Shows Chicago Tonight Week in Review SORT Order Oldest FirstNewest First FILTER Date Range Start date End date Category - Any -Arts & EntertainmentBusinessCrime & LawEducationHealthPoliticsScience & NatureSports Keyword(s) Oct 28, 2025 Dressing Up for Halloween, Chicago? These Local Costume Shops Can Help Your Dreams – or Nightmares – Come True WTTW News recently explored some of Chicago’s independent costume shops that are open year-round and can help outfit any customer’s dreams — or nightmares. Oct 27, 2025 Oct. 27, 2025 - Policing in Chicago: Full Show What to know about a court-ordered study on how Chicago police officers are being deployed. And a look at how local law enforcement is responding to federal agents in the city. Thanks to our sponsors: Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors View all sponsors Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Oct 27, 2025 What Can Local Police Do About Aggressive ICE Tactics? Experts Say Not Much “States, generally speaking, are not allowed to limit what federal officers do,” DePaul University law professor David Franklin said. “The federal government, federal law definitely limit what federal officers can do.” Oct 27, 2025 The CPD Study on How Officers Are Deployed Required by the Consent Decree is Nearly Complete, Officials Say Required by the terms of the consent decree, the federal court order designed to compel CPD to change the way it trains, supervises and disciplines officers, the study is on track to be completed on time, by the end of the year, Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling said. Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Oct 24, 2025 Week in Review: Federal Immigration Tactics Questioned; City Budget Hearings The state starts tracking immigration agents accused of abusing their power. And Chicago City Council members start kicking the tires on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed budget. Oct 23, 2025 Oct. 23, 2025 - Full Show Documenting alleged abuse by federal immigration agents. The latest on an immigration raid in Little Village. And Stacy Davis Gates on her new role as head of a statewide teachers union. Oct 23, 2025 CTU President Stacy Davis Gates on Additional Role Leading the Illinois Federation of Teachers Stacy Davis Gates was unanimously elected president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT) on Saturday. The organization is one of two major statewide umbrella teachers unions in the state. Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Oct 23, 2025 Pritzker Forms Commission to Document ‘Abuses’ by Federal Agents During Immigration Raids “Donald Trump is counting on your silence,” Gov. JB Pritzker said. “We are counting on your courage.” Oct 22, 2025 Oct. 22, 2025 - Full Show Little Village residents push back as federal immigration raids ramp up. And state lawmakers on their priorities in the second week of the veto session. Oct 22, 2025 Illinois Lawmakers Head Back to Springfield With Transit Funding, Energy and Hemp Regulation on the Agenda Illinois lawmakers head back to Springfield next week to finish out their fall veto session with plenty on the agenda. Oct 22, 2025 Border Patrol Agents Detain 2 City Employees During ‘Lawless’ Little Village Raids, Ald. Rodriguez Says “These federal agents are operating lawlessly, demonstrating utter disregard for our constitutional rights,” Ald. Mike Rodriguez (22nd Ward) said. Oct 22, 2025 Despite Illinois Sanctuary Laws, More Than a Dozen County Sheriffs Have Contracts to Hold People in ICE Custody To ascertain if county jails are complying with the state’s TRUST Act, WTTW News sent Freedom of Information Act requests to each of the 90 county jails in Illinois to obtain copies of intergovernmental agreements with the U.S. Marshals Service. Oct 21, 2025 Oct. 21, 2025 - Full Show An order blocking troops from being deployed in Chicago is likely being extended for now. And chronicling the political rise of the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Oct 21, 2025 CNN Anchor Abby Phillip Has a New Book on Jesse Jackson’s Lasting Impact on Politics and Black Power CNN anchor and journalist Abby Phillip details Jackson’s historic campaigns and political rise in a new book, “A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power.” Oct 21, 2025 Illinois State Rep. Says Border Patrol Agent Pointed a Gun as He Was Warning Residents About Immigration Raids State Rep. Hoan Huynh, a candidate to represent Illinois’ 9th District in Congress, said he was in Albany Park when he was confronted by six Border Patrol agents. Load More Thanks to our sponsors:
