5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (184+ words) A man dressed in a security guard’s uniform maced and punched a passenger on a Red Line train on the North Side while making antisemitic comments, according to a community alert issued by Chicago police. Now, CPD needs help identifying…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1064+ words) Chicago recorded 42 shooting victims from Friday through Monday morning, including three people killed and 39 wounded, making it the city’s second-worst shooting weekend of the year, according to HeyJackass, which independently tracks Chicago crime statistics using official and open-source data. Saturday…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (290+ words) The former owner of the Budlong Hot Chicken chain and other restaurants in Chicago and Denver has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after admitting he fraudulently obtained more than $2.3 million in COVID relief funds and failed to turn…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (418+ words) The Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) released its final summary report this month on the November 23, 2024, incident at the Blackstone Branch Library, concluding that Sgt. Lonnie Young’s takedown was justified because the protester was an “active resister” who had…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (384+ words) By Jim TalamontiThe Center Square(The Center Square) – A Chicago alderman has launched his reelection campaign and continued his push to get on the ballot for Congress, even after recently unsealed divorce records showed his ex-wife claimed he previously spent…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (334+ words) Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is calling for permanent legislative fixes to what she describes as a dangerously flawed electronic monitoring system, warning that the increased use of ankle monitors for violent offenders has created “an unacceptable risk…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (411+ words) The armed parolee whom Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera was chasing when her partner unintentionally shot and killed her last year is now facing federal drug distribution charges, one of five men charged in a major undercover federal drug investigation…...