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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.
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley raising cash for possible Chicago mayor run

By Russell Lissau
Dec 26, 2025 1:15 pm - U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley has been raising money for a possible mayoral campaign in Chicago.
Supreme Court keeps Trump’s National Guard deployment blocked in the Chicago area, for now

By MARK SHERMAN
Dec 23, 2025 2:25 pm - The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area to support its immigration crackdown.
Why did we get so much snow, so fast this season? A polar vortex

Ben Noll
Dec 17, 2025 9:30 am - Snow season has gotten off to a fast start across swaths of the northern United States this year. Fueled in part by an unusually early disruption to the polar vortex — wh...

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