ICE raids generate calls for solidarity
April 2, 2025Three days after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids swept through Chicago Northwest Side’s Hermosa neighborhood, the 25th Police District Council member Angelica Green…
Three days after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids swept through Chicago Northwest Side’s Hermosa neighborhood, the 25th Police District Council member Angelica Green…
In recognition of Autism Awareness Month, Cook County Commissioner Michael Scott Jr. will conduct a Facebook Live event focused on expanding awareness, increasing access to care, and…
Another story in a series looking at ethnic and health-focused eateries emerging on the Chicago area restaurant scene Being from New York and spending 35 years in the industry, Chris…
Among Easter-related events happening in the area are: Bunny photos: Burr Ridge Village Center, 701 Village Center Drive, will have an Easter event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 5. Photos…
The Libertarian Party of Chicago will welcome Jen Guzman, executive director of Rise Chicago, at its meeting Tuesday. The meeting will be from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at The Piggery, 1625…
A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot Friday night on Chicago’s West Side. The boy was on a sidewalk on the 2800 block of South Komensky Avenue in the city’s Little Village…
A Carpentersville man has been charged in connection with a fatal accident on the Eisenhower Expressway. Saul Alba, 42, has been charged with aggravated driving under the influence…
Local organizers of a nationwide series of protest rallies April 5 say they intend to stand “indivisible,” but definitely not be invisible. Throughout Northern Illinois, thousands…
A Navy Pier attraction has gone above and beyond expectations in its first year of operation. While exact numbers were not available as of press time, Flyover officials said the attraction…
The following is a look both forward and back to some of the best: CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: The CSO has a long-standing reputation as one of the world’s greatest Mahler orchestras….
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois House Republicans waited too long to file a lawsuit challenging legislative maps drawn in 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week. As a result, the…
We can’t avoid the 8,000-pound elephant in the room any longer, so this week’s column will focus on tariffs and agricultural trade. You will also find valuable information on how…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker wrapped up a four-day trip to Mexico City, hopeful a trade mission to Mexico will yield new economic development in Illinois, even as tariffs threaten the stability…
SPRINGFIELD — Argo Community High School sophomore Luciana Deir wants to go into construction after she graduates. Her classmate, Angelica Turza, wants to work in advertising and…
John Petruszak opened his email to find a message he called “shocking”: the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development had rescinded two grants it had awarded to his advocacy…
SPRINGFIELD — Legislation that would prohibit public school students from using cellphones and other wireless communication devices during class time cleared a Senate committee March…
SPRINGFIELD — In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily shut down Illinois casinos, video gambling terminals, horse racing and professional sports — just days after legal…