CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel failed to capture a majority of the vote in Tuesday’s municipal election, an embarrassment for the former White House chief of staff because it forces him into a runoff this spring against Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia. The result exposed possible vulnerability for an incumbent who has […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel hopes to avoid being forced into a runoff when voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to give the former White House chief of staff a second term. Emanuel is poised to get the most votes after having raised millions of dollars, plastering the airwaves with […]
Earvin “Magic” Johnson continues to inspire the very community that reveres his aspiring legacy, as it’s just been declared Johnson along with Kimbra and Mark…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A South Side neighborhood in Chicago is getting long-sought federal protection from President Barack Obama, whose visit on Thursday could also provide a political lift to the city’s mayor. Obama will formally designate the neighborhood where African-American railroad workers won a historic labor agreement in the 1930s. In the process, the president’s […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Hours after Little League International announced its stunning decision to strip a Chicago team of its national championship, the city’s mayor was on the phone asking the organization to reverse a decision that he said unfairly made the young players responsible. But Little League International CEO Stephen D. Keener would not budge, […]
Little League has stripped the U.S. title from Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West Team for allegedly allowing players who didn’t live in the proposed city limits to play for the team. ESPN Chicago reports: The Jackie Robinson West team, the first all-African-American team to win the championship, must vacate wins from the 2014 Little League Baseball International Tournament […]
MARKHAM, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago police officer was acquitted Wednesday in the death of a 95-year-old World War II veteran whom he shot with a beanbag gun at an assisted living facility. Park Forest Police Officer Craig Taylor was charged with felony reckless conduct for the July 2013 death of John Wrana, who […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Twin Chicago brothers reviled by Mexican cartels but praised by prosecutors as among the most valuable traffickers-turned-informants in recent history are set to be sentenced in a federal courthouse in their hometown amid tight security. Tuesday will be the first public appearance by Pedro and Margarito Flores since they agreed to spill […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has introduced an ordinance that would allow the transfer of park district land to the city for use by an Obama presidential library. Emanuel said during Wednesday’s City Council meeting that the ordinance has the support of several aldermen. It is aimed at substantially improving the city’s odds […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago strip club has received an award for its efforts at dressing up the neighborhood. The Admiral Theatre on Chicago’s northwest side received one of Albany Park Neighbors’ six “Block Star Business” awards this week. The group’s website says the honor is meant to spotlight businesses that work to keep the […]
Hundreds gathered in the nation’s capital Tuesday morning for the Congressional Black Caucus’ (CBC) swearing-in ceremony for both newly elected and current members of the…
A new study by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois supports what has long been suspected: that there is a racial disparity in Chicago traffic stops that disproportionately…
