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‘There were a lot of kids because it happened in front of the school,’ said a witness who called 911. ‘And they go there to play. And we thought it was safe, so we would go and let them play there. But now it’s changed.’

Across the city’s West Side, freshmen and longtime City Council members awaited results an hour and half after polls closed.

Kelly is already serving a 30-year sentence for a federal racketeering conviction in New York. So the crucial question Thursday will be whether U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber feels the need to punish Kelly further.

Ron DeSantis, mulling a GOP run for president, meets with law enforcement in Elmhurst and denounces ‘woke policies enacted by Leftist politicians’ in blue states and cities.

Organizers say they will need more funding to complete the project and keep it running in the long term.

Monday was the first day of in-person early voting in Chicago for the Feb. 28 election, the country’s first major auto show of the year kicked off at McCormick Place, and more from Sun-Times photographers’ best recent photos.

Lightfoot said Thursday that it’s a security risk to allow homeless people to stay at O’Hare. But a law enforcement source said that starting this week, additional police has been dedicated to offering services to homeless people — and removing those who don’t accept the help.

The Joffrey has stood firm in its decision to stage Yuri Possokhov’s “Anna Karenina,” based on the novel by Russian author Leo Tolstoy, despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot questions Brandon Johnson’s commitment to funding Chicago police. Activist Ja’Mal Green accuses Johnson of ‘being a fraud.’