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Former longtime Illinois legislative leader Michael Madigan is convicted in corruption trial

By Sophia Tareen
Feb 12, 2025 11:28 am - Jurors convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan 10 counts and acquitted him of seven, but could not reach a decision on six counts. They returned the verdict after deliberating more than 10 days in a bribery case that led to the downfall of a man who was nicknamed the “Velvet Hammer” for his forceful yet quiet leadership style.
CTA train service mostly restored on Green Line after derailment

By Marni Pyke
Feb 10, 2025 9:14 am - Riders had to be evacuated from the train by the fire department.
Justice Department sues Illinois, Chicago over immigration enforcement

Derek Hawkins
Feb 06, 2025 10:45 am - The Justice Department sued the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago on Thursday, accusing them of impeding the Trump administration’s immigration policies. The department seeks a court order to bar protections for immigrants that exist at the state and local level.
Top Trump administration officials in Chicago for start of immigration enforcement crackdown

By SOPHIA TAREEN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Jan 26, 2025 4:33 pm - CHICAGO (AP) — Top Trump administration officials, including “border czar” Tom Homan and the acting deputy attorney general, visited Chicago on Sunday to witness the star...
Secret Service agents, not ICE, attempted to access Hamline Elementary School in Chicago, officials say

By Sarah Karp, Elvia Malagón and Tom Schuba
Jan 24, 2025 7:43 pm - Agents from the U.S. Secret Service came to a South Side school on Friday to investigate a threat and were not immigration agents, according to a Secret Service spokesman...
Threat of immigration raids turns Chicago’s ‘Little Village’ into ghost town

By Miranda Davis, Alicia A. Caldwell and Daniela Sirtori
Jan 21, 2025 10:31 am - The second busiest retail corridor in Chicago is typically a bustling area dotted with taquerias and Mexican grocery stores in the southwestern part of the city. By Monday afternoon it had turned into a ghost town.
CTA chief announces exit amid funding woes

By Marni Pyke
Jan 13, 2025 10:47 am - CTA President Dorval Carter, who oversaw projects like the Red Line extension, is retiring. He faced pressure to step down over issues like ridership drops and crime.
Dead body found in wheel well of United plane from Chicago to Maui

By Associated Press
Dec 26, 2024 7:34 am - Maui police are investigating the discovery of a dead body in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane after it landed in Maui, the airline and police department said in statements on Wednesday.
Chicago middle-schooler finds goose poop that has cancer-fighting compound

By Sydney Page
Dec 23, 2024 3:06 pm - When Camarria Williams, 13, stumbled upon goose poop in a neighborhood park, she enthusiastically scooped some up. She and six other students were looking for bacteria samples. She learned, with university researchers’ help, that her goose poop contained a cancer-fighting compound.
Suspect in 3 deaths killed by police in far-right influencer's Chicago-area neighborhood

Dec 20, 2024 1:47 pm - A man suspected in the killings of three people in Illinois was fatally shot by police in Berwyn while in the neighborhood of a far-right political influencer.

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