Hundreds of people gathered in Chicago’s Federal Plaza Wednesday night less than a day after former President Donald Trump won his reelection bid to affirm their support for progressive policies like abortion access, immigrant rights and an end to U.S. military aid to Israel.
A 41-year-old man was reportedly in grave condition Wednesday afternoon after being discovered unresponsive after striking a parked vehicle in the Garfield Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly before 1 p.m., the victim was found unresponsive after hitting a parked vehicle in the 600 block of North Lawndale Avenue, police said. He was taken with […]
Two people were reported deceased following a fire that broke out at a home Wednesday morning in west suburban Cicero, officials said. About 5:15 a.m., firefighters were called to the scene of a home on fire at 5054 W. 29th Street. Soon after a second call came in to the dispatch center saying the entire second floor was engulfed in flames, according to a Cicero Fire Department news release. During the second call, Cicero Fire Department Battalion Chief Paul Lyttek was driving over the Laramie bridge and saw heavy smoke and requested additional firefighting trucks to the scene, the release […]
Jurors in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan are expected to see undercover videos Wednesday made by a former ComEd executive detailing an alleged scheme by the utility to funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars through do-nothing contacts to some of the powerful speaker’s longtime associates.
Former military defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for masterminding a decade-long bribery scheme that swept up dozens of U.S. Navy officers.
Two people were shot, one critically, Tuesday afternoon at Navy Pier. A Chicago police spokesperson said that the department’s SWAT unit was en route to Navy Pier, but could provide no additional details.
The ComEd vice president who secretly recorded his colleagues as part of a federal corruption probe began testifying against ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan on Tuesday, the first of what is expected to be multiple days on the stand.
A Chicago man admitted Thursday he shot his ex-girlfriend in an alley behind her job. Desmond Webb, 37, signed a plea deal for aggravated battery, a Level 3 felony. If Judge Gina Jones accepts the plea deal, his sentence would be capped at 10 years.
A 29-year-old woman was critically wounded after she was involved in a traffic accident Tuesday morning on the South Side in the Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said. Around 6:40 a.m., the woman was driving her vehicle in the first block of East 69th Street when she was involved in a crash with another vehicle. A passenger inside the other vehicle opened fire, striking the woman to the back, police said. The woman was taken in critical condition to UChicago Medicine. No one was in custody for the shooting and detectives were investigating.
A police officer was shot Monday night on the South Side, sources said.