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A courtyard at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center. Judges have called for a viable alternative to the detention center for holding preteen boys.

Judge bucks Cook County law, says boys as young as 10 can be locked up

May 23, 2019 at 1:23 a.m.

A Cook County judge on Wednesday declined to follow a new local ordinance that bans boys 12 and younger from being sent to the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, ordering that...

Brittany Voss waves a cluster of flags during the March to the Polls at Federal Plaza in Chicago on Oct. 13, 2018.

Women’s March organizers urge supporters to go to the polls: ‘Activism doesn’t end here’

May 23, 2019 at 1:22 a.m.

Sharon Digiacomo brought her two young granddaughters to the Women’s March Chicago on Saturday, to prepare the next generation of female voters and activists. “It’s a legacy,” said Digiacomo, who...

Man dies 3 months after South Side shooting

May 23, 2019 at 1:22 a.m.

A 22-year-old man died Thursday morning of complications from a gunshot wound to the head he suffered in July, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Charles Kellogg was...

A memorial for Eliyahu Moscowitz sits near Chicago's Loyola Park on Wednesday, Oct. 10, near where he was shot and killed while walking on a lakefront path Oct. 1.

Neighbors draw closer as Rogers Park remains on alert: ‘Trust is hard when violence is happening’

May 23, 2019 at 1:22 a.m.

It had been just days since someone inexplicably killed two people in Rogers Park, and the woman was looking for a neighbor to walk her from the Red Line stop...

Brandy Colbert, left, mother of shooting victim James Garrett, weeps at her son's memorial at Butler College Prep in Chicago on Oct. 8, 2018.

Students remember college-bound peer taken by a bullet: ‘I always looked up to him’

May 23, 2019 at 1:22 a.m.

Sobs punctuated every corner of the otherwise silent school assembly room as James Garrett’s smile flashed across a projected screen in a series of pictures. About 675 students and their...

1 dead, 2 wounded after Far South Side shooting

May 23, 2019 at 1:22 a.m.

A man was killed and two other men were wounded in an early Monday shooting on Chicago’s Far South Side, according to police. The man who was killed was identified...

People leave the city early on the CTA Red Line on Oct. 5, 2018, as the jury delivers the guilty verdict during the trial of Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke.

Some Chicago workers sent home, games, dances postponed in anticipation of Van Dyke verdict

May 23, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

Chicago schools, businesses and government offices canceled plans or sent workers home early in anticipation of the verdict in the Jason Van Dyke trial on Friday. The list includes: Chicago...

A 36-year-old man was shot in the back after an argument on Oct. 5, 2018, in the 7600 block of North Greenview Avenue, Chicago police said. A crime scene was taped off in the 1500 block of West Jonquil Avenue.

Rogers Park shooting Friday morning isn’t related to earlier deaths, police say

May 23, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

In the days since two men were killed in shootings that have shaken the Far North Side neighborhood, Rogers Park resident Jeanette Numrich said she and her husband have been...

Maria Kossakowski, right, a speech professor at Malcolm X College, and other City Colleges of Chicago employees protest the slow pace of contract negotiations outside Malcolm X College on Oct. 4, 2018.

City Colleges faculty, staff protest over contract talks

December 12, 2018 at 3:29 a.m.

Employees at City Colleges of Chicago demonstrated at multiple campuses Thursday, demanding a resolution to an ongoing contract dispute with faculty and staff. Union leaders representing hundreds of faculty and...

Josh Bangert plays basketball with his sister J.J. and their dad, Keith, at their home in West Chicago on Oct. 1, 2018.

As West Chicago teen loses his sight, friends and strangers help him see the world

May 23, 2019 at 1:20 a.m.

Josh Bangert was playing basketball this summer when he noticed the vision in his left eye was blurry. The 15-year-old shrugged it off, figuring he just needed glasses. But when...

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