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Franklin Park police body-camera footage captures the aftermath of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shooting that killed Silverio Villegas González on Sept. 12, 2025. (Village of Franklin Park)

Video shows aftermath of controversial Franklin Park ICE shooting

September 23, 2025 at 6:22 p.m.

An ICE agent who fatally shot an undocumented immigrant after allegedly being dragged by his fleeing vehicle earlier this month told Franklin Park police at the scene that his injuries...

At Dirksen U.S. Courthouse former police Officer Steven Mandell leaves after giving testimony in his lawsuit against the FBI and others over his imprisonment for murder.

‘This guy was scary’: Ex-Chicago cop, Outfit hitman Steve Mandell dies in prison

September 21, 2025 at 3:58 p.m.

After spending a decade in one of the country's highest-security prisons, Outfit figure Steve Mandell died of an undisclosed illness at a federal medical prison facility in North Carolina.

A family friend steps over the front door that was torn from its hinges after federal agents broke it down at a home along the 900 block of Chippewa Drive in the early morning on Sept. 16, 2025, in Elgin. Joe Botello, one of the residents at home, said that federal agents did not show a warrant. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Results of President Donald Trump’s ICE ‘blitz’ in Chicago area remain unclear more than 2 weeks in

September 19, 2025 at 5:54 p.m.

Much remains unclear about the scope and character of arrests, and social media videos and press releases from both ICE and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that appear to...

The main gate at Naval Station Great Lakes before sunset on Sept 2, 2025. The 1,600-acre base is the U.S. Navy’s only boot camp. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Ex-sailor sentenced to 12 years in terror plot targeting Naval Station Great Lakes

September 18, 2025 at 3:54 p.m.

A federal judge Thursday sentenced a former U.S. Navy sailor to 12 years in prison for plotting a terrorist attack at Naval Station Great Lakes in Chicago’s north suburbs and...

Security video shows federal agents arresting Joram Núñez Joaquín, the local leader of La Luz del Mundo church, during his morning sermon in Cicero on Sept. 10, 2025. Joaquín was charged in a racketeering indictment in New York with helping church leaders cover up years of child sex abuse. (U.S. District Court records)

Suburban La Luz Del Mundo church leader ordered held in child sex trafficking case

September 15, 2025 at 6:10 p.m.

A federal judge in Chicago on Monday ordered the pastor of a local chapter of the La Luz Del Mundo megachurch held in custody to face federal charges alleging he...

K.J. Johnson chants with others outside of the Great Lakes Naval Station during an anti-ICE demonstration on Sept. 13, 2025, in North Chicago. (Audrey Richardson/for the baiduhai)

Day laborer arrested by ICE at Little Village barbershop petitions court for release

September 14, 2025 at 3:57 p.m.

Willian Alberto Giménez González, who came to Chicago from Venezuela in 2023, was detained Friday when he went to a barber shop in the Little Village neighborhood, according to the...

FBI employees watch as a vehicle is towed from the scene where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a man after ICE says he tried to flee a traffic stop in the car and struck an agent with his vehicle on Sept. 12, 2025, in Franklin Park. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Man killed, agent injured as Trump immigration enforcement push takes violent turn in Chicago suburb

September 12, 2025 at 7:04 p.m.

The Trump administration's immigration-enforcement push in the Chicago area took a violent turn Friday.

Attorney Josh Tepfer talks with reporters after a dozen men with convictions connected to disgraced Chicago police Sgt. Ronald Watts saw their cases thrown out en masse, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, Feb. 11, 2020. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson seeks $90M in settlement of suits tied to corrupt cop

September 11, 2025 at 5:19 p.m.

The first-of-its-kind deal, first uncovered by the Tribune in federal court records, would settle all outstanding wrongful conviction cases involving Sgt. Ronald Watts.

Former top aide to ex-Ald. Carrie Austin to plead guilty in corruption case

September 8, 2025 at 4:40 p.m.

A onetime top aide to former Ald. Carrie Austin is set to plead guilty to bribery charges next month alleging they solicited home improvement perks from a developer seeking Austin's...

The Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, left, at Federal Plaza in Chicago on Feb. 4, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Downers Grove man charged with making online threats to shoot immigration agents

September 5, 2025 at 5:15 p.m.

A Downers Grove man who allegedly kept bullets in his home scrawled with the names of political figures was charged Friday with posting a series of increasingly violent social media...

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