Afternoon Briefing: Johnson confident DNC will go smoothly despite recent demonstrations
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Chesterton Liberty Bible Church: 824 North Calumet Ave — Liberty Bible Church will have “InterGen Sunday” from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 26. “InterGen” or Intergenerational Sundays allow parents and children to worship together. Kids ministry for kindergarten through fifth grade will be suspended on InterGen Sundays so kids can join their parents in worship. Childcare is provided for ages 0-5. For more information, visit https://www.findliberty.net/events-1/2024/intergen-sunday-e9h58-neehy. Gary Bethel Lutheran Church: 411 N Montgomery St. Читать дальше...
The University of Chicago is preparing to “intervene” to remove the pro-Palestine encampment from the school’s Main Quadrangle, president Paul Alivisatos said Friday, claiming student protestors have created a “systemic disruption” on campus. Meanwhile, tensions heightened when counter-protesters marched to the encampment carrying American flags, chanting “USA, USA!” as Muslim students gathered for Friday prayers. A line of cops formed between the protest groups, sources at campus said. Students set up the encampment Monday morning... Читать дальше...
Serial Chicago con man Joey Cipolla was sentenced to nine years in federal prison Friday for what the judge called “an extraordinarily large amount” of schemes to cheat people out of money. In handing down the 108-month sentence, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly noted that Cipolla had spent time in state prison for similar crimes before, but instead of being deterred he soon returned back to scamming people. “One would think that if Mr. Cipolla had the ability and willingness to control what he was doing ... Читать дальше...
Calumet City and St. Louis County law enforcement officers arrested 79-year-old James Barbier this week and he was charged with first-degree murder in the 1966 stabbing death of 18-year-old Karen Snider.
The heads of the Chicago Police Department and Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office were joined by Mayor Brandon Johnson in announcing murder charges against the man who allegedly shot and killed off-duty CPD officer Luis Huesca last month in Gage Park. “Today, we honor (Huesca) as we hold accountable the offender who is responsible for […]
The mayor promised the event will be “safe, energetic, vibrant," dismissed assertions from dissident groups that the rejection of protest permits violates the First Amendment.
A male body pulled from the Calumet River last Wednesday was identified as a 24-year-old man who was reported missing in April, officials said. According to the Cook County medical examiner’s office, the man was identified as Jovon Tyree Brown-Nelson of the 3200 block of East 92nd Street. Nelson was last seen April 9 in the block where he lived, blocks away from where he found in the Calumet River. Shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday, a male body was pulled from the river in the 9100 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago police said.
"We are not passive participants in this life," says Pavlovitz, whose new book is “Worth Fighting For: Finding Courage and Compassion When Cruelty is Trending.”
Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance next year under a new directive the Biden administration released Friday.
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The second week of testimony Donald Trump's hush money case will wrap up Friday after jurors heard a recording of the former president that's central to the case.
Two men from Chicago and another from the west suburbs have each been sentenced to several years in federal prison after guilty pleas on robbery charges, including holding up a UPS driver in Oak Park and carjacking motorists there and in other nearby areas. Jaheim Henyard, 22, of Chicago, was sentenced to 11 years and three months in federal prison. Darius Young, 28, of west suburban Berwyn, was sentenced to four years. Xavier Tate, 27, of Chicago, was sentenced to seven years and nine months. The... Читать дальше...
Mystery still surrounds the resignation of Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III from the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. But the group is moving forward.
Reports of sightings are likely individual "stragglers" that have come out too early or from people who have taken a shovel to the ground.
On May 3, 2011, Chicago’s Derrick Rose became at age 22 the NBA’s youngest MVP.
Reports from the Illinois inspector general's office detail how investigators say state employees bilked the federal Paycheck Protection Program.
Chicago Public Schools agrees to raise wages of lowest paid workers or support staff in a new, four-year agreement with Service Employees International Union Local 73
A bill that gained final approval by the Democratic-led Illinois legislature would give Democrats a significant advantage toward keeping their legislative majorities in November.
Advocate Trinity said in a statement to the Tribune: “Our hearts go out to this family. We believe that our clinicians provided excellent care.”
The lawsuit against Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration comes as protests are surging months before the Democratic National Convention in August.
The law firm retained by several families of children at the center of a probe into an Arlington Heights school nurse’s”misuse” of the kids’ medications is calling for the principal to be removed, pending the outcome of the investigation. The nurse is already on leave, according to Arlington Heights School District 25 officials. The health professional is not identified because they are not, to date, charged with a crime. “We are calling for Westgate Elementary School Principal Ann Buch to be placed... Читать дальше...
A new federal subpoena delivered recently to Dolton Village Hall seeks detailed records about trips made by village officials and expenses they were reimbursed for, as well as payments made to Mayor Tiffany Henyard and the village's chief administrator, a source confirmed.
The popular Friday Morning Swim Club, which drew thousands to the waters of Lake Michigan near Montrose Harbor each summer, has been canceled this year after organizers said the Chicago Park District charged six figures to permit the event.
Israel and Hamas appear to be seriously negotiating an end to the war in Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages.