While helping run the massive embezzlement scheme that caused a clout-heavy Bridgeport bank to fail seven years ago, vice president James Crotty was secretly stealing money from the bank, claiming he spent it on postage, prosecutors say. Crotty, who pleaded …
Crooked Bridgeport bank official gets a year in prison over embezzlement scheme Read MoreGood morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: The federal government stopped publishing comprehensive data on immigration arrests in January after President Donald Trump took office, but watchdogs are keeping track. 🗞️ Plus: Remembering Jim Edgar, there’s a potential problem for Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Chicago …
Watchdogs track immigrant arrests, detainments Read MoreThe Chicago Fishing Advisory Committee faces another challenge. Stacey Greene-Fenlon, first woman and non-governmental person to chair the committee, announced that she is stepping down after the November meeting for personal and professional reasons. “I’m hoping someone else can and …
Changes come for the Chicago Fishing Advisory Committee and ‘King of the Pier Tournament’ Read MoreThe Bears will face a long list of good quarterbacks this season — they just played the Lions’ Jared Goff, and up next is the Cowboys’ Dak Prescott — but they’ll miss perennial MVP contender Joe Burrow when they visit …
Bears to miss Bengals star QB Joe Burrow as toe injury sidelines him 3 months Read MorePITTSBURGH — The Cubs have not yet clinched a spot in the postseason, but with the team trending toward ending its four-year drought, the club launched its “Fly the W” presale registration for playoff tickets on Monday. Fans who are …
Looking to buy 2025 playoff tickets at Wrigley Field? The Cubs opened presale registration for a drawing Read MoreST. PAUL, Minn. — Blackhawks brass got their first 2025-26 look at a number of notable prospects during rookie camp this past week. The Hawks beat the Blues 3-2 and lost to the Wild 3-2 in the Tom Kurvers Prospect …
Five takeaways from Blackhawks rookie camp: Sam Rinzel dominates, AJ Spellacy bruises Read MoreA man was fatally struck by a Metra train near McCormick Place Monday morning on the Near South Side, causing several delays and cancellations. The crash happened around 8:30 a.m. when inbound train #308 on the Metra Electric Line hit …
Man fatally struck by Metra train near McCormick Place Read MoreA witness told police they heard a loud noise and saw a person on the ground early Monday in the East Side neighborhood. The victim, a male teen believed to be between 17 and 18 years old, was found on …
Shooting leaves 1 dead on East Side Read MoreUn hombre asesinado a tiros por agentes federales de inmigración el viernes en Franklin Park había dejado a su hijo en la escuela minutos antes de ser baleado. Esto lo indicó la congresista estadounidense Delia Ramírez, quien habló en una …
Hombre muerto a tiros por ICE en Franklin Park acababa de dejar a su hijo en la escuela Read MoreA City Council committee tried Monday to write a $90 million ending to one of the ugliest chapters in the Chicago Police Department’s checkered history of disgraced cops. A Finance Committee that has closely scrutinized and occasionally stalled prior settlements …
City Council Finance Committee backs $90M payout to resolve 176 lawsuits tied to corrupt cop Ronald Watts Read MoreLos familiares, funcionarios electos y residentes de la comunidad pidieron el sábado la liberación de Willian Giménez, jornalero involucrado en una demanda que acusa a oficiales de la policía fuera de servicio de acoso y agresión étnicamente motivados. Giménez, originario …
En las instalaciones de ICE en Broadview piden liberación de jornalero que acusó a policías de mala conducta Read MoreEl Symphony Center anunció hoy que el concierto de la cantante mexicana Aida Cuevas que estaba programado para el 26 de septiembre, será pospuesto hasta el 15 de mayo de 2026. No se dieron más detalles de la causa de …
Posponen concierto de Aida Cuevas en Chicago hasta el 2026 Read MoreUna rata muerta y una nota amenazante fueron dejadas fuera de la oficina del concejal André Vásquez (40º), en el vecindario de West Ridge, la noche del domingo, informó el Departamento de Policía de Chicago (CPD). “¡Saque los ilegales y …
Dejan una rata muerta y nota antiinmigrante afuera de la oficina del concejal André Vásquez Read MoreRaúl Juárez, de 33 años de edad, llegó a la Calle 26 temprano el domingo para asegurar un lugar para su familia y los muchos amigos que lo acompañarían en la 54ª edición del Desfile del Día de la Independencia …
Pese amenazas de ICE, muchos fueron a desfile del Día de la Independencia de México: ‘Somos una fuerza unida’ Read MoreChicago Sports Network president and CEO Jason Coyle will step down from his positions and be replaced by COO Mike McCarthy, the network announced Monday. Coyle, who oversaw CHSN’s launch, will become adviser to the board of directors. McCarthy was …
Chicago Sports Network president/CEO Jason Coyle steps down, former Marquee GM Mike McCarthy steps in Read MoreA dead rat and threatening note left outside the North Side office of a City Council champion for immigrant rights underscores the need for stepped-up security — not just at Council chambers but at all 50 ward offices, the targeted …
Dead rat, anti-immigrant note at ward office reinforces need for more security for Council members Read MoreSilverio Villegas González, a 38-year-old father and cook from Michoacán, Mexico, who was shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Franklin Park was remembered as a “kind soul” and a devoted father,” by his loved ones. “May …
Silverio Villegas González fatally shot by ICE agents ‘touched the lives of so many,’ loved ones say Read MoreGov. JB Pritzker on Monday said he has received many more threats since last week’s killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, a symptom of escalating tensions at “a moment when Americans must come together and say clearly that threats and …
Gov. JB Pritzker, facing more threats following Charlie Kirk’s killing, renews call ‘to tamp down the anger’ Read MoreNot long after the Lions were blown out by the Packers in their season opener, a statistic started making its way around social media — without Rams head coach Sean McVay or new Bears head coach Ben Johnson calling plays …
QB Caleb Williams not making the grade in categories the Bears value most Read MoreBears cornerback Jaylon Johnson is weighing the possibility of season-ending surgery after suffering a groin injury Sunday in the 52-21 loss to the Lions. While coach Ben Johnson kept it vague Monday, Jaylon Johnson said on 670 The Score’s …
Bears CB Jaylon Johnson says season ‘pretty much ended’ by groin injury Read More