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Pedestrians pass a Little Village mural in Chicago, Oct. 30, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Operation Midway Blitz linked to dip in 911 calls, especially in Little Village

November 3, 2025 at 6:30 a.m.

The rate of 911 calls made in Chicago has dropped precipitously in the two months since the start of Operation Midway Blitz, a Tribune review of city data found, and...

The Leighton Criminal Court Building, April 3, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

THF Bayzoo, associate of Lil Durk, killed in Little Village shooting

October 27, 2025 at 6:12 p.m.

Eight years after he was acquitted of a murder charge, South Side drill rapper “THF Bayzoo,” who had close ties to Chicago musician Lil Durk, was shot to death in Little...

An angry crowd faces off with Border Patrol agents after a raid at the Discount Mall on West 26th Street in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Oct. 23, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino accused of violating judge’s order by throwing tear gas at crowd in Little Village Thursday

October 23, 2025 at 8:54 p.m.

Federal immigration officials were in Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side Thursday for the second time in two days.

Demonstrators gather at Butler Field for the "No Kings" rally and march on Oct. 18, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

‘No Kings’ rally in downtown Chicago draws more than 100K protesters: ‘You fight for the people’

October 18, 2025 at 7:47 p.m.

The No Kings “Hands off Chicago” protest was one of roughly 2,500 similar demonstrations against the Trump administration planned across the country and globe, according to organizers.

A blurred image from a Chicago police body camera video shows an officer speaking with federal agents after a raid at a South Shore apartment complex on Sept. 30, 2025. Chicago police blurred the video upon releasing videos to the media. (Chicago Police Department)

Chicago police release redacted video of peripheral role in controversial South Shore immigration raid

October 17, 2025 at 5:15 p.m.

Newly released — though heavily redacted — video footage released by Chicago police sheds new light on the arrest of a U.S. citizen the night that federal immigration agents stormed...

Olga Bautista, vice president of the Chicago Board of Education, speaks Oct. 15, 2025, at a news conference at United Workers' Center in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement's neighborhood raid the day before. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

East Side neighborhood leaders decry tear gas response by immigration agents

October 15, 2025 at 5:22 p.m.

Community leaders from the city’s East Side neighborhood gathered Wednesday morning to denounce the actions of federal agents who deployed tear gas canisters on a residential street after a pursuit...

U.S. Border Patrol agents scuffle with community members in the 10500 block of South Avenue M on Oct. 14, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Tear gas used by federal immigration agents following East Side traffic crash, neighborhood uprising

October 15, 2025 at 7:35 a.m.

Federal agents deployed multiple canisters of tear gas in a residential block of the East Side neighborhood Tuesday to quell a clash with residents who demanded the enforcement officers leave...

Former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge, center, walks with his attorney, Richard Beuke, after leaving the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on May 6, 2010. Jury selection was beginning in his trial. (José M. Osorio/baiduhai)

Former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s deposition in Burge case stays under wraps

October 8, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Sworn testimony from former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley regarding torture tactics used by detectives working for disgraced Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge will remain out of the public view,...

Chicago police arrest Derek Rucker, 37, of Blue Island, on Sept. 30, 2025, at the CTA Loyola Red Line station after he allegedly punched Yara Afaneh in the back of her head. (Yara Afaneh)

Man arrested after allegedly punching Chicago woman as ‘Loop puncher’ videos go viral on social media

October 1, 2025 at 6:56 p.m.

Numerous people claim to have been victims of a “Loop puncher” in posts across social media though it’s unclear how many perpetrators there are.

Kevin Jackson leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Aug. 6, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Prosecutors object to certificate of innocence for Kevin Jackson

September 30, 2025 at 3:27 p.m.

The Cook County State’s Attorney’s office has objected to an effort by Kevin Jackson to obtain a certificate of innocence in the case, a move that comes some 20 years...

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