A journalist with ties to Chicago was detained in Myanmar on May 24. His...
Danny Fenster attended Columbia College Chicago and aided a Burmese refugee family here.
View ArticleRead: Chicago police Officer Karol Chwiesiuk arrested on federal charges of...
A Chicago police officer was arrested Friday on federal charges of breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and entering a Democratic senator’s office with the violent mob, later texting to a friend that...
View ArticleAs lawmakers scramble to avoid threatened nukes shutdown, Pritzker pitches...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois legislators continue to negotiate an energy deal ahead of threatened shutdowns of nuclear plants by the parent of scandal-plagued ComEd
View ArticleColumn: Above and beyond: How one school superintendent has helped protect...
As the superintendent of Hillside District 93, Kevin Suchinski feels the weight of keeping his students and teachers safe during the pandemic.
View ArticleMexican American civil rights group sues to block Illinois Democratic-drawn...
Only days after Republicans went to court challenging new Democratic-drawn Illinois legislative boundaries, a group backed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund has filed a federal...
View ArticleChicago cop charged in US Capitol breach, accused of entering a senator’s office
A Chicago police officer was arrested Friday on federal charges of breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and entering a Democratic senator’s office during the riot.
View ArticleJudge orders rare hearing in New York for R. Kelly to decide on potential...
U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly scheduled the hearing after Kelly’s two Chicago-based attorneys abruptly withdrew from the case.
View ArticleSecond special prosecutor in two years adds to turbulence for State’s...
Two separate special prosecutors appointed to investigate the same state’s attorney’s office might well be unprecedented, legal observers said.
View ArticleTemperatures hit 90s Friday; weekend temps to drop but still be above average...
Summerlike weather in the upper 80s and lower 90s is expected on Friday and Saturday in the Chicago area, with a chance of scattered thunderstorms on Saturday before a slight drop in temperatures late...
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Life Is Work Resource Center & Solidarity resale shop is the first black & brown trans-led social services organization in the Midwest.
View ArticleThe Spin: Lightfoot does media tour as COVID-19 restrictions lift; Pritzker...
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View ArticleAppellate court orders mother who killed 4-year-old daughter in Bloomingdale...
An appellate court has ordered that a mother found not guilty by reason of insanity in the killing her 4-year-old daughter in Bloomingdale must stay in state custody for treatment.
View ArticleBank security guard killed in Calumet Township robbery attempt; one suspect...
A security guard at First Midwest Bank was shot and killed Friday afternoon in what police are investigating as a possible ambush during a robbery attempt in Calumet Township, according to officials.
View ArticleReopening day: At the brewery, the ballpark and elsewhere, it’s a mostly...
Across Chicagoland, business owners and patrons tried to wrap their heads around what it means to have the COVID-19 reins taken off.
View ArticleSources: Top CPD official honored for heroism in 2018 hospital shooting gets...
A top Chicago police official was demoted this week, according to department sources, the latest high-ranking cop to lose his command spot under police Superintendent David Brown.
View ArticleLexus runs into CPD sergeant, flees scene on South Side
CPD sergeant struck in hit and run on South Side, police said.
View ArticleChicago weekend violence: 22 shot, 3 fatally, including 10 people in single...
At least 10 people were wounded in a shooting in the Chatham neighborhood early Saturday morning, are among two dead and 18 injured in shootings since Friday afternoon, Chicago police said.
View ArticleMan sought after Hobart bank robbery Saturday; police said suspect had weapon
The FBI is heading the investigation along with Hobart and Lake County police.
View ArticleBoy, 14, grazed in South Side shooting, police say
A 14-year-old boy’s neck was grazed by a bullet as he was standing on a sidewalk on the South Side Saturday evening, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleNo one injured during St. Charles house fire
No one was injured during a house fire Wednesday in St. Charles.
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