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CPD officer, 2 men shot in Morgan Park fight; shooting under investigation

December 8, 2025 at 12:34 p.m.

A Chicago police officer and two men were shot Sunday in the Morgan Park neighborhood after officers responded to a disturbance call.

Grant Inglis, 12, gets covered in snow while shaking off Christmas trees with Trent Modglin on Dec. 7, 2025, at Centennial Park in Park Ridge. The Wilderness Scouts and Princesses run the lot annually to sell trees for charity. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Five inches of snow blankets Chicago area on Sunday with quickest start to winter since 1978, weather officials say

December 7, 2025 at 12:55 p.m.

The region was blanketed with 5 inches of snow in what a meteorologist at the National Weather Service called the “quickest start to winter” since 1978.

Cassandra Martinez and her daughter Catalina, 4, help make holiday cards for families affected by recent ICE actions as part of the Operation Midway Bliss community project, Nov. 30, 2025, at Pink Flores Bakery & Cafe in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Operation Midway Bliss redefines blitz with gift drive for families affected by immigration enforcement

December 4, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

More than 100 children affected by immigration enforcement in the Chicago-area will be receiving gifts this holiday season as part of a community gift-giving effort.

Resident Travaris Ivy leads the media through the apartment building at 7500 S. South Shore Drive in Chicago on Dec. 2, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

First, ICE raided their Chicago apartment building. Now, they’re being forced to vacate it.

December 3, 2025 at 9:24 a.m.

The Circuit Court of Cook County granted an order on Nov. 24 from Wells Fargo Bank to have residents at 7500 S. Shore Drive to vacate by Dec. 12.

A man rides a Divvy bike through fresh flurries along West 18th Street in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, Nov. 30, 2025, after the city recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

As Chicago digs out from a snowy weekend, another winter punch — with more snow — is inbound

December 1, 2025 at 10:53 a.m.

After snowy weekend, Chicago expected to receive up to another four inches of snow on Monday during evening rush hour.

Sledders take off from the top of the hill at Barrie Park on Nov. 30, 2025, in Oak Park after the region recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Saturday snow breaks record in Chicago, National Weather Service says

December 8, 2025 at 8:11 a.m.

The last time O’Hare Airport saw so much snow on a single day in November was 74 years ago, Nov. 6, 1951, when 8 inches fell.

Boy, 14, shot twice in the leg in Grand Boulevard, police say

November 23, 2025 at 10:19 a.m.

A 14-year-old boy was shot twice in his leg Saturday night in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood on the South Side, Chicago police reported.

Veronica Castro, deputy director at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, speaks outside City Hall, Oct. 31, 2024. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago activists share blueprint for resisting Border Patrol: ‘Chicago clearly is front and center’

November 22, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

As President Donald Trump’s ramped up Border Patrol action hits city after city, Chicago’s immigration-focused community organizers are following.

Delila, at her sister's home on Oct. 30, 2025, has been living with her sister since her father and only parent was taken in an Oct. 21 immigration enforcement operation. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Her dad was taken by immigration agents. Now a 12-year-old girl fears she’s lost her only living parent.

November 22, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.

The separation illustrates a tragic consequence of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown: children left behind after a parent is detained or deported.

Victim reports being attacked by a man with an axe on Near West Side

November 17, 2025 at 10:27 a.m.

Police patrolling the1300 block of South Jefferson street found a 44-year-old man with injuries in the middle of the street around 2 a.m. Monday.

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