Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

Lightfoot disputes feds’ environmental racism claims, Sen. Emil Jones III pleads not guilty and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

City Council urged to declare its independence from Lightfoot by choosing its own committee chairs

The Better Government Association published a policy statement Friday renewing its call for the City Council to shed its reputation as a rubber stamp for Chicago mayors.

Chicago Sun-Times

Behind Enemy Lines: Previewing the Texans’ Week 3 encounter in Chicago with Bears Wire

The Houston Texans take on the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. @AlyssaBarbieri from the Bears Wire previews the inter-conference matchup.

USA Today Sports Media Group

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Picture Chicago: 22 must-see images from Sun-Times photographers this past week

A blast in Austin tears through an apartment building, pieces of history arrive at the Field Museum, Chicagoans rock out at Riot Fest and more in our best unseen photos of the week.

Chicago Sun-Times

Why Republican governors are relocating migrants across US

GOP defends push that rights groups denounce as political stunt ahead of midterm elections. What exactly is going on?

Al Jazeera

12 cops face discipline for misconduct after George Floyd protests

On May 31, 2020 — six days after Floyd died — dozens of protesters were pushed and hit with batons as officers struggled with two people in the 400 block of North Clark Street, according to a report released publicly Thursday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man dies after explosion at Austin apartment building

The cause of the blast was determined to be the “ignition of natural gas,” fire officials said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

10 shot in Chicago Thursday, including a 16-year-old boy

The boy was shot in the 4800 block of South Honore Street.

Chicago Sun-Times

Another Commentary on the Fifth Circuit's Texas Social Media Law Decision

As I noted yesterday, I'm still trying to fully digest the Netchoice v. Paxton opinions, but I passed along two commentaries from top scholars on the subject, one entirely critical from Prof. Genevieve Lakier (Chicago) and one that's mostly critical from Prof. Alan Rozenshtein (Minnesota). I thought I'd also pass…

Reason

Bear Necessities: Matt Eberflus has appreciation for former Bears HC Lovie Smith

Former Bears HC Lovie Smith makes his return to Soldier Field on Sunday when Chicago hosts the Texans.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Singer Jim Post, Chicago folk music star who hit big with ‘Reach Out of the Darkness,’ dead at 82

Chicago performer Corky Siegel said, “I think he was just the greatest in the Chicago folk scene.” He later reinvented himself, writing and performing in one-man plays about Mark Twain.

Chicago Sun-Times

Police shut down South Side, West Side businesses over violence, go easy on clout-heavy bars downtown

Since 2015, the Chicago Police Department has shut down at least 58 businesses, most on the South Side and West Side, after shootings at or near their premises even as violence surged downtown.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot to Biden administration on environmental racism claims: See you in court

“If a voluntary resolution can’t be reached, HUD may initiate administrative proceedings or refer this matter to the U.S. Department of Justice for enforcement,” the agency says.

Chicago Sun-Times

Horoscope for Friday, Sept. 23, 2022

After 3 a.m. Chicago time, there are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The moon is in Virgo.

Chicago Sun-Times

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times

Soccer facility plan lets CHA sidestep its pledge for public housing

Supporters said the Chicago Fire soccer facility will be good for the community. It’s now up to the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development to ask serious questions about how the facility will fit with the CHA’s stated mission.

Chicago Tribune

Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews dismiss trade rumors as the Chicago Blackhawks open training camp: ‘It’s just a lot of noise right now’

Patrick Kane called it “crushing.”

USA Today Sports Media Group

Why the Texans’ Week 3 showdown with the Bears may be a ‘must win’ game

Week 3 is already a 'must win' for the Houston Texans, who need their second-year QB Davis Mills to have a coming out party against the Chicago Bears.

Chicago Sun-Times

Months before buses carrying immigrants arrived from Texas, Venezuelans in Chicago saw signs of humanitarian crisis

Rafael Briceño Colmenares, who arrived in the Chicago area earlier this year, is among thousands that have fled their South American homeland in order to help feed their families.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times

Family of violence victims used in GOP campaign ads call on Darren Bailey to stop commercials

“Stop using our pain and suffering for votes,” Vickie Ponciano, the aunt of one victim, said Thursday.

The Independent UK

Boy shot in July 4 parade massacre returns home to family

An 8-year-old suburban Chicago boy is back home after more than two months of treatment for severe injuries he sustained during the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, his family said Thursday

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot accused of scrapping CFD promotion list to punish controversial City Council member

Ald. Jim Gardiner — a Chicago firefighter on a leave of absence — is accusing the mayor, with whom he has clashed repeatedly, of scrapping a CFD promotion list because he was second in line to be promoted to lieutenant.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man shot to death at Austin gas station

Marvell Ward was at the gas station in the 5300 block of West Chicago Avenue when two males approached him and opened fire.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Texans vs. Bears Thursday injury report: TE Pharaoh Brown did not practice

The Houston Texans released their second injury report for Week 3 against the Chicago Bears, and TE Pharaoh Brown did not practice.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘I’m going to read them all.’ Grade schoolers get excited about book donation during Bernie’s Book Bank’s crosstown charity walk

The volunteers were midway through their 20-mile “Walk As One Chicago” fundraiser, marching from Guaranteed Rate Field to Wrigley Field and back. They stopped at schools along the way to promote book ownership and literacy.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago’s newest City Council member: Just call him ‘Timmy’

The name was part of an emotional and potentially high-risk coming out for Timmy Knudsen after he graduated law school and joined a buttoned-down Chicago firm he was not at all certain would welcome an openly-gay attorney.

1 … 414 415 416 417

People

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.