Chicago city leaders weigh in on Larry Snelling as pick for next CPD superintendent
Since the beginning Johnson has said he wanted to fill in the role of superintendent with a veteran of the Chicago Police Department.
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Since the beginning Johnson has said he wanted to fill in the role of superintendent with a veteran of the Chicago Police Department.
The mayor can pick one of the three finalists or call for a new search.
The 7-year-old raised nearly $700 for Jared Allen's home for Wounded Warriors.
Evan Hall finished in the top 60 out of 1000 participants.
Three finalists were announced last month by the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability.
One could call this a rare opportunity to ask the mayor some questions on any topic. It was the first such opportunity in weeks.
But the mayor took issue with someone's characterization of the incident Sunday night near Roosevelt Road and Canal Street as mob action.
The city and team have been meeting while the demolition at the old Arlington Park is still in full force.
Chicago Bears President and CEO Kevin Warren and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said in a joint statement on Thursday the two sides were continuing their "productive discussion" this week as the team has been exploring options to build a new stadium outside of the city.
It has been more than two weeks since record rains overwhelmed the system and sent water into basements.
The event is set to bring together the 24 UnidosUS affiliates in the city to engage the local Latino community.
The fun starts tonight at 7 p.m. at The Resurrection Project on South Paulina.
The roundtable Thursday night was one of many the mayor will have before he delivers his first budget address in mid-October.
City officials say as many as 260,000 Chicago households don't have access to devices for things like work and school.
Young people ages 13 to 24 are encouraged to attend.
The Youth Budget Roundtable is Tuesday, July 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the Harold Washington Public Library.
Starting at 6:40 p.m., Johnson will serve food and drinks to guests at the Hilton Hotel downtown.
Starting at 6:40 p.m., Johnson will serve food and drinks to guests at the Hilton Hotel downtown.
The mural at Fireman's Park honors three firefighters who died while fighting an arson fire in 1985.
The mural at Fireman's Park honors three firefighters who died while fighting an arson fire in 1985.
The report looks at ways to improve a variety of things in the city; from education and immigration to transportation and housing.
Johnson is replacing all but one member of the school board picked by his predecessor, Lori Lightfoot.
The 4th of July parade through Hyde Park has been happening for more than 30 years, entirely organized by the community.
There were displays of patriotism on Chicago's South Side on Tuesday as the annual 4th on 53rd parade stepped off. And there was one particularly eye-catching outfit.
Johnson lives in Austin, but said his home did not have any significant damage. He pledged to help victims of flooding recover.
Corie Walsh, 38, faces 3 counts of first-degree murder after a 2-year-old was found unresponsive inside a Frankfort home Tuesday and later died at a hospital.
The owner of a pet resort in northwest suburban Wheeling has been charged after the death of a dog that was left inside a hot van.
A burglary was reported at a gas station in northwest suburban Wheeling, Illinois, early Friday morning.
Strong hiring last month was driven by gains in education and in leisure and hospitality, with the nation's jobless rate remaining steady at 4.1%.
A judge indicated the Lindsay Clancy murder trial would end in a mistrial Friday, then gave the defense a one-hour delay to make a plea to the state's highest court.
The Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act set aside $140 million to give controllers a 3.8% pay raise, but they have so far only received the 1% raise given to all government employees.
Thomas Ross allegedly tried to get his campaign manager to plant cocaine and Adderall on his opponent, federal prosecutors in Missouri said.
One official in California said that scanning individual ballots for every voter in the state would take roughly 43 years based on the Postal Service's estimates.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson released his 2027 budget forecast on Thursday and said the city's financial hole is not as deep as once feared.
The Pentagon will begin requiring male service members ages 30 and older to get screened for testosterone deficiency, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for the change over the summer.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Inc., alleging deceptive business practices.
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
Contracted linemen from out of state sat idle in a Griffith church parking lot for hours without work orders from NIPSCO, as residents in Northwest Indiana approach two weeks without power.
A law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against NIPSCO, alleging the utility's failure to manage trees and vegetation has left thousands of Northwest Indiana residents without power for up to two weeks.
Dozens of cases of E. coli and salmonella in multiple states are linked to an alfalfa grower in Minnesota, health officials say.
Cardinal Blase Cupich and a group of Catholic nuns have joined a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois' Medical Aid in Dying law, which is set to take effect in just over a week.
Flies have been everywhere this summer in the Chicago area, and some of them bite. But why is this happening?
Prime Healthcare is drawing criticism after announcing it will stop obstetrics services at three Chicago-area hospitals.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced two human cases and one death from the West Nile virus in the city this year, and one of those two people has died.
The Jackson Chance Foundation supports the lives of families with babies in the NICU by removing the financial burden of finding parking near hospitals.
A new Whole Foods Market is coming to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
A Wisconsin prosecutor says he will not file election bribery charges against billionaire Elon Musk even though the state's bipartisan elections commission said he likely broke state law.
An expert blames Illinois lawmakers and "internecine political problems" for the failure to seal a deal for a new stadium within the state for the Chicago Bears.
Real estate investment and development firm Concord Capital has acquired nine apartment buildings on Elaine Place, a single-block residential street in Chicago's East Lakeview community.
The stage was set and the air was humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took the stage for the first of two Chicago concerts at Soldier Field Thursday night.
James Fulton Engstrom, now a healthy teenager, was born without a pulse in 2010 — and his survival is the miracle the Catholic Church credited to Fulton Sheen's intercession, clearing the way for beatification.
The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.
The Edgewater Music Festival was under way this weekend on Chicago's north lakefront.
People around the world, including Chicago, continued to gather Wednesday to pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton.
Corie Walsh, 38, faces three counts of first-degree murder after a 2-year-old was found unresponsive inside a Frankfort home Tuesday and later died at a hospital.
Legal analyst Irv Miller joins CBS News Chicago to weigh in on the Lindsey Clancy trial.
Actor, poet, and musician Saul Williams joins CBS News Chicago.
A burglary was reported at a gas station in northwest suburban Wheeling, Illinois, early Friday morning.
The heat wave continues in Chicago.
Corie Walsh, 38, faces 3 counts of first-degree murder after a 2-year-old was found unresponsive inside a Frankfort home Tuesday and later died at a hospital.
A judge indicated the Lindsay Clancy murder trial would end in a mistrial Friday, then gave the defense a one-hour delay to make a plea to the state's highest court.
The owner of a pet resort in northwest suburban Wheeling has been charged after the death of a dog that was left inside a hot van.
Safety is top of mind for city officials ahead of one of Chicago's busiest weekends of the summer.
A burglary was reported at a gas station in northwest suburban Wheeling, Illinois, early Friday morning.
Back in 2023, ISP got a $10 million grant from the Illinois Secretary of State's Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
Hundreds of people are suing the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, where they say they were sexually abused by staff. For the first time, survivors detailed their experience exclusively to CBS News Chicago.
Why has the family that runs South Chicago Chapel, where 56 decomposing bodies were found this month, never faced criminal charges, despite a history of mishandling human remains?
Red flags about a family behind two funeral homes and crematories shut down by the state for mishandling bodies were missed in part because two different agencies regulate the death industry in Illinois.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 39th homer, Kevin Gausman threw seven sharp innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Thursday night.
Chicago (78-62) dropped nine games behind Milwaukee in the NL Central. It also remained one game back of Philadelphia for the top NL wild card.
The White Sox had several chances to score in the eighth, but came up empty.
Advocate Children's Hospital flipped the script this week, having four pediatric patients sign autographs for Cubs baseball players before a game at Wrigley Field.
Sean Burke (8-6) allowed one hit and walked four with six strikeouts in 5 2/3 scoreless innings for the win after walking a career-high eight in just three innings in his last start.
Corie Walsh, 38, faces 3 counts of first-degree murder after a 2-year-old was found unresponsive inside a Frankfort home Tuesday and later died at a hospital.
The owner of a pet resort in northwest suburban Wheeling has been charged after the death of a dog that was left inside a hot van.
A man was killed in a shooting in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood Thursday night, police said.
Thomas Ross allegedly tried to get his campaign manager to plant cocaine and Adderall on his opponent, federal prosecutors in Missouri said.
A chiropractor from Batavia, Illinois, pleaded guilty Thursday to felony counts related to secretly videotaping patients, including children, as they took off their clothes in his office.
