Pritzker calls meeting with retired military leaders to address what he calls Chicago militarization
Gov. JB Pritzker called a meeting with retired military leaders Thursday, including former major generals and admirals, to discuss the militarization of American cities, as he puts it.
2-year-old boy, woman shot while parked in South Side McDonald’s lot
Chicago police said the 30-year-old woman was shot in the knee, and the 2-year-old boy was shot once in the foot.
Paroled carjacker dies after crashing freshly hijacked SUV into tree
A man who out of prison less than four months after serving time for multiple armed robberies and a carjacking died late Tuesday when he crashed a freshly-carjacked SUV on the West Side, according to Chicago police and court records. Around 11:20 p.m. Tuesday, a man was changing the tire...
Mexican gangs offering up to $50K bounties for ICE agent assassinations in US, DHS...
Federal officials suspect Mexican criminal organizations are funding bounties up to $50,000 for killing ICE agents, with lower amounts for intelligence gathering.
Florida, Tennessee Senators Rip ‘Attacks’ On Federal Law Enforcement In Illinois
Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced a resolution in the Senate on Thursday to formally condemn what they describe as “despicable, violent attacks” against federal law enforcement officers in Chicago and the state of Illinois. The resolution, which addresses escalating violence and...
South Loop business damaged, manager says thieves were attempting to take ATM
Chicago police are investigating the damage left at a South Loop business on Wednesday.
’10k if u take him down’: Chicago man ordered ‘hit’ on ICE leader, prosecutors...
CHICAGO – A native of Mexico and longtime city resident has been indicted after being accused of putting a bounty on the head of a top immigration enforcement official, according to court filings published Oct. 15. Juan Espinoza Martinez aimed to have U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander at-Large Chief Gregory...
Loretto Hospital in Austin braces for impact from Medicaid cuts: ‘May have to close...
In Chicago's Austin neighborhood, Loretto Hospital is what's considered a safety net hospital. The staff fears cuts federal cuts to Medical could impact patients and the community.
Chicago man claims armed agents abducted him, questioned his citizenship, despite being a native
CHICAGO (WGN) — A U.S. citizen says armed Border Patrol agents snatched him off the street in broad daylight early Wednesday morning. In a WGN exclusive, a man named Angel said he was on his way to his cousin’s house in the 8500 block of South Buffalo in South Chicago. A random vehicle pulled up […]
Fatal shooting in former ShotSpotter zone went unreported for 30 minutes
A man fatally shot in an alley late Tuesday went undiscovered for about half an hour because no one called 911 to report the gunfire. The alley where the shooting occurred was previously monitored by the city’s ShotSpotter gunfire detection system until Mayor Brandon Johnson ended Chicago’s contract with the company...
