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The building at 7500 South Shore Drive is seen following a large-scale raid by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, Oct. 8, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Illinois officials launch investigation into landlord’s role in South Shore raid

January 22, 2026 at 7:01 p.m.

The Illinois Department of Human Rights on Wednesday filed a housing discrimination charge against the owner and management of 7500 South Shore Drive.

Kaden Carnes cooks Italian beef and sausages while tailgating before the Bears hosted the Green Bay Packers in an NFC wild-card game at Soldier Field, Jan. 10, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Chicago weather: Cold spurt arrives, making Sunday’s Bears playoff game a chilly one

January 16, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Weather officials say a cold spell is in the forecast for the weekend, with highs in the cool teens for the Chicago Bears’ playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams.

Harold’s Chicken CEO Kristen Pierce-Sherrod leads an employee training session in Chicago's Grand Crossing neighborhood on June 19, 2019. (Kristan Lieb/for the baiduhai)

Family of Harold’s Chicken CEO announces death

January 15, 2026 at 5:59 p.m.

Kristen Pierce-Sherrod, CEO of the beloved Chicago chain Harold’s Chicken, has died, according to an announcement shared by family and company franchises.

Samantha Stamps talks about her living experience during a 7500 South Shore Tenants Union news conference in front of the apartment building in South Shore on Dec. 2, 2025. Stamps has been reported missing, according to police. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Former resident of raided South Shore building reported missing, police say

January 14, 2026 at 8:12 p.m.

A month after tenants of the troubled South Shore apartment building raided by immigration agents last fall faced court-ordered eviction, a former resident of the complex has been reported missing,...

A person visits a memorial for Renee Good on Jan. 14, 2026, at the site where she was killed in Minneapolis. Good was fatally shot by an immigration enforcement agent in south Minneapolis on Jan. 7. (Stephen Maturen/Getty)

Family of Minnesota ICE shooting victim hires Chicago law firm to investigate killing

January 14, 2026 at 6:44 p.m.

Romanucci & Blandin announced it’s been retained by Renee Good’s family a week after she was killed by an immigration agent in Minneapolis.

Linda Brown with her husband, Antwon Brown. Linda Brown, a special education teacher at Robert Healy Elementary School in Bridgeport, had been reported missing for more than a week when authorities recovered her body from Lake Michigan, Jan. 12, 2026. (Jen Rivera)

Autopsy: Missing CPS teacher drowned in apparent suicide

January 14, 2026 at 3:30 p.m.

Linda Brown, a special education teacher at Robert Healy Elementary School in Bridgeport, was reported missing on Jan. 3.

Prosecutors: Woodlawn man charged in fatal stabbing on Loop train recorded deadly attack

January 13, 2026 at 6:49 p.m.

A 40-year-old man was charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a 37-year-old man on a CTA train in the Loop neighborhood.

Body of missing CPS teacher recovered from Lake Michigan: ‘She was an amazing person’

January 12, 2026 at 8:41 p.m.

Linda Brown, a special education teacher at Robert Healy Elementary School in Bridgeport, had been missing since Jan. 3, police said.

A police officer keeps watch at the scene of a shooting in the 600 block of South Paulina Street in the Illinois Medical District in Chicago, Jan. 12, 2026. The shooting left a woman critically injured. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Woman critically injured in Illinois Medical District drive-by shooting

January 12, 2026 at 7:23 p.m.

The 23-year-old woman was A Rush University Medical Center employee.

Geno DiMaria of Go Fourth Media documents a protest against ICE on 26th Street in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood in response to the shooting death of motorist Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Documenting the immigration crackdown, from Chicago to Minneapolis

January 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Andrew Freer is part of a small band of filmmakers from across the Chicago area on a mission to protect constitutional rights through on the ground, documentary-style videos.

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