Illinois
AI Predicts Tornadoes & Derechos for Missouri & Illinois Tuesday
Let’s hope the robots are wrong. Artificial intelligence programs from universities are predicting tornadoes and derechos for Missouri and Illinois Tuesday. Some forecasters do agree.
It would be a good idea to pay attention to severe weather possibilities across most of Missouri and Illinois on Tuesday, May 21. Weather on the Go on YouTube shared official graphics from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center which show both Missouri and Illinois in the danger zone for possibly severe storms Tuesday.
NOAA/Weather On The Go via YouTube
Here’s what the artificial intelligence routines from Colorado State University show for that same time period Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday evening.
Weather On The Go via YouTube/Colorado State University
This is the expectation for where lightning will be the most intense Tuesday. Again, Missouri and Illinois are the main targets.
Weather On The Go via YouTube
The National Weather Service out of Springfield, Missouri is now also talking about increased confidence of explosive thunderstorm development Tuesday in Missouri.
As I’ve said before, this is not a forecast, but just a warning to pay attention to how the weather in Missouri and Illinois develop on Tuesday. Be prepared that warnings may be issued and be prepared to act to keep you and your family safe if the weather becomes dangerous like the artificial intelligence routines are expecting.
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Illinois
‘Home Alone’ house being restored to mirror iconic Christmas movie
Sunday, December 14, 2025 6:16PM
WINNETKA, Ill. (WLS) — “Home Alone” is one of the most popular Christmas movies of all time.
ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch
The holiday classic debuted 35 years ago. Now, the iconic house featured in the film is in the spotlight, again.
It underwent an interior renovation and was sold earlier this year.
Now, ABC7 learned that it will be transformed back to the way it looked in 1990, when film audiences got to peek inside it for the first time.
John Abendshien is the former owner of the Winnetka house. He has fond memories of the days spent filming the movie.
READ MORE | Original owner of ‘Home Alone’ house writes memoir about iconic movie
Abendshien said he and his family stayed and watched while the movie was being shot.
He has written a memoir called “Home but Alone No More.”
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Person of interest in deadly Cicero, Illinois stabbing apprehended after long pursuit
A suspect in a deadly stabbing was apprehended early Sunday morning following a pursuit from Cicero that ended up on Chicago’s Far South Side.
Around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Cicero police were called after Ubano Diaz, 73, was tsabbed in the 3200 block of South 54th Court in the west Chicago suburb. Diaz was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died, Cicero police said.
Police immediately identified a person of interest, who was found driving out of the town. They launched a pursuit as the suspect headed northeast on the Stevenson Expressway.
At 1:21 a.m. Sunday, Illinois State Police were called in to assist Cicero police with the pursuit as the suspect cruised up the Stevenson Expressway at California Avenue.
The pursuit kept going along the Stevenson and Dan Ryan expressways before finally ending at 119th Street and Vincennes Avenue west of I-57 in Chicago’s Morgan Park neighborhood.
The driver of the vehicle was taken into custody at that point, Cicero and Illinois State Police said.
There were no crashes or injuries during the pursuit.
Police believe the stabbing was an isolated incident, and there was no threat to the public.
State police did not specify the route of the pursuit.
Illinois
1 killed, multiple displaced after Glenwood, Illinois, condo fire, officials say
One person is dead after a fire inside a condo complex in south suburban Glenwood on Saturday evening.
It happened around 5 p.m. in the 900 block of 194th Street.
Glenwood fire officials said that crews responded to a second-floor unit inside the three-story building that was engulfed with flames.
It was confirmed that one person died in the fire. Their identity was not released.
Neighbors in adjoining condos were displaced. The Red Cross was working to provide further assistance to those affected.
Glenwood fire said they are working with the state fire marshal to investigate what led up to the blaze.
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