Rogers Park

A Rogers Park tenant reported waking up to a rat chewing on his face after enduring a months-long rodent infestation in his apartment. The incident occurred in the middle of the night, highlighting ongoing issues with the infestation.

Monarch Community Cafe in Rogers Park distributed 5,000 free coffee cups during its first week of operation, drawing significant community turnout. The cafe, opened by John and Lynn Marshall, aims to provide a communal space with features like a kids' play area and board games, supported by a $30,000 Kickstarter campaign.

Chicagoans filed over 20,000 weather-related complaints with the 311 hotline from June 10 to June 17, driven by downed trees, power outages, and flooding. The storms caused road closures and required city crews to prioritize clearing blocked streets, with 450 roads initially blocked.

Jose Medina, a 26-year-old Venezuelan immigrant, is accused of killing Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman with a gunshot in Rogers Park near the Loyola campus. He was later found in possession of a shank while in custody at Cook County Jail.

Matthew McCullough, 32, from Rogers Park, was found unresponsive in Lake Michigan near Belmont Harbor and pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. An autopsy is scheduled to investigate his death, with police conducting a death investigation.

A 56-year-old man was stabbed in the left hand by an unknown individual on the CTA Red Line platform in Rogers Park. The victim was taken to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston and is in good condition; the attacker fled before police arrived, and the case is being investigated by Area 3 detectives.