Sources: Chicago Tribune
Four people are killed and five are injured in a series of shootings in Chicago, Illinois, United States. 2023-07-8
Eight people are injured after an explosion tore through a building in Austin, Chicago, Illinois, United States. 2022-09-20
Illinois reports their first case of the Omicron variant in a Chicago resident. 2021-12-7
Illinois reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant first detected in Brazil in a person from Chicago. 2021-03-5
Three people are killed and four others injured in a shooting spree through several neighborhoods in the South Side area of Chicago, Illinois, as well as Evanston. The shooter, a 32-year-old man, was shot during a shootout with responding Evanston police officers and later died in a hospital. 2021-01-9
United States federal judge Richard Posner has announced his retirement after three decades of service on the bench of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, Justice Posner has written more than 3,300 opinions from the bench. 2017-09-1
Chicago, Illinois police officer, Jason Van Dyke, enters a not guilty plea regarding the charges of the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald. 2015-12-29
Chicago, Illinois Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked for and received the resignation of that city’s police superintendent Garry McCarthy. Emanuel spoke of the loss of the public’s confidence in the city police and announced a task force on police accountability. The change comes in the wake of protests over the release of police footage showing the October 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald. 2015-12-1
Leaders of nine national law enforcement groups, at the annual International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Chicago, Illinois, call on federal lawmakers to strengthen background checks on gun purchases. 2015-10-26
Seven people are shot and wounded at a nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, United States. 2013-03-21