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Shawn Dunning, right, is greeted by a neighbor walking a dog in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood on Feb. 13, 2026. Dunning was homeless for several years before finding permanent housing three years ago with help from the Heartland Alliance organization and Chicago Housing Authority. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Proposed cuts to housing-first programs would be ‘going back like 30 years,’ advocates warn

February 17, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Trump administration seeks to scale back funding to permanent housing for the homeless. Advocates are sounding the alarm.

Crash causes CTA bus to hit Near West Side apartment building, police say

February 15, 2026 at 2:44 p.m.

A CTA bus was hit on the Near West Side Saturday night, causing the bus to careen into an apartment building, police said.

Car crash and fire kills 2 in West Loop, police say

February 15, 2026 at 12:42 p.m.

Two passengers were found dead inside a white sedan that crashed into a highway support beam and caught fire, Chicago police said.

Hong Li Yang leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago after Alvin Thomas was sentenced in a double homicide Feb. 11, 2026. Yang's husband at the time was one of the victims. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

‘Ripped away from us by a gunshot’: Man gets life sentence in Chinatown double homicide

February 11, 2026 at 4:56 p.m.

The sentencing hearing unfolded almost exactly six years after the slaying that rattled the tight-knit Chinatown community just a month before much of the world shut down at the beginning...

Reginald Morrow, right, hugs his counselor, Pamela Pickett, in Chicago’s Humboldt Park on Feb. 8, 2026, during the Winter Walk, a fundraiser and advocacy initiative to end homelessness. Morrow has been working with Pickett through the Salvation Army for four years on his journey to stable housing. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Humboldt Park walk raises money, awareness for local organizations fighting to end homelessness

February 9, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Community members, nonprofit workers and formerly homeless people walked through Humboldt Park Sunday to raise awareness and money for homelessness.

Driver dies after rear-ending CTA bus

February 8, 2026 at 3:22 p.m.

A driver died after rear-ending a CTA bus on the Lower West Side at around 4:25 a.m. Sunday, Chicago police said. The bus, carrying five passengers, was stopped at a...

People walk past a mural of Iryna Zarutska in the 2400 block of West Montrose
Avenue in Chicago's North Center neighborhood on Jan. 22, 2026. An idea to paint murals of Zarutska on buildings around the country was initiated by CEO Eoghan McCabe of Intercom, with financial backing from businessman Elon Musk. The murals are designed to honor Zarutska, 23, a Ukrainian refugee who was fatally stabbed on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, in August 2025. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Mural of slain Ukrainian refugee draws sympathy, skepticism from its North Center neighbors and Chicago artists

February 5, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Remember Iryna murals have ignited a debate on Iryna Zarutska's killing as a political rallying cry for the right. One was recently painted in North Center.

A sign on a Streets and Sanitation snowplow reads, "Bad, Bad Leroy Plow," parked in the Loop on Oct. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Voting is open for Chicago’s ‘You Name a Snowplow’ contest

February 1, 2026 at 3:51 p.m.

Voters can choose their favorite six out of 25 names until Feb. 14. The winning names will be displayed on signs attached to the snowplows.

SWAT arrests 45-year-old man in South Shore after standoff

February 2, 2026 at 8:58 a.m.

Chicago police responded alongside Special Weapons And Tactics forces to the arrest of a 45-year-old man in South Shore Sunday morning.

Laura Garza, right, and Margarita Klein, center, hold signs and chant during a vigil in honor of Alex Pretti on Jan. 27, 2026, near the Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Chicago. About 100 demonstrators gathered to honor the memory of Pretti, who was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Veterans, unions and health care workers remember Alex Pretti as ‘hero’ at vigil

January 27, 2026 at 8:20 p.m.

Dozens of health care workers, union leaders and veterans held a vigil for Alex Pretti outside the Veterans Affairs Medical Center Tuesday afternoon.

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