Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she has ‘1,000% confidence’ in Chicago police...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday she has “1,000% confidence” in Chicago police Superintendent David Brown despite a scathing inspector general this week that faulted his department’s handling of last...
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot says she’ll ‘soon’ offer a plan for civilian Chicago...
Chicago aldermen said Friday that community groups were nearing agreement on two separate, long-debated policing oversight proposals and would have had an ordinance ready for a City Council vote by...
View ArticleLightfoot joins mayors statewide in urging Illinois congressional delegation...
Illinois municipal groups and mayors including Lori Lightfoot have sent a letter to Illinois’ congressional delegation urging passage of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief plan and its $350 billion...
View ArticleDolton man charged in Orland Park shooting that wounded Blue Island residents
A 23-year-old Dolton man is the second person who has been charged in connection with a Jan. 27 shooting in Orland Park that wounded Blue Island residents.
View ArticleStruggling Cook County suburban areas face overdose epidemic, with death...
The overdose epidemic that has ravaged Chicago has not spared the nearby suburbs, some of which have death rates comparable to anything seen in the city, according to a report released this week by the...
View ArticleYounger Hispanic Kane County residents hit harder by COVID-19 deaths, new...
The data marks the first time information about race, ethnicity and COVID-19 deaths has been made widely available in Kane County, as the nation has grappled with the disproportionate impacts of...
View ArticleFamiliar face in Bridgeport killed in neighborhood he loved: ‘I guess the man...
A 68-year-old man was fatally shot Tuesday while he was driving. He was a handyman who was well-known in Bridgeport, where he was born and raised.
View ArticleThe Spin: Madigan’s sprint to pick his successor | Lightfoot still backs...
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View ArticleDon’t let the wintry weather fool you, Chicago. The rats are still around....
Chicagoans hoping that brutal cold and epic snowfall would wipe out the rat population in America’s “rattiest city” should know: Rats are much tougher than that.
View ArticleFar fewer COVID-19 deaths in Illinois nursing homes, where residents and...
COVID-19 cases and deaths at Illinois long-term care facilities have dropped to levels not seen since late summer, according to state data released Friday.
View ArticleCPS high schools still have no reopening date. Here’s how one principal is...
Her students are "so used to being isolated now," Kenwood Academy Principal Karen Calloway said.
View ArticleWith Chicago slipping toward chaos amid George Floyd protests, report...
Report provides clear look at how police and city leaders were overwhelmed as unrest in Chicago after the death of George Floyd escalated beyond their control.
View ArticleMan found lying next to his vehicle in Gresham with fatal gunshot wound to...
A man was found shot to death next to his vehicle Saturday morning in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 1,922 new confirmed and probable COVID-19...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleBody found in South Shore alley, police say
A body was found in an alley Saturday morning in the South Shore neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said.
View ArticleCarjackings in Chicago — including one involving retired cops — end with SWAT...
Carjackings in Chicago end with SWAT standoff and arrest of two in Villa Park.
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter activist charged with felony for alleged actions during...
The founder of Lake County Black Lives Matter was charged Friday with a felony of attempted battery to a law enforcement officer and a misdemeanor of disorderly conduct, according to Kenosha County...
View ArticleBail denied for man on parole accused of West Side murder, attempted robbery
Two men were arrested in connection to a fatal shooting Wednesday in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, authorities said.
View ArticleWoman’s body discovered in snowbank behind Park Ridge business
Park Ridge police are investigating after the body of a woman was discovered in a parking lot behind a Higgins Road business Saturday.
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