One day in May of 1970, an 11-year-old boy and his disabled sister were sitting on the curb outside a Chicago tavern, waiting for their mother to come out. When a priest with crinkly eyes and a ready smile happened by and offered the family a ride home, they could not have been happier.
Read moreOne person has been charged with a shooting early Sunday at a house party that left 13 people wounded, four of them critically, Chicago police said.
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Recreational marijuana sales in Chicago will start Jan. 1 along with the rest of Illinois, after the city council voted Wednesday against an ordinance that would have delayed licenses for six months.
Read moreTaking up a case involving four men whose cars were impounded over scads of traffic tickets, the Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to determine whether filing for bankruptcy can undo a lawful repossession.
Read moreA federal court in Maryland ruled that the City of Chicago has standing to pursue its claims against Marriott International relating to a data breach by hackers who made off with passport numbers, credit card information and other personal data. The city ordinance under which Chicago has filed suit is constitutional, the court ruled.
Read moreA young woman claims the Chicago Board of Education and its Legal Prep Charter Academies hired Jamel M. Helaire-Jones as girls’ basketball coach, despite his previous arrest on charges of abduction and attempted sexual assault, whereupon he made her “acts of sexual contact and penetration with him in the locker room and gymnasium.”
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The Seventh Circuit appeared convinced at oral arguments Tuesday that Chicago cannot be held liable for a police officer’s off-duty misconduct, placing in jeopardy a historic $44.7 million verdict against the city for a drunken cop’s shooting of his friend.
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Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson was fired Monday morning, just weeks after announcing his retirement at the end of the year, over what the mayor called lies about falling asleep in his car.
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Actor Jussie Smollett filed a counterclaim against Chicago asserting the city knows he is telling the truth about an alleged hate crime against him but falsely accused him of lying anyway.
Read moreChicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson delivered an emotional retirement announcement Thursday after serving for three years as the Windy City’s top cop.
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An attorney representing black customers who say they were asked to change tables at a Chicago-area Buffalo Wild Wings because of their skin color urged the restaurant chain Tuesday to make wholesale changes to avoid a discrimination lawsuit.
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A 7-year-old girl trick-or-treating in a bumblebee costume was critically injured Thursday night by apparent stray gunfire, police said in Chicago.
Read moreThe Chicago Teachers Union on Thursday afternoon finally called off a strike that cancelled 11 days of classes after a tense, last-minute compromise with Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Read moreThe Chicago Teachers’ Union voted to finally accept a contract from the city Wednesday night after a two-week battle with rookie Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
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President Donald Trump blasted Chicago leaders as being weak on crime and compared violence in the nation’s third largest city to war conditions in Afghanistan during remarks at a law enforcement conference Monday.
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Donald Trump’s appearance next week at a police chiefs conference will be his first visit as president to Chicago, a city he has ridiculed for years. The city’s top cop plans to skip the speech, even though he’s hosting the event.
Read moreA federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss Chicago’s lawsuit against former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett over his refusal to repay $130,000 the city says it cost to investigate what officials have called a staged hate crime.
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Striking Chicago teachers who are seeking smaller class sizes and higher pay also are demanding that the nation’s third-largest city do more to lower housing costs and put more resources into helping homeless students.
Read moreA Chicago police officer was removed from the force Thursday evening after hearings involving the shooting deaths of a college student and grandmother in 2015.
Read moreChicago public school teachers will strike starting Thursday morning, as delegates from the Chicago Teachers’ Union voted Wednesday to reject the latest contract proposal from the city after three weeks of negotiations.
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