The True Victims of the Chicago Riots
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Chicago Violence Continues With Mass Shooting At A Funeral Tuesday Afternoon
As of mid-July, the city has reported 385 murders, a 48 percent increase from the same period in 2019,.
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Report Indicates 150 Federal Officers To Deploy In Chicago This Week
Trump said the Democratic leaders in places like Chicago don’t want federal help because “they’re afraid” of the violent mobs.
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot appoints former state Sen. Miguel del Valle as Chicago Public Schools board president
Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday that former Chicago clerk and state Sen. Miguel del Valle is her choice to be Chicago Public Schools board president.
She also appointed seven members to the Chicago Board of Education. The new members will be sworn in June 26.
Lightfoot previously said she…
Sears parent company buying Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, its former spinoff
The parent company of Sears, controlled by former Sears CEO Edward Lampert, is buying the rest of Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores that it doesn’t already own and reuniting the business with the Sears and Kmart stores.
Sears Hometown was spun off from Sears Holdings Corp., the former parent company…
Illinois Senate approves legalizing sports betting, gambling expansion and funding for nearly $45 billion capital construction plan
The Illinois General Assembly adjourned its spring session Sunday and delivered first-term Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “think big” agenda as the Senate voted to raise motorists’ taxes and fees and embark upon a massive statewide gambling expansion that included a Chicago casino and legalized…
Most violent weekend in Chicago this year: At least 50 shot, 10 fatally
At least 50 people were shot across Chicago over the weekend, the most violent of the year with a toll even higher than during the long Memorial Day holiday just a week earlier.
More than half the victims were wounded during a 12-hour burst of gunfire from Friday evening to Saturday morning. At…
Here’s when marijuana will be legal in Illinois, and answers to other burning questions about recreational weed
Marking a historic moment in an expanding national movement, Illinois lawmakers Friday approved recreational marijuana legalization.
After a contentious debate in Springfield — during which one lawmaker even cracked eggs into a frying pan to depict the “brain on drugs” — the House of Representatives…
Naperville man stepped over dead bodies and waited in human traffic jams in his odyssey to the top of Everest
Rick Poole spent a month and a half waiting for the right weather conditions to ascend to the world’s highest peak.
When the chance finally opened up late last week, the Naperville man never imagined the final leg of his journey up Mount Everest would be met with hours of waiting in a single-file…
Chicago’s international port looks for funds to improve its facilities and attract more shipping business
Most Chicagoans look at Lake Michigan and think recreation — a view and a beach, swimming and sailboats.
But the lake is also the site of a major freshwater port that draws oceangoing ships from the St. Lawrence Seaway. The Port of Chicago is in need of money to fix its aging infrastructure, and…