‘Wholly inappropriate’: Mayor’s executive order on police and immigration faces backlash from Cook County...
Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke on Friday evening criticized Mayor Brandon Johnson's executive order regarding police and immigration.
CPS Tooth Trouble As Tarver Pushes State Takeover Over Vanishing School Dentists
Source: southeast-side-neighbors-hit-friday-deadline-in-nasty-smell-showdown. Fewer Chicago Public Schools students are getting their teeth checked at school, and one Illinois lawmaker says the situation is bad enough that the state should grab the financial steering wheel. On Feb. 7, 2026, dentists who have long...
Woman set on fire on CTA train discharged from hospital
The woman who was lit on fire on the CTA Blue Line is now out of the hospital.
Two men injured in Roseland shooting on Saturday: police
CHICAGO - Two men were injured in a Roseland shooting on Saturday, according to police. What we know: — According to police, three men approached two men, a 31-year-old and a 45-year-old, who were standing near the sidewalk in the 10700 block of S. Indiana Avenue around 3:04 p.m.
Gold Coast Landlord Slammed With $10 Million Foreclosure On Walton Place Shops
Chicago landlord Marc Reinisch, the owner behind Rushmore Properties, is staring at a foreclosure suit over the retail block tucked beneath his Gold Coast condo tower at 100 East Walton Place. Special servicer LNR Partners filed the action after the loan on the building hit maturity without payoff, a move that lands...
Indulge at This Delicious Chocolate Shop in Illinois
Hidden away in Chicago is an incredible little chocolate shop that will make you daydream of cocoa day in and day out. This little shop is more than a labor of love-it’s a whole life’s passion all wrapped up into one deliciously chocolatey little truffle of wonderfulness. I’m speaking, of course, of our very own […]
Rush-Hour Tragedy: Metra Train Kills Man On Mount Prospect Tracks
A Friday afternoon commute in Mount Prospect turned deadly when a pedestrian was struck and killed by a Metra Union Pacific Northwest line train, grinding inbound and outbound service to a halt and throwing evening travel into chaos. Officials said the victim was an adult man, though his name has not yet been...
Mother and boyfriend facing charges for murder of 8-year-old in north suburb
A mother and her boyfriend are facing charges related to the homicide of an 8-year-old boy in a north suburb of Chicago, authorities announced Saturday. Lake County State's Attorney's Office announced 33-year-old Dominique Servant and her 38-year-old boyfriend, Joey L. Ruffin, were each charged with two counts of...
Kentucky Man Sentenced Up To 25 Years In Prison After Iowa Gold Scam Sting
A Des Moines-area fraud case involving a government impersonation scam aimed at an Iowa senior citizen has resulted in a lengthy prison sentence for one offender, state officials said. Sanjeev Kumar, 41, of Owensboro, Kentucky, was sentenced on February 2, 2026, in Jasper County after pleading guilty to aiding a...
Trespasser charged in murder of popular charter captain after he confronted group breaking onto...
Alexis Trader (left) is accused of murder of 63-year-old Nabil Abzal, known as ‘Captain Bill’ (right) Chicago Police Department./Supplied A man has been charged with the murder of a beloved Chicago charter boat captain six months after he was killed. Alexis Trader, 34, was charged with first-degree murder Thursday in...

















