The Poor People's Army DNC protest focuses on homelessness
The group's plan was to march from Humboldt Park to the United Center on Monday.
Protesters breach security fence at Democratic National Convention
A standoff between protesters and officers at Union Park followed hours later.
Pro-Palestinian protesters march near United Center as DNC begins
More than 270 different organizations came together to form the coalition to protest.
Surprise DNC security measures crop up along Mag Mile, other parts of downtown Chicago
Large security gates were installed overnight around the Dirksen Federal Building, and along sidewalks in the Gold Coast and Magnificent Mile.
Chicago nonprofit has backpacks ready for big back-to-school giveaway
The backpacks are ready to go alongside clothing and diapers.
DNC security perimeters, protest route change to Chicagoans' day-to-day lives
Close to downtown, some businesses have boarded up their windows as a preventative measure.
Illinois Comptroller says embroiled Village of Dolton is refusing legally-required audit
The state is cutting off Dolton's offset payments—funds Illinois deducts from state payments going out to people.
Riot Fest returning to Chicago's Douglass Park
The three-day music festival had previously planned to move to southwest suburban Bridgeview.
Family fit to be tied as vandals keep on tagging work truck in Pilsen
The family installed the cameras after the first graffiti incident, but the camera does not seem to be deterring the taggers.
Some alarmed by removal of Chicago homeless encampments ahead of DNC
The question also remains as to where the money to clear the encampments came from all of a sudden.
What you need to know for a busy weekend in Chicago
Metallica is performing at Soldier Field on Sunday. The Cubs and White Sox also play the second of their two-game series on the South Side on Saturday.
Lori Lightfoot finds Dolton, Illinois is over $3.5 million in the red
Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor, in April, agreed to investigate claims that Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard misused public funds.
Residents of Chicago's South Loop tell police they're fed up with vagrancy and crime
On Wednesday morning on Calumet Avenue, neighbors said, vehicles were vandalized for far from the first time.
2 more shootings reported in Evanston; 4 reported in less than a day
Police late Tuesday did not believe the incidents were related—despite two of the three shooting incidents happening on the same block on different days.
Neighbors raise alarm over loitering, harassment at intersection in South Loop
The aggressive begging has reached the point where some people are even moving out of the area.