This week, a tragic incident in Sturgeon, Missouri, has left a community in turmoil after a police officer shot and killed a blind and deaf dog named Teddy. The local police department cla… Read More
(Texas Division SCV) – We were honored to video the unveiling of the Texas Monument on the Franklin Battlefield on May 13,2024. From the Texas Division, Commander Michael Hurley and 1s… Read More
The outcry is forcing colleges to reckon with their financial ties to Israel, as well as their support for free speech. Protesters and police clashed Monday at the University of Texas in a c… Read More
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is back in the news this week after winning council members’ approval of his new plan to release $70 million to fund migrant services.
Chicago Mayor Brand… Read More
As Curtis Wilson was being honored for yet another volunteer duty in Aurora, he got a big surprise.
He was singled out as the Volunteer of the Year, a “new tradition” the city in… Read More
An Aurora City Council committee this week held consideration of an ordinance amendment that also puts on hold a new tattoo establishment.
Aldermen on the Public Health, Safety and Transport… Read More
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday decried the slaying of Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca over the weekend while reiterating that “it can’t be policing alone” that solves t… Read More
A long-running effort to turn a stretch of Harlem Avenue on the Far Northwest Side into a walkable showcase for Italian American businesses and culture like Little Italy’s Taylor Stree… Read More
The Aurora City Council is set to vote Tuesday night on a major sewer and water project on the East Side.
Aldermen will vote on a $939,285 contract with Batavia-based Fox Excavating Inc. for… Read More
Anticipating Chicago will see a surge of buses bearing migrants from the southern border ahead of the Democratic National Convention in August, organizers say they’re relying on Mayor… Read More
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ambitious $1.25 billion bond plan advanced in the City Council Wednesday after previously being held up by opponents.
The mayor’s plan to raise funds earm… Read More
Good morning, Chicago.
With the five-year anniversary of the slaying of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez looming, the woman accused of killing the teen and cutting her baby out of the womb in… Read More
Federal prosecutors are seeking to call a pair of ex-Chicago aldermen as experts in the city’s political landscape at the upcoming racketeering trial of former Democratic House Speaker… Read More
Two Aurora City Council committees recently recommended two different contracts for the 2024 citywide street resurfacing projects.
Although the city bid two different contracts – one f… Read More
Good morning, Chicago.
Federal prosecutors are seeking to call a pair of former Chicago aldermen as experts in the city’s political landscape at the upcoming racketeering trial of form… Read More
Good morning, Chicago.
Preservationists are seeking an eleventh-hour reprieve for a historic 152-year-old River North building facing imminent demolition.
The three-and-a-half story brick an… Read More
Developers behind a plan to turn the long vacant MetroSouth Hospital in Blue Island into a senior living facility asked the city for more time to pay off debts associated with the building… Read More
Despite the objections of some neighbors, the Lake Forest City Council has upheld a decision from the city’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) allowing the construction of a large… Read More
Good morning, Chicago.
A few beads of sunlight slipped past the rugged surface of the moon, and then southern Illinois plunged into darkness.
A collective, excited gasp rippled thr… Read More
In February, after years of complaints about CTA service, agency President Dorval Carter told aldermen rail service would be restored to prepandemic levels by the end of 2024. The following… Read More
Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a new plan Friday to streamline and speed up the housing and commercial development approval process and spark construction.
Johnson’s plan to “Cu… Read More
That breeze Chicagoans just felt was the business community’s collective sigh of relief that Lori Lightfoot’s LaSalle Reimagined initiative has Mayor Brandon Johnson’s supp… Read More
Aurora is adopting elements of an Aging in a Changing Region protocol suggested by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus.
Aldermen on the City Council heard details of the protocol during the Commi… Read More
As an ordinance to effectively ban gas power in new Chicago buildings faced questions at the City Council Wednesday, the battle lines over the climate change-focused legislation came into cl… Read More
Mayor Brandon Johnson will move ahead with predecessor Lori Lightfoot’s program to fix up four aging Loop office buildings, offering $151.2 million in public money to help convert them… Read More
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday officially tapped key progressive advisor Cristina Pacione-Zayas to be his chief of staff following Richard Guidice’s recent resignation.
Pacione-Zayas… Read More
The City Council rejected a push Monday to strip Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez of his Housing Committee chairmanship for a protest speech he made in front of a burnt American flag last month.
Afte… Read More
Aurora will join a coalition led by Kane County to apply for federal money for projects designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Aldermen recently voted to join Kane County in applying f… Read More
I read the article in the Tribune (“Alderman’s ‘cancel DNC’ calls in front of burnt flag draw ire,” March 27) showing Chicago Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez standing w… Read More
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration could soon be required to track and share more details about migrants the city evicts from its shelters under an ordinance aldermen advanced that… Read More
Accusations flew and tempers were raised Thursday night between Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones and City Council members.
Second Ward Ald. Monet Wilson sent a message to the news media Mar… Read More