During the ceremony, Mayor Johnson gave a special resolution making Chicago a Purple Heart City for retired Illinois Air National Guard Lt. Col. Eldridge Johnson Jr.

A Schiller Park was charged after allegedly pointing a gun at a man at a gas station near Bensenville and leading police on a high-speed chase.

The city of Chicago honored the area’s past and present veterans with a traditional commemoration at Soldier Field on Monday. Ald. William Conway (34th) said he doesn’t think the families of veterans get thanked enough on Veteran’s Day.