A Tragic Homecoming For Man Killed By ICE Agents In Franklin Park
This story was produced by South Side Weekly, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to producing local journalism that is for, by and about the South Side of Chicago. Sign up for its newsletter here. He came back in a box. A wooden coffin wrapped in cardboard, the kind used to protect...
Mayor Johnson defends budget proposal: “We’re not going backwards”
Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke with CBS News Chicago Monday morning to defend his 2026 budget proposal, which aims to close a fiscal hole of more than $1 billion.
Johnson Vows to Crack Down on Police Overtime Spending in 2026, As CPD Budget...
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed budget for 2026 would impose new limits on overtime spending by the Chicago Police Department while acknowledging it was unrealistic to expect CPD to spend less than $200 million next year to compensate officers for working extra hours. In all, CPD’s budget is set to...
2 shot inside car on Chicago’s South Side, police say
Chicago police are investigating a shooting on the city's South Side on Monday.
Chicago: At Least 18 Shot Friday Through Sunday Morning Alone
At least 18 people were shot, four of them fatally, Friday through Sunday morning alone in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. CBS News reported the first fatal shooting of the weekend was a double homicide, leaving a male and a female dead. The two were found in a vehicle “in the 300 block of West 31st Street”...
A Squalid Building, a Tip to the Feds, and Then ‘Straight-Up Chaos’
CHICAGO — On a humid September night in Chicago, Cameo Polk was asleep in his fifth-floor apartment when he heard the thump thump thump of a helicopter overhead. Outside, hundreds of men with masks and rifles were scurrying around the building. He briefly wondered if an invasion was underway.
Cook County warns of possible measles exposure at Palos Hospital
Cook County health officials are warning about a possible measles exposure at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital last week.
14-Year-Old Boy Shot in Downtown Chicago’s Loop Area; No Suspects in Custody
A 14-year-old boy was shot in the Loop area of downtown Chicago, marking another instance of violence in a city grappling with gun-related incidents. According to NBC Chicago, the incident occurred at approximately 4:19 p.m. near South Wells Street and West Monroe Street on Friday. The victim sustained a gunshot...
Two men wanted for robbing Red Line passenger in Edgewater
Chicago police are searching for two men who mugged a passenger aboard a CTA train in Edgewater last month. According to a community alert issued on Saturday afternoon, the attack occurred around 3 a.m. on September 30 aboard a Red Line train near the Bryn Mawr station. CPD offered no...
Man gets 4 years for ‘extremely dangerous’ robberies aboard CTA trains
A man a judge said “preyed on random victims on CTA trains” in the Loop and committed “extremely dangerous robberies” has been handed a four-year prison sentence. Breon Edwards, 21, pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery and received concurrent four-year terms from Judge Shelly Sutker-Dermer. With credit for good...
