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Officers found the man, 20, on a sidewalk in the 4000 block of West 18th Street with a gunshot wound to the chest.
The restaurant and lounge on the 95th and 96th floors of the former John Hancock Center is permanently closed. ‘It is with a heavy heart that we announce the permanent closing of our beloved Signature Room at the 95th,’ a letter posted in the elevator lobby reads.
Little Amal is making her way across America to inspire hope and draw attention to the plight of many refugees around the world, half of whom are children.
A couple dozen Black leaders attended Thursday’s Board of Education meeting to ask for a committee that would develop a strategy to help Black students academically.
There was concern that John Spellman may have prioritized the interests of the team over the department and stalled in delivering Patrol Chief Brian McDermott’s request to pause the game, the Sun-Times has learned.
For months, the care of migrants at police stations has fallen to volunteers. They want the city to offer them formal support.
The long-awaited analysis by Chicago Public Schools leaders examined facilities needs citywide, where school buildings are on average 83 years old with some in serious disrepair.
In an exclusive interview with ABC 7, the woman said she still doesn’t know how a bullet wound up in her right calf as she sat with family and friends in Section 161 during the fourth inning of the White Sox’ game against the Oakland A’s on Aug. 25.
The Illinois attorney general’s office filed an amended complaint to a 2018 lawsuit accusing the hotel owners of continuing to skirt rules about water discharge into the Chicago River.
Since marijuana was legalized in the state in 2020, pot shops have brought in more than $669 million in sales and added more than 30,000 jobs. But the state also legalized pot in a way that addresses past harms of the war on drugs and harsh drug sentencing, the governor said.
The change would keep in place a temporary state policy that went into effect during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The driving force has always been inequity and injustice that Black and Brown students and their families experience in this city,” CTU President Stacy Davis Gates said. “And that injustice did not roll away on April 4. We just got another gladiator in a place of power.”
Judge Lawrence Flood ruled the police officers were within their rights to protect themselves when they opened fire first, shooting Miguel Medina last year.
More than 1,100 people have been arrested in connection with the breach in almost all 50 states. That includes Illinois, where at least 41 known residents face charges for their role.
The stickup happened amid a surge in robberies across the city that new Police Supt. Larry Snelling has vowed to aggressively tackle.
The officer was arrested in 2018 but was only suspended. A new investigation was launched when the wife told police he punched her in the face and pointed a gun at her.
The agreement stems from a complaint by Engracia Figueroa, whose lawyer said she died from injuries suffered from sitting in an ill-fitting wheelchair after United damaged her custom-made wheelchair.
An updated 2023 political glossary as we are sucked into the presidential election vortex.
After Mayor Brandon Johnson announced last week the city inked a one-year, $29.4 million contract with GardaWorld Federal Services to set up a camp, Pritzker’s office said it addressed concerns around “cultural competency.”
15th Ward Ald. Raymond Lopez said a male entered the women’s dormitory early Thursday but did not make direct contact with any residents.
The victim was in critical condition after the attack early Thursday at the Garfield Red Line station, police said.
Lawyers for James T. Weiss argued the bill he wanted to pass would have generated at least one penny in tax revenue on each transaction on so-called sweepstakes machines.
Although the Potter role raised Gambon’s international profile and introduced him to a new generation of fans, he had long been recognized as one of Britain’s leading actors.
Shame on the moderators for not bringing up Trump’s significant legal woes.
The Clinton and UIC-Halsted stations — along with the shuttered Racine station — won’t be open between 10 p.m. Friday and 4 a.m. Monday.
Robberies in Chicago’s Shakespeare District, which includes the Bucktown and Wicker Park neighborhoods and parts of Logan Square, are 93% higher than in 2019.
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