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From escalating ICE raids, how to sign up for next year’s Chicago marathon and more, WTTW News has the latest local headlines.
Military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on, are seen at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in Elwood, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. (AP Photo / Laura Bargfeld)
Even as an appeals court allowed a federal judge to temporarily block the Trump administration from sending 500 National Guard troops into Chicago, teams of masked immigration enforcement agents staged a series of increasingly aggressive raids across the city’s North Side. The operations carried out by Department of Homeland Security agents, including members of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol, appeared to be concentrated in neighborhoods away from the course of the 47th annual Chicago Marathon.
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A WGN-TV employee was detained by Border Patrol officials on Friday near Lincoln Square on the city’s North Side before being released without charges several hours later. As agents left that scene, they struck a vehicle and did not stop.
After several people were detained Thursday and Friday in the Far North Side neighborhood of Rogers Park, hundreds of people rallied Saturday near Clark Street and Lunt Avenue, the location of at least one of the raids, Block Club Chicago reported.
After immigration enforcement agents were reported outside nearby St. Jerome Catholic Church, video of a priest warning parishioners about leaving unaccompanied Mass early Sunday went viral. After word of that warning spread, a human chain formed to protect attendees, witnesses told NBC Chicago.
During separate incidents Sunday morning, federal agents appeared to point a gun at a man who was objecting to their activities in a Rogers Park alley, according to several videos of the incident posted on social media.
Perhaps the most violent encounter between Chicagoans angry about immigration enforcement operations occurred Sunday afternoon in Albany Park, on the city’s Northwest Side, when a group of Chicagoans confronted four vehicles of agents, as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.
After agents shoved people to the ground, they dispersed tear gas – without any warning to the dozens of people nearby, according to witnesses and videos posted on social media. A federal judge ordered agents to issue two warnings before using tear gas.
What else happened? Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson signed an executive order Monday shrinking the designated protest area outside the suburb’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility following Saturday night protests that “degenerated into chaos.” The decision, made in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff’s Office, means protests are only permitted outside the ICE facility on Beach Street, and will no longer be allowed at 2000 S. 25th Ave.
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Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Andrew Adams / Capitol News Illinois)
Michael Madigan — long the most powerful politician in Illinois during his decades as the state’s House speaker — reported to federal prison Monday, eight months after a jury in Chicago convicted him on numerous corruption charges. Madigan, 83, began serving his 7.5-year prison term at a minimum security federal prison camp in Morgantown, West Virginia, according to federal prison records, days after an Illinois appellate court rejected his bid to remain free while he challenges the convictions from his landmark trial. Long known as the “velvet hammer,” Madigan will now be referred to as federal inmate 90368-509.
Some backstory: The longtime speaker was convicted on 10 counts in total, relating to his efforts to secure a valuable state board position for disgraced ex-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis and to the most wide-ranging of the alleged bribery schemes outlined by the government involving utility giant Commonwealth Edison. In the most wide-ranging of those schemes, Madigan and his codefendant and longtime ally Michael McClain were accused of arranging subcontractor jobs for several of the former speaker’s associates with ComEd, which paid them $1.3 million even as they did little or no actual work. ComEd execs allegedly hired the “ghost” workers in order to win over Madigan’s support on critical energy legislation in Springfield. At sentencing in June, U.S. District Judge John Blakey found that Madigan acted as the “central command post” of the bribery schemes, and repeatedly perjured himself while testifying at trial in an attempt to conceal his guilt and mislead the jury. “It was a nauseating display … of perjury and evasion,” Blakey said at the time, calling Madigan’s testimony hard to watch at times. “You lied, sir. You lied. You did not have to.”
Blakey also rejected Madigan’s motion for acquittal or a new trial, though the speaker’s full appeal remains pending.
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Runners participate in the Chicago Marathon, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo / Nam Y. Huh)
With more than 54,000 runners taking part Sunday, the 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon set a new participation record in the event’s 47-year history. Chances are you came across the marathon as a spectator cheering on runners, a frustrated driver battling road closures or as a witness to a co-worker’s finisher medal in the office. If any of those encounters piqued your interest in running next year’s 26.2-mile race on Oct. 11, 2026, here’s how you can sign up: Entry Drawing Application: Colloquially referred to as “the lottery,” people can submit a non-guaranteed application on the event’s website between Oct. 21-Nov. 18. Time-Qualifier: For guaranteed race entry, runners can submit documentation of a time-qualifying marathon they’ve completed on or after Jan. 1, 2024, to the event’s website. Visit the event’s website for the specific time standards. Online submissions are accepted between Oct. 22 and Nov. 18. Charity: Another way to guarantee a spot in next year’s race is by fundraising for a charity. Visit the event’s Charity Index for a list of participating organizations offering marathon entries. Bank of America Chicago Distance Series: And for those who like to plan ahead, participants can earn a guaranteed spot in the 2027 Chicago Marathon by running Bank of America's three Chicago-area races in 2026: the Shamrock Shuffle 8K Run, the Chicago 13.1 and, of course, the Chicago Marathon.
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The Clarke House, built in 1836, is now the Clarke-Ford House. (Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events)
On this day 55 years ago, Chicago designated two of its oldest buildings as city landmarks: the Henry B. Clarke House and the John J. Glessner House. Also called the Clarke-Ford House and now, technically, the Henry B. and Caroline Clarke/Bishop Louis Henry and Margaret Ford House, it was built in 1836 and is the second oldest existing house in Chicago (Norwood Park's Noble–Seymour–Crippen House was built in 1833 but features later structural additions). An example of Greek Revival
architecture, the house was originally owned by Henry B. Clarke, a hardware businessman. It's moved twice since its construction at Michigan Ave and 17th St., first to Hyde Park in 1871 and most recently in 1977 to its current location of 1827 S. Indiana Ave. The John J. Glessner House was a Gilded Age-era mansion housing the farm manufacturer John Jacob Glessner, a partner in the firm of Warder, Bushnell & Glessner. Built in 1887, his family lived there at 1800 South Prairie Ave. until Glessner's death in 1936. Both structures host public tours and are preserved thanks to their landmark designations.
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