Chicago Latinos come to the polls amid calls for greater political participation
En La Villita la comunidad se organizó para vigilar ante posible intimidación a votantes y en toda la ciudad los latinos votaron con orgullo cívico
En La Villita la comunidad se organizó para vigilar ante posible intimidación a votantes y en toda la ciudad los latinos votaron con orgullo cívico
District 7b neighborhoods: Brighton Park, Lower West Side, Archer Heights, Bridgeport, Gage Park, West Elsdon, Armour Square, McKinley Park Two Latinas with backgrounds in public service are vying to represent a slice of the Southwest...
Douglas DePodesta says he was forced out of his job after U.S. The former head of the FBI’s Chicago Field Office says he was forced to resign after federal officials blamed him for the collapse of the Broadview Six case. Covered by 5...
Former FBI Chicago chief Douglas DePodesta sues DOJ officials, alleging political pressure and retaliation after the Broadview Six anti-ICE prosecution collapsed.
<p>The federal judge presiding over the failed "Broadview Six" prosecution ordered Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros on Monday to testify in her courtroom under oath later this month.</p><p>U.S. District Judge...
Former Chicago FBI chief Douglas DePodesta sued President Trump and other top administration officials, alleging he was forced to resign after a federal prosecutor sought to blame him for the collapse of a...
Douglas DePodesta says he was made ‘scapegoat’ after collapse of case against Broadview Six anti-ICE protesters The former head of the FBI in Chicago has accused the Trump administration of pressuring him to...
La exdirectora de una escuela de las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago (CPS) y actual integrante de la Junta de Educación, Jessica Biggs, se declaró vencedora el martes, superando a dos rivales tras una campaña encendida para convertirse en...
Jessica Biggs, a former CPS principal, claimed victory as the next president of the Chicago Board of Education in Tuesday’s election. Roughly 60 percent of the vote had been counted with Biggs garnering almost half...
SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points for NBC’s Chicago Fire‘s Season 15 Episode 5 titled “Three Hundred.” It’s the end of an era on NBC’s Chicago Fire, as we say goodbye to Joe Miñoso, who has played Firefighter Josef...
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<p>Despite being massively outspent, the Chicago Teachers Union was leading in nine of the 20 school board seats as of 9 p.m. Tuesday, according to election results from the Associated Press. That would be enough to throw up formidable...
Members of the Chicago Board of Education make key policy decisions that affect more than 315,000 Chicago Public Schools students, about three-quarters of whom come from low-income households, per state data. The...
Taylor Kinney never thought he’d be here. The 300th episode of “Chicago Fire,” titled “Three Hundred,” wasn’t a milestone that was on his mind — mostly because it seemed impossible that he’d be starring on a show for 15 seasons. “I...
Taylor Kinney and Miranda Rae Mayo discuss the milestone 300th episode of "Chicago Fire," which airs at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, on NBC.
Illinois voters will face more than just a slate of candidates in the Nov. 3 election. Ballot questions across the Chicago area could affect property taxes, school funding, public safety and how local governments operate. Many of the...
There are several referenda on ballots across the Chicago area.
A Chicago City Council vote has redirected money from the city’s parking meter deal toward pension debt. Chicago parking meter pension payment The council voted 44-6 to use the $75 million Chicago received upfront from the parking meter...
The Chicago City Council voted overwhelmingly to retain control of a $75 million windfall Mayor Brandon Johnson planned to use in his proposed 2027 budget, adding to the challenges facing his $17.6 billion spending plan.
<p>Someone fatally shot the CEO of a violence prevention group who worked in violence-plagued areas of Chicago on Saturday night in suburban Chicago Heights, officials said. </p><p>Andre Thomas, 57, was found with multiple gunshot...
A Matteson man was fatally shot in Chicago Heights on Halloween night, and police are asking people nearby to check their surveillance video. Andre Thomas killed in Chicago suburb Chicago Heights police said officers...
<p>Many Chicagoans consider the thousands of vacant lots scattered across the city to be an eyesore. And on Tuesday, a number of them said the lots should be a source of revenue for Chicago Public Schools.</p><p>Nearly 74% of Chicago...
This story is being copublished by Invisible Institute and the Chicago Reader The Chicago Police Department has rewritten an internal policy that allowed officers to easily close missing persons cases they did not solve. This new...
<p>Funding for the department that puts on Chicago’s large-scale events, such as Jazz Festival and Taste of Chicago, would remain essentially flat under Mayor Brandon Johnson’s <a class="Link"...
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<p>Un hombre de 39 años que conducía un patín eléctrico murió tras chocar con un vehículo de la Policía de Chicago a primeras horas del jueves en Bridgeport.</p><p>A las 12:30 a.m., los agentes patrullaban en un vehículo policial...
Just days after closing its maternity ward, Roseland Community Hospital has filed for bankruptcy.
A 32-year-old woman has died nearly two weeks after she was shot in the head while sitting inside a vehicle on Chicago’s Southwest Side. The shooting happened on Oct. 22 at approximately 9:31 a.m. in the 2400 block of West 47th Street,...
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After an unusually warm stretch, cooler November-like temperatures will give way to a sunny, dry weekend and a return to the 60s early next week. Thirty-six of the last 38 days have had at-or-above-normal temperatures. The next couple...
<p>Bob Newhart’s face did not age well.</p><p>But in the deepening lines, hollowing cheeks and weary eyes, audiences were reminded of what had always made his comedy so irresistible, so universal: a look that said, “I can’t believe I’m...
Temperatures are running about 15 degrees cooler this afternoon than where we were yesterday afternoon. A cold front came through the area early this morning, and we'll be feeling much more Fall-like for the next several days. Tonight...
<p>A teen was shot after a fight in South Chicago that escalated Wednesday afternoon, according to Chicago police.</p><p>The boy, 15, was in a physical altercation with an armed male, whose age wasn’t known, in the 8900 block of South...
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Chicago police and SWAT officers spent several hours in the South Austin neighborhood on the city's West Side Wednesday investigating an incident that reportedly involved two suspects entering a home. SWAT situation on West Side Around...
The Chicago Bears have always weathered the storm. They'll need to do so without one part of their offensive line and a part of their defensive line. The Bears' trenches took a hit on Wednesday, as two players are likely done for the...
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<p>More than 70% of Chicagoans expressed in an advisory referendum Tuesday that they want to bring back gunshot detection technology to fight violent crime and speed up emergency response time to gunshot victims, but the vote is...
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<p>A pesar de haber sido ampliamente superados en gastos, los candidatos respaldados por el Sindicato de Maestros de Chicago (CTU) ganaron seis de 21 escaños en la junta escolar y iban adelante en cuatro más, probablemente suficiente...
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<p>A 21-year-old woman from Chicago was killed during a shooting attack Monday at a Hammond, Ind. Walmart, officials announced Tuesday. </p><p>An autopsy determined Dakota Norwood died of multiple gunshot wounds and her death was ruled...