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Legal battle intensifies over appointing special prosecutor for alleged ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ abuses

By Hannah Meisel
Mar 24, 2026 8:26 pm - It could be months before a Cook County judge decides whether to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate and charge alleged abuses by federal agents during the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” immigration enforcement campaign last fall.
Chicago Transit Authority lawsuit targets federal construction funding halted last fall

By JOHN O'CONNOR
Mar 21, 2026 1:28 pm - The Chicago Transit Authority on Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking restoration of $2 billion in commuter rail expansion funding that President Donald Trump's administration stopped last fall.
Chicago’s ‘rite of passage’: Crowds flock to watch river turn emerald green

By Mohammad Samra
Mar 14, 2026 5:43 pm - Danielle Crawford has been in Chicago less than a year while her boyfriend has lived in the city for over four decades, and both watched the Chicago River turn emerald green for the first time Saturday morning.
Former Democratic presidents remember the late Rev. Jesse Jackson during final public tribute

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Mar 06, 2026 10:41 am - Former President Barack Obama said the presidential runs in the 1980s by the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. set the stage for other Black leaders, including himself.
Crowds of Chicago mourners pay respects to Jesse Jackson at start of cross-country memorial services

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Feb 26, 2026 7:36 am - A line of mourners streamed through a Chicago auditorium Thursday to pay final respects to the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. as cross-country memorial services began in the city the late civil rights leader called home.
Chicago man is freed after 11 years for Bali 'suitcase murder,' but a US case awaits

By EDNA TARIGAN
Feb 25, 2026 4:20 pm - JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia freed and deported an American man Tuesday to Chicago after he spent 11 years in prison for the premeditated murder of his then-girlfriend...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Feb 17, 2026 6:32 am - The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assassination, died Tuesday. He was 84.
Lawyers of Chicago woman shot by federal agents say documents show how DHS lies about investigations

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Feb 11, 2026 3:06 pm - CHICAGO — A top Border Patrol commander praised a federal agent who shot a Chicago woman during an immigration crackdown last year, according to evidence released Wednesd...
Chicago doctor wanted in Ohio killings of ex-wife, her dentist husband in custody in Rockford

By Janelle Walker
Jan 12, 2026 9:57 am - A Chicago man, wanted on an arrest warrant in Ohio in the alleged killings of his former wife and her dentist husband, is being held in the Winnebago County jail in Rockford pending an extradition hearing Monday, according to official records.
Mayor Brandon Johnson stresses New Year’s Eve curfew, hopes to avoid another ‘teen takeover’

By Mitchell Armentrout
Dec 30, 2025 4:29 pm - Resolving to avoid another violent holiday-season “teen takeover,” Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday stressed the city’s 10 p.m. curfew for young people who head downtown without adult supervision for the city’s nationally televised New Year’s Eve festivities.

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