October 2, 2020 State's attorney from Jussie Smollett case backs out of debate due to 'Trump-like' name calling Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced Wednesday that she pulled out of a campaign debate due to attacks from her Republican rival.
October 1, 2020 Retired Chicago teacher, 102, dons hazmat suit to vote by mail Bea Lumpkin, a 102-year-old Chicagoan, donned a hazmat suit to cast her mail-in ballot on Thursday.
September 30, 2020 Chicago Mayor Lightfoot slams Trump after he blasts Windy City violence Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired back at President Trump on Tuesday night after he skewered her city during a presidential campaign debate against Joe Biden as a hotbed of crime and violence.
September 30, 2020 Chicago bulldog rescue refuses CDC order to relinquish puppies found abandoned in airport warehouse A Chicago-based dog rescue has refused the government orders to return bulldog puppies that were left stranded in an airport warehouse in August.
September 29, 2020 Chicago girl, 8, tried to stop mom from fatally stabbing sister: prosecutors An 8-year-old Chicago girl watched as her mom butchered her 5-year-old sister -- and tugged at the woman’s hair in a desperate bid to get her to stop, prosecutors said.
September 29, 2020 Violent crime spikes after police funding cuts dubbed 'Minneapolis effect' Violent crime is spiking across the U.S. in what one law professor calls the "Minneapolis effect."
September 28, 2020 Chicago violence: Girl, 5, stabbed to death in another bloody weekend A 5-year-old girl was stabbed to death Saturday morning in Chicago during another bloody weekend in the city that resulted in at least 48 people shot, including seven fatally, according to reports.
September 23, 2020 Gale Sayers, legendary Chicago Bears star and Pro Football Hall of Famer, dead at 77 Chicago Bears legend Gale Sayers, largely considered one of the greatest running backs of all time, died Wednesday at the age of 77, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced.Â
September 22, 2020 William Emmett LeCroy, convicted killer, is executed An inmate who killed a Georgia nurse he believed had put a spell on him, issued chilling last words directed towards his spiritual advisor before the U.S. government executed him Tuesday night.
September 22, 2020 Chicago's 'Dreadhead Cowboy' arrested after riding a horse on expressway: cops A man in Chicago known as the "Dreadhead Cowboy" was arrested Monday after riding a horse on the Dan Ryan Expressway, a report said.