1 arrested in South Side shooting that injured 16-year-old girl
A teen girl was injured in a shooting in Chicago's Fuller Park neighborhood Thursday afternoon.
Mayor’s $3 Billion Parking Meter Offer Was $800 Million More Than The Next Highest...
CHICAGO — Alderpeople learned Thursday that Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration secretly offered about $3.3 billion last fall to reclaim control of the city’s parking meters — a whopping $800 million more than the next-highest bidder. But the City Council members didn’t get those key details from...
2 men killed in shooting on Chicago’s Northwest Side, police say
Two men were killed after they were found with multiple gunshot wounds behind a home in the 7800 block of West Cahill Terrace on Chicago's Northwest Side about 3:30 p.m. Thursday, police said. A 20-year-old man and a second victim, whose age has not been released, were both taken to...
Assailant shoved 69-year-old down Red Line staircase, Chicago police say
Chicago police are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect who pushed a 69-year-old man down the stairs inside a CTA station near the Magnificent Mile on Wednesday afternoon. Mass Transit Detectives say the suspect approached the victim from behind as he walked down the staircase inside the...
Police searching for man riding bicycle accused of assaulting girl in Oak Park, increasing...
Oak Park police are increasing patrols after someone riding a bicycle attacked a girl.
Chicago man charged in shooting, armed robbery of man on NW Side
CHICAGO - A man was charged with attempted murder in connection with a violent armed robbery Monday in Chicago's Schorsch Village neighborhood. Michael Martinez, 28, allegedly shot a 24-year-old man during an armed robbery around 8:30 p.m. near Sayre and Belmont avenues, according to police. The victim was shot in...
Mayor Johnson’s new order takes on Chicago’s urgent crisis
Chicago is taking a new approach to addressing one of its most persistent public safety challenges. Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order on June 25 establishing the Office of Gun Violence Reduction, a new division within the mayor’s office that will focus on coordinating violence prevention efforts, analyzin
Matt Brewer running for Chicago mayor
Matt Brewer, the former chief executive officer and board chair of the Chicago Housing Authority, announced he is joining the Chicago mayoral race.
Minnesota company to lay off hundreds of Chicago-area workers starting in July
A Minnesota-based company is scheduled to begin mass layoffs next month impacting hundreds of employees in several Illinois counties. Ideal US Talent Worker OpCo LLC announced under Illinois' WARN Act that nearly 1,400 employees in five Chicago-area counties would be laid off as part of a "restructuring" with the compa
O’Hare worker beaten, robbed on Blue Line; suspect caught after police release photos to...
An eight-time felon is facing robbery charges after Chicago police say he participated in a three-on-one attack aboard a Blue Line train that left a 61-year-old O’Hare employee with serious injuries. In an unusual twist, it’s the second time Lamonte Taylor-Gwin has been charged with a CTA robbery after being identified
