Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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14-way mayoral race could test Chicago ballot countingFeb 25, 2019 12:00 am - With 31,000 mail-in ballots not yet returned on the eve of Tuesday's 14-way Chicago mayoral election, officials talked openly about a nightmare scenario that suddenly lo...
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CPS student tased by cops files suit, attorney rips 'systemic failure'Feb 20, 2019 10:00 pm - A federal lawsuit filed late Wednesday claims the Chicago Board of Education, the city and two police officers violated the civil rights of a student who was shocked wit...
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Billionaire Ken Griffin doubles up on Bill Daley's campaignFeb 20, 2019 10:00 pm - Illinois' richest man has given another $1 million to mayoral candidate Bill Daley, doubling his investment in the brother and son of past mayors' campaign. Hedge fund b...
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Community Development Commission OKs $900 million TIF for Lincoln YardsFeb 19, 2019 10:00 pm - The Community Development Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved the largest tax-increment-financing subsidy in Chicago history - $900 million - to unlock the develo...
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Jussie Smollett will not meet with Chicago Police today: lawyerFeb 17, 2019 10:00 pm - Jussie Smollett will not meet with Chicago police on Monday to discuss the ongoing investigation of a reported attack on the "Empire" star, a spokesman for his attorney ...
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Plant manager texted wife 'I love you' before he died from shootingFeb 17, 2019 12:00 am - After he was shot, Josh Pinkard, the plant manager of the water valve manufacturing facility in Aurora where a mass shooting took place Friday afternoon, texted his wife...
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Oswego victim of Aurora shooting was a devoted grandfather of eightFeb 16, 2019 12:00 am - A day after the Aurora shooting, Vicente Juarez's children remembered him as a loving and devoted father who put his family above all else. “Words can't even describe ho...
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Aldermanic candidate files $4 million defamation suit against CTUFeb 13, 2019 10:00 pm - The 19-year-old college Republican aiming to unseat Alderman Marty Quinn in the 13th District filed a $4 million defamation lawsuit this week against the Chicago Teacher...
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Striking CICS teachers protest brings Loop office to haltFeb 13, 2019 10:00 pm - Striking Chicago International Charter School teachers brought a busy Loop office building lobby to a standstill Wednesday afternoon on their seventh day of a work stopp...
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CTA adding vending machines for phone chargers, snacks, photo boothFeb 12, 2019 10:00 pm - Three new kinds of vending machines will be installed at CTA stations in the next few months, providing riders with a photo booth, phone-charging battery packs and healt...