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New Life Church Pastor Matt DeMateo shares a statement on behalf of Melissa Ortega's mother, Aracelia Leanos, at a news conference on Jan. 26, 2022.

Chicago police to saturate Little Village after fatal shooting of 8-year-old girl, top cop says

January 26, 2022 at 12:02 p.m.

Chicago police will be increasing patrols in the Little Village neighborhood following Saturday's fatal shooting of 8-year-old Melissa Ortega, Superintendent David Brown said at a news conference Monday. Ortega was...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot during an event at the Rainbow Beach field house on Jan. 18, 2021.

More than 50 attorneys sign letter to Lightfoot urging her to abandon new ordinance targeting gang members

January 19, 2022 at 6:50 p.m.

A group of Chicago civil rights attorneys signed a letter to Mayor Lori Lightfoot Wednesday asking her to withdraw an ordinance introduced in September that aims to allow the fining...

Chicago police Sergeant Sam Cirone attends a Chicago Police Board meeting at the JLM Abundant Life Center, Dec. 12, 2019, in Chicago.

Chicago cop reprimanded in reinvestigation of ’04 death of David Koschman promoted to lieutenant

January 15, 2022 at 5:15 p.m.

A Chicago police supervisor who was disciplined for his role in the department's shoddy handling of the reinvestigation into the 2004 death of David Koschman — who was punched by...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot oversees a City Hall meeting Dec. 15, 2021, on a $2.9 million settlement for the botched Chicago police raid on the home of Anjanette Young.

Watchdog finds Lightfoot’s office made ‘a troubling series of unfounded statements’ on Anjanette Young case

January 14, 2022 at 5:08 p.m.

An inspector general's investigation found "a troubling series of unfounded statements" were made by Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration over the wrongful police raid of Anjanette Young's home, according to the...

Pregnant hairstylist, 29, who was ‘always smiling’ fatally shot in Park Manor. ‘She didn’t deserve this,’ her mother says.

January 13, 2022 at 1:26 p.m.

Relatives who had been excited for the expansion of their family, expecting to welcome 29-year-old Chicagoan Derricka Patrick's second child into the world, instead must plan funeral services for the...

Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey, from left, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Vice President Stacy Davis Gates appear at a news conference Saturday where the union introduced a new proposal for remote learning in Chicago Public Schools.

Chicago Public Schools would go remote Wednesday under new CTU proposal, but mayor rejects it: ‘We will not relent’

January 8, 2022 at 7:47 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union unveiled a new proposal Saturday that would have remote learning start Wednesday districtwide if school officials agree to a set of additional COVID-19 safety protocols. But...

Mourners gather at the visitation for Chicago police Officer Jose "Joey" Huerta at the Hallowell & James Funeral Home in Countryside on Dec. 28, 2021. Huerta died of pneumonia from a COVID-19 infection Thursday, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Visitation held for Chicago police officer who died of COVID as family, FOP seek on-duty death designation

December 29, 2021 at 11:42 a.m.

Jose "Joey" Huerta laid in an open casket Tuesday afternoon, dressed in his light blue Chicago police uniform with a white pinstriped Chicago Cubs jersey draped next to him at...

Charlie Lloyd in his house on south 58th Court in Cicero.

Flooding in Cicero has become a blame game between town officials, BNSF Railway and residents. Proposed legislation aims to bring relief.

December 24, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

When heavy rains fall in Cicero, it floods, and those who live near the BNSF Railway tracks are hit the worst, town officials say. Some residents say their basements and...

Officers work the scene where a 35-year-old man was shot in the leg on the 5400 block of South Harper in the Hyde Park neighborhood on Sept. 22 2021, in Chicago.

In 2021, violence spread into Chicago neighborhoods that normally enjoy a sense of security, rattling nerves and putting city leaders on the defensive

December 23, 2021 at 5:43 p.m.

Chicago's gun violence proved unrelenting in 2021, as the fear and unease many neighborhoods have long felt spread into wealthier, traditionally safer parts of the city. Shootings remained high in...

81-year-old dead, another injured in Cragin extra-alarm fire, Fire Department says

December 19, 2021 at 4:17 p.m.

One person is dead and another is in serious condition after a building in the Cragin neighborhood caught on fire Saturday evening, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Shortly after...

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