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Oct 10, 2025
President Donald Trump is in "exceptional health," according to his physician, who evaluated him Friday.
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Oct 10, 2025
A former Chicago police officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday following a plea deal related to three separate cases where he was accused of sexually abusing a minor he met on the job and recorded sex acts. Before Judge Kenneth Wadas at the Leighon Criminal Court Building, David P. DeLeon accepted […]
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Oct 10, 2025
The Trump administration is pushing again to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly sent to El Salvador, even though three African countries they've approached have rejected the idea, a judge heard during testimony Friday.
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Oct 10, 2025
AstraZeneca on Friday became the second major pharmaceutical manufacturer to announce it had agreed to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Medicaid under a deal struck with the Trump administration that avoided its threats of steep tariffs.
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Oct 10, 2025
It is the Democrat's barrage of lawsuits against Trump, suing him for fraud and challenging his Republican administration's policies, that has shaped her tenure and drawn his ire.
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Oct 10, 2025
At a massive military parade attended by foreign leaders, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rolled out his nuclear-armed military's most powerful weapons, including a new intercontinental ballistic missile he may be preparing to test in coming weeks.
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Oct 10, 2025
The warehouse is one block east of the existing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility at 1930 S. Beach St.
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Oct 10, 2025
Former Evanston/Skokie District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton was indicted for his alleged involvement kickback scheme that paid him $81,000.
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Oct 10, 2025
The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started, an attempt by President Donald Trump's administration to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown dragged into a 10th day.
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Oct 10, 2025
President Donald Trump said Friday that "there seems to be no reason" to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea and threatened additional tariffs after China restricted exports of rare earths needed for American industry.
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Oct 10, 2025
Orland Park District 135 moved to hire assistant principals at Park School and Center School, where younger students attend.
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Oct 10, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Oct 10, 2025
Gov. JB Pritzker awarded 28 schools the Blue Ribbon, including Glen Oaks Elementary in Hickory Hills and Lincoln-Way East in Frankfort.
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Oct 10, 2025
A woman shot by an immigration agent after she allegedly rammed his vehicle on Chicago's Southwest Side last weekend has been indicted by a federal grand jury, part of a flurry of developments Friday in cases involving protests and violence over the Trump administration's "Operation Midway Blitz."
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Oct 10, 2025
A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.
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Oct 10, 2025
Hours before the execution of Roy Lee Ward, the Gary diocese hosted a vigil at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.
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Oct 10, 2025
Sister Jean, who died at the age of 106, was more than a basketball-loving nun and team chaplain of the Loyola Ramblers. She was a living example of how to bring people together.
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Oct 10, 2025
An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant left multiple people dead and missing on Friday, authorities said.
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Oct 10, 2025
East Chicago Police officers won't involve themselves in ICE activities in the city, but officials are imploring residents to not instigate or accelerate volatile situations. East Chicago Police confirmed that ICE agents were set up in the publicly accessible portion of the department's parking lot after the mayor's office saw an online video showing ICE […]
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Oct 10, 2025
A federal judge ruled that a controversial security fence constructed around the ICE detention facility in Broadview is violating the west suburb's right to access its own land and ordered its removal.
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Oct 10, 2025
A Chesterton man's threat to the U.S. Naval Academy that led to a lockdown in September is detailed in a recent court filing.
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Oct 10, 2025
National Guard troops were seen patrolling in Memphis for the first time on Friday, as part of President Donald Trump's federal task force, which faces multiple legal challenges.
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Oct 10, 2025
The study focuses on what pollutants Northwest Indiana's steel mills release, the health costs, and the impact on the community.
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Oct 10, 2025
Felony charges filed against an employee of the Will County state's attorney's office and her daughter for computer tampering.
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Oct 10, 2025
Bombardment stopped and Israeli troops pulled back in Gaza on Friday under a breakthrough ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. But will the agreement lead, as U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed, to "a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace"?
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Oct 10, 2025
Mike Johnson is the speaker of a House that is no longer in session.
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Oct 10, 2025
Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois, one of the most prominent Democrats leading opposition to President Donald Trump, has canceled his appearance at a weekend political event in Palm Beach County.
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Oct 10, 2025
A review of the Tribune's archives produced 18 events in which the governor activated the National Guard within Chicago. Only two of them — both during the 19th century — involved a sitting U.S. president.
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Oct 10, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Oct 10, 2025
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in Gaza on Friday, the Israeli military said.
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Oct 10, 2025
The Chicago Marathon's 26.2-mile course is flat, fast and ready to welcome more than 53,000 runners this Sunday.
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Oct 10, 2025
Protesters are expected in Broadview on Friday, but it's unclear where the Texas National Guard will be after a federal judge blocked their deployment in Illinois.
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Oct 10, 2025
Protesters are expected in Broadview on Friday, but it's unclear where the Texas National Guard will be after a federal judge blocked their deployment in Illinois.
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Oct 10, 2025
On Oct. 10, 1966, the Beach Boys' single "Good Vibrations," written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, was released by Capitol Records.
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Oct 10, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 10, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Oct 10, 2025
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the longtime chaplain of the Loyola men's basketball team who became a national sports icon, died Thursday. She was 106.
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Oct 09, 2025
The breakthrough is designed to bring about a pause in the fighting unleashed by Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
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Oct 09, 2025
Chicago police said a body was found in Lake Michigan near the South Shore Cultural Center exactly one week after a man disappeared near a breakwall near Rainbow Beach. Police search for missing swimmer at Rainbow Beach in South Shore A police spokesperson on Thursday said that the unidentified male found in the water near […]
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Oct 09, 2025
A few dozen people gathered on Thursday afternoon outside City Hall in downtown Aurora to protest federal immigration enforcement activity in the area.
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Oct 09, 2025
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details not authorized for release, said U.S. Central Command is going to establish a "civil-military coordination center" in Israel.
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Oct 09, 2025
The new 45,000-square-foot Health Sciences Building at Elmhurst University opened Oct. 3 amid ribbon-cutting pomp. The state-of-the-art facility now houses the Departments of Nursing, Public Health, Occupational Therapy, and Communication Sciences and Disorders. The $30 million building was financed through existing funds from philanthropic gifts, grants and reserve funds, officials said. "The institution needed it, […]
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Oct 09, 2025
James was indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia on one count after a mortgage fraud investigation, said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
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Oct 09, 2025
Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability was investigating a police shooting in the Roseland neighborhood Thursday afternoon that left a man wounded. Paramedics took the man to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition about 2 p.m. Thursday, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesperson Larry Merritt. Two police officers were taken to Little […]
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Oct 09, 2025
Federal prosecutors dismissed charges against an Oak Park man with intellectual disabilities during a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility.
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Oct 09, 2025
Former Evanston/Skokie School District 65 superintendent Devon Horton has been indicted on criminal charges stemming from this time as head of the district, according to a statement from district leaders Thursday.
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Oct 09, 2025
Former Evanston/Skokie School District 65 superintendent Devon Horton has been indicted on criminal charges stemming from this time as head of the district, according to a statement from district leaders Thursday.
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Oct 09, 2025
Early film star Colleen Moore became a Chicagoan when she married local stockbroker Homer Hargrave.
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Oct 09, 2025
A federal judge has ruled that federal agents violated the rights of news reporters and protesters responding to immigration arrests in Chicago, and restricted future actions against them.
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Oct 09, 2025
Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago on Thursday to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks, weighing in as the Trump administration crackdown on immigrants intensifies in the pontiff's hometown.
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Oct 09, 2025
Immigration authorities stepped up their action in Northwest Indiana Thursday with a more visible presence in Lake County.
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Oct 09, 2025
The Will County Board receive 200 to 300 emails and will postpone voting on a resolution regarding immigration enforcement.
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Oct 09, 2025
Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales and his team were in Northwest Indiana Wednesday night to talk about election issues with more than 100 attendees, capping off a series of election study public meetings. "Whether you are for or against moving when we do municipal elections, or whether you're for or against using vote centers […]
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Oct 09, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Oct 09, 2025
Kristi Noem said President Donald Trump has authorized the building purchases for ICE and said the agency was hardening its existing facilities because of threats of violence.
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Oct 09, 2025
The mother of a man killed by a St. John police officer in January is suing the department. In a federal lawsuit filed Oct. 3, Sherri Perkins alleged excessive and "unnecessary deadly" force, saying a responding officer failed to deescalate the situation when her son was having a mental health "episode."
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Oct 09, 2025
Toni Preckwinkle's 2026 budget proposal does not include new taxes, fines or fees. It eliminates a $211 million shortfall thanks in large part to better-than-expected revenues.
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Oct 09, 2025
An East Chicago man has been charged after strangling his ex-girlfriend to death, records allege.
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Oct 09, 2025
National Guard troops were outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in west suburban Broadview early Thursday.
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Oct 09, 2025
At least three people were reported dead and several others were injured in an extra-alarm fire on the North Side in the West Ridge neighborhood, officials said.
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Oct 09, 2025
At least three people were reported dead and several others were injured in an extra-alarm fire on the North Side in the West Ridge neighborhood, officials said.
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Oct 09, 2025
World leaders on Thursday expressed hope for peace and urged Israel and Hamas to fulfill their commitments in the hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the parties had agreed to the "first phase" of a deal signaling a major breakthrough in the two-year war in Gaza.
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Oct 09, 2025
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners — a breakthrough greeted with joy and relief Thursday but also caution.
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Oct 09, 2025
Tropical Storm Jerry churned Thursday in the Atlantic on its approach to the Leeward Islands as Tropical Storm Priscilla moved along Mexico's Pacific coast, threatening heavy rain and flooding in their paths, forecasters said.
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Oct 09, 2025
A breakthrough deal pausing the war in Gaza has been reached. But will it lead, as U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed, to "a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace"?
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Oct 09, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Oct 09, 2025
DePaul soccer player Chase Stegall, who died in June, is remembered for his positivity. His family and former team are trying to lift each other up to honor him.
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Oct 09, 2025
Bernard Ford was a longtime transit executive who led the Chicago Transit Authority as its executive director from 1982 until 1985, and again from 1989 until 1990.
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Oct 09, 2025
On Oct. 9, 2009, President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee called "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
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Oct 09, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 9, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Oct 09, 2025
Lawyers for the Trump administration argued in a filing late Wednesday that escalating violence against immigration officials during the ongoing "Operation Midway Blitz" enforcement actions justify the deployment of National Guard troops to protect against "a danger of a rebellion against federal authority" that impedes "the ability of federal officials to enforce federal law."
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Oct 08, 2025
Texas National Guard spent Wednesday drilling with riot shields at their makeshift base about 40 miles southeast of Chicago. Local police kept things calm in Broadview.
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Oct 08, 2025
The charges come following a confrontation between protestors and state troopers at the federal facility last week.
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Oct 08, 2025
Israel and Hamas have agreed to the "first phase" of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners, U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday in announcing the outlines of the biggest breakthrough in months in the two-year-old war.
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Oct 08, 2025
Israel and Hamas agreed to pause fighting in Gaza so that remaining hostages can be freed, accepting elements of a plan put forward by the Trump administration.
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Oct 08, 2025
Tours at the Capitol have come to a standstill. The House is keeping its doors closed, while the Senate repeated its loop Wednesday of failed votes to reopen the government. President Donald Trump is threatening to mass fire federal workers and refuse back pay for the rest.
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Oct 08, 2025
Tours at the Capitol have come to a standstill. The House is keeping its doors closed, while the Senate repeated its loop Wednesday of failed votes to reopen the government. President Donald Trump is threatening to mass fire federal workers and refuse back pay for the rest.
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Oct 08, 2025
Experts, as well as union leaders representing air traffic controllers and security screeners, warn that the impact could grow significantly worse if the government shutdown continues and employees start to miss paychecks.
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Oct 08, 2025
As Indiana State Rep. Pat Boy announced her retirement Tuesday, the possibility of mid-census redistricting weighed heavily on her mind as it could be the first thing her successor would have to vote on.
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Oct 08, 2025
The educator and director who worked with many theater companies was known for his eye for casting and was "a human spotlight for the good in others."
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Oct 08, 2025
The educator and director who worked with many theater companies was known for his eye for casting and was "a human spotlight for the good in others."
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Oct 08, 2025
Beneath nearly two hours of oral arguments in the case was the fate of Illinois' 2015 law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted for up to 14 days after an election.
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Oct 08, 2025
James Comey pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a criminal case that has highlighted the Justice Department's efforts to target adversaries of President Donald Trump.
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Oct 08, 2025
Indiana will put to death a man who was convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl, the state's third execution since resuming capital punishment last year.
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Oct 08, 2025
Investigators said Wednesday that 9-year-old Adrian Brown died from a gunshot wound from a gun fired by his 11-year-old sibling when they were left alone Saturday along with a 13-year-old sibling in their Gary residence in the 400 block of Madison Street.
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Oct 08, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Oct 08, 2025
A soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico, originally scheduled for next week in Chicago, has been relocated to Florida amid the immigration crackdown in the city.
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Oct 08, 2025
IUN hosted its fourth annual walk focusing on mental health stigma on Tuesday, starting at the Moraine Student Center and through campus.
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Oct 08, 2025
A 29-year-old man charged with sparking the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles history likely used a lighter to start a fire on New Year's Day that smoldered underground and reignited almost a week later, killing 12 people in a wealthy hillside neighborhood, authorities said Wednesday.
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Oct 08, 2025
Advocates for the Red Line Extension, discussed for 50 years, describe it as an overdue promise to the people of the city's Far South Side.
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Oct 08, 2025
The hospital will now be called Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, after Ken Griffin's mother.
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Oct 08, 2025
A victim who appears to be a juvenile was discovered fatally wounded Wednesday morning near the Green Line "L" tracks in the Woodlawn neighborhood, officials said.
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Oct 08, 2025
A Chicago federal judge has extended a nationwide consent decree requiring ICE to better document and report probable cause for immigration arrests and found the agency repeatedly violated the 2022 agreement by making "warrantless arrests."
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Oct 08, 2025
Tonika Lewis Johnson's artwork includes the acclaimed Folded Map Project. She's one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows, announced on Wednesday.
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Oct 08, 2025
Crime reports from south and southwest suburban agencies from police and court reports and news releases.
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Oct 08, 2025
Local and state officials blasted the presence of federal agents in the area, describing the arrests as "kidnappings" utilizing racial profiling.
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Oct 08, 2025
Joan B. Kennedy, the former wife of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who endured a long and troubled marriage marked by family tragedies, her husband's infidelities and her own struggles with alcoholism and mental health, died on Wednesday. She was 89.
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Oct 08, 2025
A Bridgeport man came home from work Tuesday to find his roommate dead and tied up in their shared apartment after an apparent burglary, according to a police report obtained by the Tribune.
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Oct 08, 2025
A federal grand jury has refused to indict a Chicago couple arrested during a violent protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview last month, a rare move that signals prosecutors may have overreached in bringing the case.
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Oct 08, 2025
"Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!" President Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social.
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Oct 08, 2025
Israel and Hamas entered a third day of peace talks at an Egyptian resort Wednesday, with more senior officials from the United States, Israel and mediating countries expected to join — a sign that negotiators aim to tackle the toughest issues of an American plan to end the war in Gaza.
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