SORT Order Oldest FirstNewest First Has Video - Any -YesNo FILTER Date Range Start date End date Category - Any -Arts & EntertainmentBusinessCrime & LawEducationHealthPoliticsScience & NatureSports Keyword(s) Oct 23, 2023 12-Year-Old Boy Among 7 People Killed By Gunfire Over Weekend in Chicago: Police The victim — who was identified as Damien Green, according to Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office records — was one of 23 total people who were shot in 22 separate shooting incidents between 6 p.m. Friday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday. Oct 23, 2023 City Council Set to Scrutinize Johnson’s Plan to Reorganize Chicago Police Department Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2024 spending plan would increase the overall CPD budget to nearly $2 billion, accounting for more than 31% of the city’s $5.7 billion corporate fund, by far the most of any city agency or department. Oct 23, 2023 Illinois Lawmakers Return to Springfield for Veto Session. From Tax Breaks to Nuclear Power Plants, Here’s What’s on the Agenda Members of the Illinois legislature will reunite on Tuesday to take care of any unfinished business before the year’s end, including deciding the ultimate fate of measures rejected in whole or in part by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Oct 21, 2023 Controversial Pipeline Canceled Amid Safety Concerns, Regulatory Pushback The plan included several hundred miles of pipeline in Illinois which terminated at sequestration sites designed to store carbon dioxide underground. The project was met with significant pushback from environmentalists and landowners. Oct 20, 2023 Police Union, Johnson Reach Deal to 2-Year Contract Extension with Bigger Raises, Bonuses for Cops The deal, which must be approved by the Chicago City Council, resolves the issues left over from the contract agreement reached by former Mayor Lori Lightfoot in July 2021 that ended the longest union negotiations in the city’s history. Oct 20, 2023 Evanston Mother and Daughter Held Hostage by Hamas Have Been Released Judith Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter Natalie, were out of the Gaza Strip and in the hands of the Israeli military, an army spokesman said. Hamas said it released them for humanitarian reasons in an agreement with the Qatari government. Oct 20, 2023 Week in Review: Protests Over Migrant Tent Camp; Chicago Budget Hearings An Evanston mother and daughter held hostage by Hamas are released. And immigration protests turn chaotic as a Chicago alderwoman gets physically assaulted. Oct 20, 2023 The CSO in Bravura Renderings of Works by George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein: Review WTTW News theater critic Hedy Weiss recommends an evening spent with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, guest conductor James Gaffigan and the extraordinary pianist Conrad Tao. Oct 20, 2023 Which States Are Truly In The Midwest? A New Poll Covering 22 States Has People Online Divided … And a Little Salty A new study that aims to explore Midwest state boundaries and identity was a result of over 11,000 responses across 22 states. Oct 20, 2023 House Republicans Reject Jim Jordan’s Speaker Bid a Third Time as Opposition Deepens The Republicans have no realistic or workable plan to unite the fractured GOP majority, elect a new speaker and return to the work of Congress that has been languishing since hard-liners ousted Kevin McCarthy at the start of the month. Oct 20, 2023 In Chicago Ceremony, 300-Year-Old Painting Stolen by American Soldier During World War II Returned to German Museum Art Recovery International, a company focused on locating and recovering stolen and looted art, tracked down the painting after a person in Chicago reached out claiming to possess a “stolen or looted painting” that their uncle brought back to the U.S. after serving in World War II. Oct 20, 2023 In Move Away From Namesake’s History, Chicago Audubon Society Announces New Name: Chicago Bird Alliance The Chicago organization is joined by chapters in Detroit and Wisconsin in dropping “Audubon” and adopting the more inclusive, collaborative “Alliance.” Oct 20, 2023 What Does It Mean That Chicago Is a Sanctuary City? Here’s What to Know Here’s what it means for Chicago to be a sanctuary city and how that status has fueled the debate over Chicago’s newest arrivals. Oct 19, 2023 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices, Oct. 19, 2023 - Full Show An alderwoman is battered at a protest over a planned migrant camp. A local museum looks to acquire a vacant fire station. And an award-winning composer workshops with Northwestern music students. Oct 19, 2023 Historic Little Village Fire Station on the Path to Receiving Landmark Status, Becoming Community Hub If approved by the Chicago City Council, the National Museum of Mexican Art will acquire the building at 2358 S. Whipple St. It would be used by Yollocalli Arts Reach, an initiative of the museum aimed at providing arts and culture programming to teens and young adults. Load More Thanks to our sponsors: