The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

4-year-old boy, man wounded in Woodlawn shooting

The two were in a car Thursday afternoon in the 1500 block of East 65th Street, when someone in another vehicle opened fire, Chicago police say.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 31, 2023

Hey Chicago, don’t smother the Friday Morning Swim Club in regulations

The “club” started with a couple of young professionals jumping into the lake at Montrose Harbor to start off their busy weekends. Hundreds, then thousands, of young folks started joining them. Then the Park District weighed in.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 31, 2023

Steppenwolf Theatre announces staff cuts in the wake of falling revenue, drop in attendance

The iconic Chicago theater company is the latest of many arts outlets dealing with fallout from the pandemic.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 31, 2023

Chicago’s history is linked to America’s nuclear dilemma

A few years back, I decided to hike Red Gate Woods out in Chicago’s southwest suburbs...Cut into the trail-facing side of the marker were words stating that the radioactive remains of CP-1 — Chicago Pile-1, the reactor that had been built beneath Stagg Field at the University of Chicago and…

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 31, 2023

Chicago cycling advocates want more protected bike lanes, lower speed limits

The number of crashes involving bicycles is on the rise in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 31, 2023

Losing Tyshon Johnson and other kids to violence robs us all

Chicago’s sordid history has taken away our boys’ and girls’ abilities to be kids. It has robbed our city of its potential.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 31, 2023

Chicago State’s warning of ‘significant financial strain’ during faculty strike proves no strain on big bonus for CSU president

In a recording posted last week, Chicago State Board of Trustees Chair Andrea Zopp can be heard justifying the $50,000 bonus to Zaldwaynaka Scott in part to the CSU president’s handling of the faculty strike earlier this year.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 31, 2023

Season 2 of ‘Power Book IV: Force’ answers questions about Tommy’s ascent in Chicago drug trade

Hotheaded hustler on the Starz series is back to facing off against the Flynns, CBI — and his mom.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 31, 2023

‘I am absolutely livid.’ Residents decry plan to turn Kenwood hotel into migrant shelter

The Lake Shore Hotel, where some migrants were housed this year, would begin taking up to 300 asylum-seekers.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 31, 2023

Matt Rodriguez, ‘a pioneer’ who became Chicago’s top cop during a flood but retired under a cloud, dies at 87

Rodriguez, who was the first Latino police superintendent, was forced to resign in 1997 after coming under scrutiny for his friendship with a convicted felon.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 31, 2023