Articles filed under Chicago
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Study hits low wages for tipped workersNov 06, 2019 10:00 pm - Chicago's "sub-minimum wage" for tipped workers is a "direct legacy of slavery" that has disproportionately impacted African Americans in general and black women in part...
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Spotlight: Paramount promises blockbuster 'Beauty and the Beast'Nov 06, 2019 5:00 am - Be Paramount's guest Paramount Theatre promises a blockbuster revival of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast," adapted from the Oscar-winning animated film by composer Alan M...
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7-year-old Halloween gunshot victim getting better by the day, dad saysNov 05, 2019 10:00 pm - Gisselle Zamago, the 7-year-old hit by two stray bullets while trick-or-treating in Little Village, is getting better by the day, her father told the Chicago Sun-Times. ...
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CPD Supt. Johnson to announce his retirementNov 05, 2019 10:00 pm - After leading the Chicago Police Department through more than 3½ years, Superintendent Eddie Johnson is set to announce his plan to step down this week, according to pub...
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Man wrongfully convicted of murder sues city of ChicagoNov 05, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A man who spent about 26 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit is suing the city of Chicago and its police department for wrongful conviction. A C...
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Chicago schools release proposal to make up strike daysNov 05, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools officials have proposed how they intend to make up five of 11 school days lost in a teachers strike, including adding days to the e...
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Despite new law, no pot in Chicago public housingNov 05, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Public housing residents in Chicago are being told they can't smoke marijuana at home, even as pot turns legal in Illinois on Jan. 1. The Chicago Sun-Time...
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Threat or misunderstanding? Trial begins in Aurora casino bomb scare caseNov 05, 2019 12:00 am - A bench trial began Tuesday for a Chicago man accused of causing a bomb scare in February at Aurora's Hollywood Casino that drew more than 150 first responders, forced e...
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Exonerated man sues Chicago police, cityNov 05, 2019 12:00 am - A man who spent 26 years locked up for a murder he didn't commit - a victim, he says, of officers working under former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge - is suing the city...
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Police who raided home should have known target already was in prison, suit allegesNov 05, 2019 12:00 am - When Chicago police smashed through Jolanda Blassingame's door, threw stun grenades in her apartment and pointed assault rifles at her kids, they should've known the guy...