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A judge this week sentenced Dru Jarvis to 45 years for first-degree murder, 31 years for attempted first-degree murder, and 20 years for armed violence.

​Prosecutors say in 2020 in Elgin, a car Jarvis was riding in cut off another vehicle.

When the driver honked at the car, Jarvis shot at the vehicle---wounding the driver and killing the passenger.

Just a week later, Jarvis shot someone else.

His arrest in the second shooting helped investigators connect him to the road rage murder.

​As America celebrates its 250th anniversary on July 4, the city of Highland Park remembers the mass shooting that happened there four years ago. And a local nonprofit formerly known as the Highland Park Peace Project launches a new national PSA aimed at companies supporting with gun manufacturers.

A new law progressing Illinois' cannabis industry was celebrated in Chicago's Lakeview Neighborhood.

One of the most recognizable Cubs fans has passed away. Jim Anixter, also known as "The Pink Hat Guy" died Tuesday, June 30, at Lake Forest Hospital surrounded by his family and loved ones.

His cause of death has not been released, but his family tells WBBM he died from complications following a surgery.

WBBM's Mai Martinez was a longtime friend of Anixter's and talk to him a few years ago about his love of the Cubs and the meaning behind his pink hat.

"I've been at every opening day since 1967 through 2019 however with the pandemic, that was messed up in 2020," recalled Anixter during a 2023 interview.

Anixter was a fixture at Cubs games for nearly six decades--spending much of that time sitting right behind home plate in his signature pink hat. It's a tradition that started more than 30 years ago.

"1990 the All-Star game was at Wrigley Field so I wore a pink hat and then my cousin said why don't you make a hat called 'The Pink Hat Guy,'" he explained.

Anixter, who was also a successful businessman did just that--even getting a trademark for the name and the hats which he would give away with a simple request--a donation to the American Cancer Society.

"The best thing about The Pink Hat Guy" though is that I'm trying to make people aware of how bad cancer is. I'm trying in my own way to make a cure for cancer," he explained.

Because as Jim's family and friends will tell you he loved helping others just as much as he loved the Cubs.

Anixter's funeral service will be livestreamed on the Shalom Memorial Funeral Home website at 1pm on Friday, July 3, 2026.

In lieu of flowers, and in keeping with the tradition of Jim’s Pink Hat, his family is asking that memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society

​Guitarist Joel Paterson has been a fixture on the Chicago music scene for more than 25 years.

Besides his longtime residency at the Green Mill on Monday nights with his quartet, Paterson performs regularly in the city and suburbs.

​The SUN-TIMES reports that this week, the 55-year-old Paterson started performing with Bob Dylan's band per the music icon's request, and Paterson will be playing guitar with them again on July 8th in Chicago at Northerly Island.

Paterson's fellow musician Casey McDonough says Paterson announced on their band's text chain that he couldn't perform with them this week in Andersonville on the city's North Side because the guitarist {quote} “was going to work with someone named Bob”.

Once the Fourth of July celebrations fade, back-to-school sales quickly take center stage, and scammers are ready to cash in. Kayla Palmore with the Better Business Bureau’s Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

After nearly two years of waiting, the satirical news site the Onion plans to launch a new InfoWars website on Thursday.

Some people may still think it’s a joke, but Executive Editor Jordan LaFlure tells WBBM their version of the site formerly hosted by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will be starkly different.