The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Micheail Ward was sentenced to 84 years for the 2013 killing of the 15-year-old honor student, who had just returned from Obama’s second inauguration.

The greatest risk of severe weather is in the south and west suburbs, from 2 p.m. until 11 p.m.

Welcome to the Friday, March 31, Brew. 

Brandon Johnson says he’d hire 200 more detectives while Paul Vallas vows to build the detective ranks to 10% of overall staffing. The next mayor will also have to address the controversial spike in people being stopped for traffic violations.

On March 31, 2003, bulldozers sent by Mayor Richard M. Daley destroyed the runway at Meigs Field. The move was seen then and now as an example of mayoral overreach.

It was sickle cell anemia that brought Chicago-born, Detroit-raised Tiffani Jackson to Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal in 2017. Having endured some attacks, called pain crises, while attending Grambling State University, she made the decision to move closer to home.

CHICAGO -- There was a time, in her younger years, when Monserrat Moran, lived for her dreams, just like any other kid. She wanted to be an artist, fall in love, have her own family and buy a home. But as she grew older, she was constantly reminded that she…

Transatlantic links to Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK, Seattle and Washington DC have been grounded