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January 5, 2024

Black voters in Chicago vow to flip city red over migrant, crime crises: 'Time for us to make a change'

Black voters fed up with crime, homelessness and the migrant crisis have pledged to flip the Democrat-led Windy City red in 2024.

January 5, 2024

Chicago Board of Education reportedly seeking to remove police from schools this year

The Chicago Board of Education seeks to strip local councils the ability to keep police officers on school premises then remove the officers from schools.

January 3, 2024

Chicago-area medical examiner’s data shows 90% of 2023 opioid overdoses involved drug pouring in across border

Cook County, Illinois, which includes Chicago, is expected to match the number of opioid overdoses from 2022 in 2023, and the medical examiner's office says 90% involved fentanyl.

January 3, 2024

Armed would-be carjackers pick wrong Chicago commuter to rob: 'shot the car up'

A Chicago woman and her coworker driving to their shift at O'Hare International Airport thwarted an attempted armed carjacking thanks to the coworker's concealed carry weapon.

January 3, 2024

New York City, Chicago suburbs turn their backs on migrant buses, say they cannot handle influx

Suburban communities outside Chicago and New York City are demanding buses of illegal migrants turn around, saying they cannot handle the influx from the southern border.

January 2, 2024

Chicago cold case cracked, revealing identity of Army veteran missing since 1970s

An Illinois sheriff’s office has identified the remains of an unidentified person as Reba C. Bailey, a Women’s Army Corps veteran missing since the 1970s.

January 1, 2024

Chicago crime crisis: First homicide of 2024 happens mere moments into New Year's Day

The Chicago Police Department reported that the Windy City's first homicide of 2024 took place soon after midnight on Monday, taking the life of a 53-year-old man.

January 1, 2024

Chicago mayor ripped for objecting to illegal immigrants flown into city: ‘Take it up with your pal Joe'

Conservatives ripped Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson after he complained on X about Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, flying migrants from Texas to Chicago without warning the city.

December 30, 2023

Chicago woman booked for vandalizing buildings with antisemitic graffiti

Chicago resident Mariana Lynch, 30, was charged with seven felony counts and four misdemeanors after allegedly vandalizing buildings with antisemitic graffiti.

December 29, 2023

Chicago's mayor taps $95M in federal COVID-19 relief funds for migrant housing costs: report

Chicago's Mayor Brandon Johnson will use the city's budget surplus of $95 million to accommodate the continued migrant housing costs, according to the mayor's top aids.