. The person of interest has been released from custody and police continue to search for the attacker.
Tags:
news
  • Police impersonator charged in robberies
  • Charges were filed Wednesday in the case of a man accused of impersonating a police officer and robbing people on the South Side.
Tags:
chicago news, jessica d'onofrio
  • Logan Square fire leaves families homeless
  • A firefighter was hurt, and nearly a dozen people were forced from their homes by a fire early Tuesday.
Tags:
chicago news, jessica d'onofrio
  • Fire at Oglesby cancels classes
  • A fire at Oglesby Elementary School canceled classes on Monday. No one was injured, but fire officials are looking into whether fire alarms worked correctly at the South Side school.
Tags:
local, jessica d'onofrio
  • Worker dies in flooded Avondale sewer
  • Emergency crews located the body of a man trapped in an Avondale sewer Wednesday night on the Northwest Side.
Tags:
news
  • Some Chicago Blackhawks fans liken it to a religious experience -- the meeting of Lord Stanley's Cup, and spending a few moments alone with it.
Tags:
chicago news, jessica d'onofrio
  • CPS to build new school
  • Chicago Teachers Union officials want to know where CPS came up with the money to build a new school on the Southeast Side.
Tags:
rahm emanuel, chicago public schools, chicago news, jessica d'onofrio
  • Jesse White running for 5th term as Illinois secretary of state
  • Jesse White wants to take another tumble into politics. He's running for a fifth term as Illinois secretary of state, and has plenty of support from fellow Democrats.
Tags:
politics, jessica d'onofrio
  • Jesse White running for 5th term as Illinois secretary of state
  • Jesse White wants to take another tumble into politics. He's running for a fifth term as Illinois secretary of state, and has plenty of support from fellow Democrats.
Tags:
politics
  • Evanston shooting near high school kills man, 21
  • Evanston police say they are investigating the shooting death of a 21-year-old man one block away from Evanston Township High School.
Tags:
local, jessica d'onofrio
  • Residents rescued from burning Glenview high-rise
  • Some residents of a Glenview high-rise building had to be rescued Wednesday after a fire broke out in their building.
Tags:
local, jessica d'onofrio
  • The Guardian Angels said they would escort some children to school Monday after families reported abduction attempts in the Washington Park area.
Tags:
local, jessica d'onofrio
  • Aldermen will vote on a new ordinance that gives restaurant owners the option of banning guns.Aldermen will vote on a new ordinance that gives restaurant owners the option of banning guns.
Tags:
news
  • Inspector Gen. Joe Ferguson reappointed
  • Inspector General Joe Ferguson will be reappointed for a four-year term, but there is an unwritten understanding that he will step down in one year.
Tags:
news
  • Sauganash shows solidarity after attacks
  • Sauganash residents marched to take back the Northwest Side trails where two off-duty, female police officers were attacked in separate incidents.
Tags:
chicago news, local, jessica d'onofrio
  • Inspector Gen. Joe Ferguson reappointed
  • Inspector General Joe Ferguson will be reappointed for a four-year term, but there is an unwritten understanding that he will step down in one year.
Tags:
local, jessica d'onofrio
  • A 22-year-old nightclub security guard was hurt in a hit-and-run in the River North area early Monday.
Tags:
local, jessica d'onofrio
  • Teen drowns in water-filled Bolingbrook quarry
  • A 17-year-old boy apparently drowned while swimming laps with friends Wednesday night in southwest suburban Bolingbrook, police said.
Tags:
news
  • Teen drowns in water-filled Bolingbrook quarry
  • A 17-year-old boy apparently drowned while swimming laps with friends Wednesday night in southwest suburban Bolingbrook, police said.
Tags:
news
  • Mayor creates committee for closed-schools building use
  • With Chicago public school students getting ready to return to class Monday, there's now a plan for the dozens of buildings closed by the district.
Tags:
news
  • CPS boycott called for next Wednesday
  • The new school year starts next Monday after closings, slashed budgets, and layoffs for hundreds.
Tags:
news
  • The new school year starts next Monday after closings, slashed budgets, and layoffs for thousands.
Tags:
local, jessica d'onofrio
  • CPS boycott called for next Wednesday
  • The new school year starts next Monday after closings, slashed budgets, and layoffs for hundreds.
Tags:
news
  • U-46 Elgin schools back in session
  • Summer break is winding down for students across Illinois, and Monday marked the first day of classes for the second-largest school district in the state.
Tags:
news
  • U-46 Elgin schools back in session
  • Summer break is winding down for students across Illinois, and Monday marked the first day of classes for the second-largest school district in the state.
Tags:
local, jessica d'onofrio
  • Police officer dies after heart attack on motorcycle
  • Chicago police officers were mourning one of their own Monday. An off-duty police sergeant died suddenly over the weekend.
Tags:
local, jessica d'onofrio
  • Metra board meeting after 5th member resigns
  • An independent panel including former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald will suggest reforms for scandal-plagued Metra and other Chicago-area transit agencies, under an executive order issued Thursday by Gov. Pat Quinn.
Tags:
news
  • A 34-year-old Chicago man who turned himself in to police has been charged in a deadly weekend shooting along a CPS Safe Passage route.
Tags:
chicago shooting, local, jessica d'onofrio
  • Mom, daughter die in Little Village shooting
  • Police say a mother and her 5-year-old daughter were shot to death in a double murder and attempted suicide on Chicago's Southwest Side.
Tags:
news
  • 4-year-old hit in Portage Park shooting
  • A 4-year-old girl was one of three people shot in a car on the city's Northwest Side.
Tags:
news
  • A 4-year-old girl, her older brother and a family friend were shot in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood.
Tags:
news
  • Metras OHalloran resigns
  • Former Metra Chairman Brad O'Halloran resigned in the wake of a patronage scandal. Will the rest of the board follow?
Tags:
local, jessica d'onofrio
  • Shootings down in July despite violent holiday weekend
  • Crime statistics are out for the month of July. They continue to show a decrease in violence in Chicago despite a violent start to the month.
Tags:
news
  • August crime
  • Crime statistics are out for the month of July. They continue to show a decrease in violence in Chicago despite a violent start to the month.
Tags:
news
  • Record cold hits Chicago area
  • Chicago recorded the coldest high temperature ever on July 27 with a high of only 65 degrees, and could see near record cold Saturday night.
Tags:
local
  • Record cold hits Chicago area
  • Chicago recorded the coldest high temperature ever on July 27 with a high of only 65 degrees, and could see near record cold Saturday night.
Tags:
local
  • Joliet Stateville prison fire burns at Blues Brothers iconic filming location
  • In Joliet, firefighters are battling a fire at the old prison best known from movies like ''The Blues Brothers'' and several TV shows.
Tags:
news
  • TN
  • In Joliet, firefighters are battling a fire at the old prison best known from movies like ''The Blues Brothers'' and several TV shows.
Tags:
news
  • Most homeowners have their air conditioners kicked into full gear about now.
Tags:
news
  • Bull and Bear celebrates National Hot Dog Day.
Tags:
news
  • Police SUV at the scene of a hit-and-run in Chicagos Jefferson Park area.
  • Chicago police say they are looking for a driver who hit a man with his car twice, then took off on the city's North Side.
Tags:
news
  • First lady Michelle Obama is in her hometown of Chicago to visit an education and employment program for underserved students.
  • First lady Michelle Obama is in her hometown of Chicago to visit an education and employment program for underserved students.
Tags:
local
  • First lady Michelle Obama is in her hometown of Chicago to visit an education and employment program for underserved students.
Tags:
local
  • People call it the spaghetti bowl for a reason. The circle interchange can be a traffic tangle, but a major overhaul kicks off Wednesday.
  • A major overhaul is in the works for one of the nation's most congested interchanges, as Governor Pat Quinn announced a nearly $500 million renovation plan for the Circle Interchange.
Tags:
local
  • Record cold hits Chicago area
  • Chicago recorded the coldest high temperature ever on July 27 with a high of only 65 degrees.
Tags:
city of chicago, weather, jessica d'onofrio
  • Three robberies were reported in as many weeks on Chicago's lakefront path on the city's South Side in the Kenwood and Hyde Park neighborhoods, prompting Chicago police to issue a warning.
Tags:
local, jessica d'onofrio