The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

CHICAGO — Bally’s, the casino operator chosen to bring a gambling mecca to Chicago’s River West neighborhood, has made its initial $40 million payment to the city — money that is earmarked to help fill massive pension holes in future budgets.

Top DNC officials also met on Friday with representatives from New York, Houston and Atlanta, the other cities bidding for the convention.

Tarrion Johnson, 19, allegedly opened fire on officers attempting to arrest him on a warrant.

It wasn’t clear Friday whether Oshar Suartama could get to Chicago before Stella’s current caretaker, Vanessa Favia, has to relinquish custody. If she can’t, the child could wind up with Diana Roque Ellis of Beverly Hills, a friend of Mack’s murdered mother.

Cook County GOP chairman Sean Morrison is a vocal critic of the ruling Democrats and often points to violent crime in Chicago. But Morrison also has benefited for years — starting soon after he became a county commissioner — from “special attention” given to his home by police in south…

CHICAGO – At some point, the streak had to end.

Dr. Helene Gayle is leaving Chicago to become president of Spelman College in Atlanta. But she’s not leaving quietly.

Former U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez is launching a new effort called Our Nation’s Future, with the goal of helping 1 million permanent residents become naturalized citizens within four years.

Drivers have been off the job since Monday night at Breakthru Beverage Group in Cicero.

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

CHICAGO — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders praised Starbucks and Amazon workers trying to unionize and railed against oil companies over high gas prices in a brief appearance in Chicago late Thursday.