The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

Video: Bellator 301 media day faceoffs feature Yaroslav Amosov, Jason Jackson all buddy-buddy

Check out the faceoffs from Bellator 301 media day in Chicago, where Yaroslav Amosov and Jason Jackson had a friendly encounter.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Nov 15, 2023

With one year till Chicagoans elect the school board for the first time, here’s what’s still being worked out

Lawmakers haven’t settled on a voting map and floated a last-minute proposal to accelerate moving to a fully elected board.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 15, 2023

Chicago DEA office’s most-wanted list adds cocaine-trafficking suspect Oswaldo Espinosa

Espinosa is a fugitive facing charges of drug conspiracy and money-laundering, accused of shipping thousands of pounds of cocaine to Chicago and other U.S. cities.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 15, 2023

Big Chicago contingent at March for Israel rally in Washington

Chicago native Rachel Goldberg, whose son Hersh Goldberg-Polin is held by Hamas, spoke at the rally. ‘We hostage families have lived the last 39 days in slow motion torment.’

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 15, 2023

Chicago city lawyers want a federal judge to recuse himself from hearing a police torture suit linked to Jon Burge

Former civil rights lawyer Jeffrey Cummings, appointed a federal judge this year, once signed off on reports condemning an investigation into accusations of torture by Burge and his so-called “midnight crew.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 15, 2023

Johnson’s first budget leans on one-time revenue, hopes for federal, state help to avoid tough choices down the road

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first budget is expected to sail through the Chicago City Council on Wednesday. It’s balanced in part with $786.5 million in one-time revenues. The search for new revenue sources has been punted to a Council subcommittee.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 14, 2023

Let’s remember and honor Chicago firefighters who gave their lives to save others

Firefighters like Andrew Price, and three others who died this year, chose to enter a career that they knew might involve risking their lives for others. How many of the rest of us would do the same?

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 14, 2023

Suspect charged in Chatham shooting that wounded 14-year-old girl

The man, 18, was arrested Monday in the 11300 block of South May Street and charged with attempted first-degree murder, Chicago police said. His name wasn’t released because he was a juvenile at the time of the shooting.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 14, 2023

Indiana man dies from shooting in South Chicago last month

Phillip Ramos, 35, was in the 8700 block of South Commercial Avenue Oct. 28 when two people walked up to him and fired shots. He died Nov. 8.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 14, 2023

Victory Auto Wreckers, like its commercial, will always be a Chicago classic

The harsh writing on the wall has driven another Chicago area institution to say goodbye. One member of the Sun-Times Editorial Board made a beeline to Victory with his old vehicle every time he was ready to buy a new set of wheels.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 14, 2023