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A view from the alley in the 3000 block of North Pulaski Road in Chicago on March 10, 2026, shows the rear of the dance studio, on left, where teenagers and parents were allegedly harassed by two neighbors from a second floor balcony in the apartment building nearby. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Charges filed in attack on teens outside Northwest Side dance studio

March 11, 2026 at 3:33 p.m.

A man faces five counts of misdemeanor battery for allegedly throwing a liquid at a group of kids last weekend outside a Northwest Side dance studio while another person made...

DuPage undersheriff and sheriff hopeful placed on leave less than 2 weeks before March primary

March 6, 2026 at 10:16 p.m.

With less than two weeks to go before the March primary, DuPage Undersheriff Eddie Moore — who’s vying to rise the ranks to sheriff — has been placed on administrative...

Colleen Bagley, 50, was stabbed to death at the Elk Grove Village hotel where she lived on Feb. 21, 2026. (Family photo)

Man accused of stabbing girlfriend to death and discarding her body in Elk Grove Village hotel dumpster

March 4, 2026 at 5:33 p.m.

Cook County prosecutors say that Arturo Taylor strangled and stabbed his girlfriend Colleen Bagley and then left her body in a dumpster outside an Elk Grove Village hotel.

Following a hearing regarding a misdemeanor battery case against far-right influencer Nick Fuentes, Marla Rose stands outside the Cook County Courthouse in Maywood on Feb. 27, 2026. Fuentes appeared via Zoom. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Far-right influencer Nick Fuentes provides apology letter to Berwyn woman he allegedly pepper-sprayed

March 2, 2026 at 12:20 p.m.

Far-right influencer Nick Fuentes wrote an apology letter to Marla Rose, who he was accused of pepper-spraying in 2024 as she attempted to ring the doorbell of his west suburban...

Former Oswego High School students, from left, Natalie Grimm, Anne Marie Fish, Jillian Lake and Kala Sundstrom listen as their attorney Cass Casper speaks during a news conference on Feb. 25, 2026. The four former students are suing Oswego Community Unit School District 308 for allegedly showing a “reckless disregard for student safety” and for failing to properly investigate grooming and sexual misconduct they say they experienced at the hands of Sean Staffeldt, a former teacher and coach for football, wrestling and track. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

‘Terrifying and tortuous’: Former Oswego High School students sue district for allegedly failing to stop sexual harassment by teacher

February 25, 2026 at 4:40 p.m.

Four former students are suing the Oswego Community Unit School District 308 for allegedly failing to properly investigate grooming and sexual misconduct they say they experienced from a former teacher.

A person walks past glass damaged by bullets at a municipal police station in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Feb. 23, 2026. (Cesar Rodriguez/The New York Times)

‘Pointed the gun at my head’: Chicagoans visiting Mexico forced to hide during cartel violence

February 24, 2026 at 12:42 p.m.

Chicagoans visiting Mexico described the tense moments they spent hiding or running away from men carrying guns. Others with roots in western Mexico said the violence hits close to home.

Patrick McGinnis, of W.G.N. Flag & Decorating Company, hangs bunting on the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago on Feb. 17, 2026, after the death of the Rev. Jesse Jackson. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

New funeral plans for civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson shared, including services in DC and South Carolina

February 19, 2026 at 7:19 p.m.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s family announced revised funeral arrangements for the Chicago-based civil rights icon and presidential candidate beginning next Thursday.

Rep. Jonathan Jackson, joined by his siblings Jesse Jackson Jr., from left, Santita Jackson, Ashley Jackson and Yusef Jackson, speaks to the media outside the family home after their father Rev. Jesse Jackson's death, Feb. 18, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Chicago funeral arrangements set for civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson

February 19, 2026 at 9:19 a.m.

Officials with the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition announced funeral arrangements for the Chicago-based civil rights icon and presidential candidate beginning next Wednesday.

Boaz Flemister, 17, was killed Thursday morning, Feb. 19, 2026, in a vehicle crash on the Bishop Ford Freeway. Flemister was a member of the Empiire Dance Company. (Angela Hongo)

2 dancers killed, 3 injured in Bishop Ford Freeway crash

February 19, 2026 at 5:48 p.m.

Two people were pronounced dead Thursday morning in a rollover crash on the Bishop Ford Freeway, Illinois state police reported.

Carolyn Dunbar, of University Park, is comforted by Ziff Sistrunk as she weeps while arriving with flowers to lay outside the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago, Feb. 17, 2026, following news of the death of the Rev. Jesse Jackson. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Rev. Jesse Jackson remembered as one of the ‘last great leaders’ by Chicago friends and neighbors

February 17, 2026 at 6:28 p.m.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was remembered as a “servant leader” who championed the oppressed, voiceless and overlooked around the world.

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