2+ min ago   (567+ words) Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Sunday he will seek a second term, ending speculation over his plans by making a forceful argument that he deserves four more years in City Hall to try to entrench his progressive agenda. Johnson campaign spokesman…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1713+ words) The new headlines seem to pop up daily. The Flock cameras were allegedly used by a former sheriff’s deputy in Wisconsin’s Kenosha County to stalk his then-girlfriend, who also worked as a deputy sheriff. In McHenry County, a police chief…...

21+ hour, 23+ min ago   (829+ words) After a year in which some suburbs pushed back against Operation Midway Blitz through local laws prohibiting immigration enforcement on municipal property, questions linger over how effective those measures have been. During the opening weeks of the immigration enforcement campaign,…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (381+ words) Indulge me in a sports metaphor that Chicago fans of a certain vintage — geezers like me — can appreciate. If Democrats don’t convert President Donald Trump’s domestic, foreign policy and behavioral shortcomings into enough November midterm wins to regain House and…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (495+ words) Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul wants to have it both ways with two legal arrangements his office struck last week with Nicor Gas, the largest natural gas utility in Illinois, serving most of suburban Chicagoland. Nicor doesn’t directly employ the…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (750+ words) The Aurora electoral board said it plans to reach a final decision Monday on whether two referendum questions aiming to allow for the recall of a sitting mayor and at-large aldermen can appear on the November ballot in Aurora. County…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (250+ words) Today is Sunday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2026. There are 109 days left in the year. On Sept. 13, 1940, during World War II, bombs dropped by the German Luftwaffe damaged Buckingham Palace for the first time; King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were…...

15+ hour, 10+ min ago   (853+ words) Exactly one year after Silverio Villegas González was shot and killed by an immigration enforcement agent during a traffic stop, his neighbors returned to the stretch of Grand Avenue in the western suburbs where he died. But those who gathered…...

14+ hour, 16+ min ago   (883+ words) A remembrance to mark the death anniversary of conservative activist and Northwest suburban native Charlie Kirk on Saturday at Lakewood Chapel in Arlington Heights fell short of standing room only. But the 150 or so in attendance — representing a swath of…...

3+ day, 11+ min ago   (291+ words) “Definitivamente entendieron el momento y querían hacer más para responder a eso”, afirmó Christine Squires, presidenta y directora ejecutiva de Americares, refiriéndose al donante. Los expertos coinciden en que los donantes de alto patrimonio nunca podrían salvar todos los programas…...