Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 21, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. 1864: Chicago City Council passed an ...

A Chicago Public Schools security guard has been charged with sexually assaulting two high school girls between 2018 and 2021. Heather Pancer, 48, has been charged with two counts of criminal sexual ...

Images of a slight Sonya Massey being fatally shot in the face by an imposing law enforcement officer inside her home in July 2024 shocked much of America. The 36-year-old Black mother of two, who at ...

LaRoyce Hawkins has been a One Chicago fan favorite since the dawn of Chicago P.D., so you can bet Chihards were quick to notice that Atwater was absent from the squad room in Season 13's October 22 ...

A man was shot while riding in a car on Chicago's West Side on Wednesday night. Chicago police said just before 11:20 p.m., a 24-year-old man was riding in a car in the 5200 block of W. Chicago when ...

As it happens, these Chicago Bears may be the same ol' Bears despite assurances to the contrary. After all, their ugly loss to the Ravens was littered with the same, old problems. Penalties once again ...

As U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in Chicago grows increasingly heated, some neighborhoods are mobilizing against enforcement efforts, sometimes block-by-block, according to a ...

CHICAGO — A judge heard testimony Tuesday about overflowing toilets, crowded cells, no beds and water that "tasted like sewer” at a Chicago-area building that serves as a key detention spot for people ...

Federal immigration agents were seen deploying teargas during operations in Lakeview, a wealthy Chicago neighborhood. A video circulating on social media on Friday afternoon showed an agent rolling a ...

Attorney Kalman Resnick speaks about the detention of Ruben Torres Maldonado during a news conference calling for the release of Ruben Torres Maldonado, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 in Chicago. (Anthony ...

A decade after converting part of a former Lincoln Park hospital site into apartments, a Chicago developer has cashed out for $35.8 million. Chicago-based Sandz Development sold the Webster Square ...