July 11, 2023 'We've proven' reparations can work, Evanston activist says: 'City hasn't blown up' A reparations advocate who successfully persuaded her Chicago suburb to hand out reparations to Black residents said their model could be one for the country to follow.
July 11, 2023 Defund the police movement wrecks America's third-largest city It's time we discard the misguided notions of "wokeness" and return to the principles of law and order that have served our society well for centuries.
July 10, 2023 Chicago residents outraged over molestation in public beach bathroom: 'Worse than jail washrooms' Chicago residents are outraged that a 4-year-old child was sexually assaulted in a Rainbow Beach bathroom on Tuesday and urged the city to put security cameras in the area.
July 10, 2023 Illinois boy, 9, shot to death at grandmother's birthday party: police 9-year-old Ulysses Campos was shot during his grandmother's 70th birthday party in Franklin Park, Illinois. Village of Franklin Park police are investigating the incident.
July 10, 2023 Tragic end after 'sick individual' randomly attacks 2 young girls playing outside A 10-year-old girl was kidnapped and murdered by a registered sex offender in a suburban Illinois city, according to police, who say she was targeted at random.
July 9, 2023 Chicago Public Schools under fire for removal of Black principals: 'Pattern and practice of discrimination' Trial attorney Ben Crump held a press conference outside CPS headquarters on Thursday to call out Chicago Public Schools for the removal of three Black principals.
July 7, 2023 Chicago-area man who drowned trying to save kids in Lake Michigan was 9/11 survivor Luke Laidley, 43, of Winnetka, Illinois, who drowned trying to rescue at least one child from Lake Michigan, reportedly survived the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
July 7, 2023 Chicago police said 2 dead babies were found in a bathroom at daycare facility The Chicago Police Department said officers found two newborns dead in a daycare facility on Thursday. A witness initially found the babies in the bathroom and called police.
July 6, 2023 Chicago sex offender pleads guilty to child porn possession, sentenced to 15 years: police Chicago resident Jason Jeffries, 41, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to child porn charges Wednesday. Jeffries was already a registered sex offender.
July 6, 2023 Chicago concealed carry holder foils late-night armed robbery attempt A licensed concealed carry holder in Chicago shot a robbery suspect in the middle of the night, landing the suspect in a local hospital, according to police.