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Nov 13, 2025
A Hammond man on Thursday was sentenced to four months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of felony reentry to the United States.
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Nov 13, 2025
It was not clear whether the agents had secured a warrant for the man's arrest.
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Nov 13, 2025
U.S. Army veteran and retired teacher Thomas Clark was honored for his service as a veteran, retired teacher and curator of the Lake County Veterans Museum during a Veterans Day ceremony Thursday in the Lake County Government Center.
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Nov 13, 2025
Sam "Simo" Krneta's name first surfaced in a search warrant executed by the FBI in 2019 at the village hall in McCook as part of the investigation into then-McCook Mayor Jeff Tobolski.
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Nov 13, 2025
The Aurora City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a measure banning civil immigration enforcement efforts on city property, an idea which has seen significant community support.
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Nov 13, 2025
Oak Lawn area teens are getting a look at careers at the police and fire departments through a program at the public library.
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Nov 13, 2025
The next city bracing for the Trump administration's immigration crackdown is Charlotte, North Carolina, which could see an influx of federal agents as early as this weekend, a county sheriff said Thursday.
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Nov 13, 2025
All six Homer Glen village trustees voiced support for Flock Safety license plate cameras, but want to hear about privacy concerns.
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Nov 13, 2025
A St. John man faces punishment for posting on social media his offer of $100 to each "no vote" in the recent Lake Central schools' referendum.
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Nov 13, 2025
Here's a look back at some of the significant events that have defined Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral and its congregation.
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Nov 13, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Nov 13, 2025
The House is speeding toward a vote next week on releasing files related to the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, a step that comes after months of resistance from Republican leaders.
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Nov 13, 2025
In 1986, Kevin Mackey's 14th-seeded Cleveland State team beat No. 3 seed Indiana 83-79 in the first round in what remains one of the NCAA Tournament's biggest shockers.
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Nov 13, 2025
Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano was arrested from a North Center preschool in the early morning hours of Nov. 5, prompting widespread backlash.
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Nov 13, 2025
Valparaiso University's physician assistant students stepped into the human heart through virtual reality technology.
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Nov 13, 2025
Valparaiso University's physician assistant students stepped into the human heart through virtual reality technology.
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Nov 13, 2025
The federal government is reopening, but there's still uncertainty about when one of the most far-reaching impacts of the closure will be resolved and all 42 million Americans who receive SNAP food aid will have access to their full November benefits.
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Nov 13, 2025
More than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers plan to strike at 65 U.S. stores Thursday to protest a lack of progress in labor negotiations with the company.
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Nov 13, 2025
President Donald Trump loves offering outlandish ideas and then repeating them until they start to become mainstream — even if they don't always come to fruition.
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Nov 13, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Nov 13, 2025
Hundreds of thousands of other federal workers who missed paychecks will soon get some relief. But many are left feeling that their livelihoods served as political pawns.
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Nov 13, 2025
Illinois hit a record share of electric vehicle sales last quarter as federal tax credits ended, but the state remains far from Gov. JB Pritzker's 2030 goal of 1 million EVs.
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Nov 13, 2025
On Nov. 13, 1909, 259 men and boys were killed when fire erupted inside a coal mine in Cherry, Illinois.
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Nov 13, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 13, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 13, 2025
Illinois now ranks 17th in the country — up from 23rd a year ago — for its percentage of hospitals earning A grades for safety, according to Leapfrog
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Nov 12, 2025
A Roseland man has been charged with murder in connection to a 2-month-old boy's death from child abuse-related injuries earlier this year.
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Nov 12, 2025
As Congress took action to resume government operations, the legislation included a late provision to ban intoxicating hemp products nationwide.
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Nov 12, 2025
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., the civil rights leader and founder of the Chicago-based Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, has been hospitalized.
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Nov 12, 2025
The drug, called GanLum, is not yet licensed and more than a year away from being available.
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Nov 12, 2025
Land will be restored for a park at the site of a toxic landfill that's been operating along Lake Michigan for 40 years.
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Nov 12, 2025
The officials cited several reasons for keeping rates unchanged, after a reduction in September and in October.
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Nov 12, 2025
Dana Williamson was arrested and was scheduled to make her first court appearance Wednesday in Sacramento. It was not immediately clear if she had an attorney who could speak on her behalf.
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Nov 12, 2025
Newly released, a Gary teen is slowly getting back to daily life after his family was upended in an immigration raid last month. Being home was "wonderful," Eli Carrillo, a U.S. citizen, now 15, said Tuesday night. "I would have felt more at peace there had I known mom and dad were safely at home." […]
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Nov 12, 2025
After delivering a floor speech, Adelita Grijalva signed a discharge petition to eventually trigger a vote to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, giving it the needed 218 signatures.
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Nov 12, 2025
In 2009, the Chicago Tribune got a rare look inside the controversial building that now holds immigration detainees during Trump's "Operation Midway Blitz."
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Nov 12, 2025
Indiana won't be hit by a potential Supreme Court ruling on mail-in ballots, but experts warn voters across the country won't have their mail-in ballots counted.
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Nov 12, 2025
Dolton wants former Mayor Tiffany Henyard to pay legal fees in a lawsuit alleging violations of the Freedom of Information Act.
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Nov 12, 2025
Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin called the U.S. bond boycott a way to push back on "the authoritarian regime of Donald Trump." Chicago does not hold any such securities.
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Nov 12, 2025
According to the ruling, Diana Santillana will be given a bond hearing in front of an immigration judge, who could order her released while her civil deportation case proceeds.
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Nov 12, 2025
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability disclosed both officers were recommended to be separated from CPD the city later agreed to let the men each serve a one-year suspension.
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Nov 12, 2025
As part of the series "Culture of Corruption," the Tribune has compiled a list of roughly 200 indicted, convicted or generally notorious public officials. Here are those who served downstate and the suburbs.
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Nov 12, 2025
With President Donald Trump's "Operation Midway Blitz" immigration enforcement at schools and day cares, the fear among families is palpable.
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Nov 12, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Nov 12, 2025
Riverdale Mayor Lawrence Jackson is accused of lying under oath and obstruction of justice during a 2021 deposition on garbage service.
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Nov 12, 2025
President Donald Trump, with no citation, said shootings, robberies and carjackings are all down at least 35% since the start of "Operation Midway Blitz" in early September.
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Nov 12, 2025
President Donald Trump this week ignored several consecutive years of decreases in Chicago's violent crime and instead credited "Operation Midway Blitz" for the continuing downward trend.
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Nov 12, 2025
A film about Shepard High School's work with deaf students earned National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences recognition.
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Nov 12, 2025
U.S. Magistrate Judge Laura McNally on Friday said she would order the site visit as part of the evidence production process in a class-action lawsuit.
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Nov 12, 2025
A federal judge in Chicago said he plans to grant bond to hundreds of immigrants whose arrests under "Operation Midway Blitz" allegedly violated a consent decree against "warrantless arrests."
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Nov 12, 2025
As Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits run dry, Chicago communities, schools and businesses have risen to the challenge.
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Nov 12, 2025
In what several defendants say is a political prosecution, six men and women were charged with blocking a federal agent from entering ICE's facility in Broadview during a protest in September.
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Nov 12, 2025
At least one person was in serious condition after being rescued from a building fire Wednesday morning in the Roseland neighborhood, fire officials said. Chicago firefighters were called to a blaze at 10724 S. Calumet Ave. Wednesday morning. So far, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt said one person was taken in serious condition to […]
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Nov 12, 2025
Crime reports from south and southwest suburban agencies from police and court reports and news releases.
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Nov 12, 2025
Emails made public by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee add to the questions about Donald Trump's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nov 12, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson has begun asking aldermen if they would support a corporate head tax if it applied only to companies with 200 or more workers, sources say.
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Nov 12, 2025
Visa and Mastercard have proposed a settlement in their long-running legal dispute with merchants and retailers over how much they charge merchants to accept their cards.
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Nov 12, 2025
The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $965 million for Friday's drawing, after no ticket matched all six numbers, according to lottery officials.
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Nov 12, 2025
The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history appears to be nearing an end, but not without leaving a mark on an already-struggling economy.
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Nov 12, 2025
House lawmakers will make a long-awaited return to the nation's capital on Wednesday after nearly eight weeks away to potentially put an end to the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history.
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Nov 12, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Nov 12, 2025
Here's a look at how the government shutdown started and is likely to end on Wednesday.
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Nov 12, 2025
President Donald Trump is claiming his tariffs can finance a windfall for American families and is promising a generous tariff dividend.
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Nov 12, 2025
Ken Burns is back with "The American Revolution," a six-part, roughly 12-hour documentary.
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Nov 12, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 12, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 12, 2025
On Nov. 12, 2021, a judge in Los Angeles ended the conservatorship that had controlled the life and money of pop star Britney Spears for nearly 14 years.
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Nov 12, 2025
Chicago Public Schools Office of Inspector General is urging district officials to reform travel policies amid excessive spending on trips.
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Nov 11, 2025
Around 300 people gathered at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial downtown to honor veterans and speak out against the Trump administration.
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Nov 11, 2025
The video, released Tuesday in a Freedom of Information Act request, sheds new light on the controversial detention that unfolded last month.
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Nov 11, 2025
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended an order blocking full SNAP payments, amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume.
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Nov 11, 2025
Conservatives want mail-in ballots to be counted no later than Election Day. Illinois allows ballots postmarked or certified by Election Day to be counted up to 14 days after the election.
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Nov 11, 2025
Gary created a local response plan, "Gary SNAPS into Action," to assist residents who lost SNAP and EBT benefits due to the government shutdown.
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Nov 11, 2025
A 19-year-old Riverdale man was shot and killed Thursday at 416 E. 144th St., Dolton police said Tuesday. Officers found Emmanuel Donaldson with an apparent gun shot wound at about 7 p.m., a Dolton spokesperson said in a statement. Donaldson was taken to UChicago Medicine, where he was pronounced dead, the spokesperson said. The Cook […]
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Nov 11, 2025
The arrest attempt occurred at a CITGO gas station on Grand Boulevard in the city's Miller neighborhood.
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Nov 11, 2025
The impact of a GOP state property tax relief law has caused the Crown Point Community School Corp. to lay off employees and end a popular early childhood learning program.
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Nov 11, 2025
Southwest Side Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez stopped Gov. JB Pritzker after a Veteran's Day ceremony in Little Village, demanding the governor explain how he would "tax the rich."
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Nov 11, 2025
As part of the Orland Park Veterans Day ceremony, the names of seven veterans were added to the village's memorial.
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Nov 11, 2025
U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi spoke to the Democratic Party of Oak Park at the Oak Park Public Library about his bid for the U.S. Senate.
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Nov 11, 2025
Local 150, the international union of operating engineers, has raised concerns against Michigan City's data center development, claiming the project has hired out-of-state and non-union contractors for the work. Angie Nelson Deuitch, Michigan City's mayor, said the claims are political theater and a smear campaign against the data center. "They have chosen to politicize their […]
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Nov 11, 2025
A Chicago police source said at least two victims were shot at a location that houses a Jewel-Osco store in the Douglas neighborhood on the South Side.
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Nov 11, 2025
ByHeart, which makes organic infant formula, recalled all of its products sold throughout the U.S. on Tuesday amid a growing outbreak of infant botulism.
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Nov 11, 2025
Grace Episcopal Church in Oak Park will ring its century-old Seabury Chime bells once again after a three-year silence.
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Nov 11, 2025
Oak Park and River Forest teacher Sheila Hardin was named the state's best math teacher by the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
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Nov 11, 2025
Local public schools received strong marks in the latest Illinois State Report Card, with most campuses in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff earning the state's highest designation.
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Nov 11, 2025
Dueling arguments over the legal definition of "regular forces" is a big part in the U.S. Supreme Court battle between Illinois and President Donald Trump over his efforts to deploy the National Guard in Illinois.
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Nov 11, 2025
ICE agents in Northbrook pointed rifles at bystanders and tried to break down doors, then arrested a Salem Walk apartments resident.
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Nov 11, 2025
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested six people, including a U.S. citizen, at different locations in Waukegan on Friday, detaining all but the citizen for allegedly being in the country illegally.
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Nov 11, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened legal action against the BBC over the way a speech he made was edited in a documentary aired by Britain's national broadcaster.
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Nov 11, 2025
Air travelers could face more frustration as busy U.S. airports need to meet a higher Federal Aviation Administration target for reducing flights Tuesday after already canceling thousands to scale back demands on the nation's aviation system during the government shutdown.
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Nov 11, 2025
It's up to the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress to decide when full payments will resume under the SNAP food aid program that helps 1 in 8 Americans buy groceries, as some wonder how they will feed their families without government assistance.
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Nov 11, 2025
Two Evanston-Skokie D65 schools fell in the ratings in the Illinois State Board of Education's 2025 Illinois Report Card.
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Nov 11, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Nov 11, 2025
The United States' Catholic bishops will elect their next president and vice president on Tuesday in Baltimore.
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Nov 11, 2025
Only two of the Navajo Code Talkers are still alive. The Route 66 motel where some of these World War II heroes were recruited may not outlive them.
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Nov 11, 2025
On Nov. 11, 1938, Irish-born cook Mary Mallon, who'd gained notoriety as the disease-carrying "Typhoid Mary" blamed for the deaths of three people, died on North Brother Island in New York's East River at age 69 after 23 years of mandatory quarantine.
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Nov 11, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 11, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 10, 2025
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
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Nov 10, 2025
Warren Buffett reflected on life and his health in a new letter to shareholders where he announced $1.3 billion in new charitable gifts to the four family foundations run by his children that have been helping steadily give away his fortune since 2006.
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Nov 10, 2025
In a video that touched on his evangelical faith and encouragement he got from President Donald Trump, GOP governor candidate Darren Bailey said he was staying in the race despite a crash last month that killed his son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren.
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Nov 10, 2025
The senators — eight in total — faced almost instant blowback from Democrats as they broke ranks and voted to allow the Senate to move forward on compromise legislation that would reopen the government.
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Nov 10, 2025
Illinois' senior senator, Dick Durbin, defended his decision Monday to cross party lines and endorse a GOP plan to end the nation's longest government shutdown.
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