Chicago mayor taps new commissioner to oversee city’s airports
CHICAGO - Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the appointment of Michael McMurray to lead Chicago's Department of Aviation, which oversees the city’s two major airports. McMurray has over 25 years of experience in the transportation and infrastructure industries and as an attorney in the private and public sectors,...
2 men, juvenile charged with robbing Red Line passenger of electric scooter in Uptown
Two men and a teenage boy face robbery charges after they allegedly attacked a CTA passenger and took his electric scooter in Uptown. Officials said one of the accused men had just started probation for possessing a machine gun two weeks before the robbery occurred. The 21-year-old victim was riding...
Wrigleyville Hat Wars: Boutique Owner Accuses Sports Shop Of Selling Knockoffs Of Signature Cap
WRIGLEYVILLE — A Chicago boutique owner is accusing a Wrigleyville sports merchandise store of selling knockoff versions of her company’s signature hat and using photos from her website to market the dupe as their own. But the owner of the Wrigleyville store, Sports World, said he bought the...
Cook County Report Uncovers $2 Billion Tax Shift from Businesses to Homeowners, Exacerbating Racial...
Revelations from a recent report by Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas have brought to light an unsettling disparity within the county's property tax appeals system. According to an analysis released by the Chicago Sun-Times, this system has shifted a $2 billion tax burden from businesses onto homeowners between 2021...
Homeless woman shot, killed in Near West Side vacant lot: police
A homeless woman was shot to death in a vacant lot on the near West Side Sunday evening, according to Chicago police. Police said an unknown man approached the woman, who hadn’t been identified as of Sunday night, and shot her in the head at 1515 S. Laflin St. just before 5:30 p.m. Emergency workers found the woman,...
Suburban high school senior killed in car crash hours after prom
A suburban high school senior was killed in an early morning car crash Sunday on the Bishop Ford Freeway, with school officials calling the incident a "tragic loss." The single-vehicle fatal crash occurred at 4:31 a.m. Sunday morning in Calumet City, on the Sibley Boulevard ramp to I-94 northbound, Illinois State...
65-year-old man found shot on West Side street, but nobody called 911 to report...
A 65-year-old man found yelling and waving his hand for help on a West Side street overnight was suffering from a gunshot wound, police discovered. Exactly when the man was shot as he walked is unclear because nobody called 911 to report gunfire, and Mayor Brandon Johnson disconnected the city’s ShotSpotter network,...
Organizers cancel Cinco de Mayo Parade in Little Village over safety concerns
It's Cinco de Mayo, but unfortunately, the annual Little Village parade has been canceled . Celebrations, however, are happening in Chicago. What led to the cancellation of the Cinco de Mayo parade According to organizers, the Little Village parade was canceled due to deportation concerns. While the primary concern...
Man convicted in fatal shooting of Hadiya Pendleton to appear in court
A court hearing is scheduled on Monday for the man accused of shooting and killing 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton in 2013. In March, a judge ordered Micheail Ward to stay behind bars , saying he poses a threat to the community. Ward confessed on video to shooting and killing Pendleton, telling police he fired shots at...
Chicago woman charged in triple stabbing
CHICAGO - A 29-year-old woman was charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery after allegedly stabbing three men in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood over the weekend, police said. Asia Boyd, of Marquette Park, was arrested early Saturday morning in the 7200 block of S. Christiana Avenue, according to the...
