Chicago suburbs
CTA, Metra and Pace have shrunken an expected $770 million budget shortfall next year to $202 million, agency bosses said at a special meeting called by the Regional Transit Authority.
Dana Briggs de Rockford y otros cuatro enfrentan cargos criminales federales tras el enfrentamiento de manifestantes con agentes federales fuera de la instalación de inmigración en Broadview.
Board member Nancy Zettler sparked a firestorm when she wrote in a Sept. 10 Facebook post that her initial reaction to Kirk’s murder was karma.
Rahshone Burnett, 47, of Westchester, was charged last month with stealing money from the federal pandemic unemployment program. In June, he was sentenced to prison for defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program. In 2013, he went to prison for ripping off his late sister’s kids.
Local and state authorities installed the barriers Thursday to allow room for protests but also keep the street clear.
Dana Briggs of Rockford and four others are facing federal criminal charges after protesters clashed with federal agents outside the federal immigration facility in Broadview.
Instalación de ICE de Broadview se ha convertido en un centro de detención sin reglas ni supervisión
ICE mantuvo a inmigrantes más allá de las horas establecidas para el centro de procesamiento de Broadview, según datos hasta julio. Los inmigrantes retenidos allí dicen que no hay camas, hay comida limitada y los baños están a la vista.
Employees of cabinetmaker Reveal Interiors complain that tear gas has seeped into its plant and employees have been hit by pepper balls. A fence erected by ICE has pushed protesters onto its property, disrupting work.
An “operational incident” halted trains near Route 59 Tuesday morning.
Officers responded to a report of gunfire Monday morning and found a woman and man, both 40 years old, fatally shot.
Gov. JB Pritzker said the Illinois National Guard obtained a memo that the Department of Homeland Security sent to the Defense Department, which sought to request 100 military personnel for Illinois.
Federal authorities have used the arrest of Ray Collins and Jocelyne Robledo to argue that ICE agents have been endangered by protests.
CBS News Chicago reporter Asal Rezaei told police she was alone in her personal vehicle Sunday morning when a federal agent inside the detention center’s fence fired pepper rounds toward her car. There were no protesters at the scene at the time.
Motivated high schoolers can start taking college-level coursework on the Palatine community college’s campus staring in the the fall of 2026.
Village officials said Saturday that federal agents warned Broadview police there would be “a s--- show” in response to Mayor Katrina Thompson’s comments that ICE is “making war on my community.”
Laura Murillo, who has been in the U.S. for 20 years and has two daughters, was taken into custody Thursday at 47th Street and Damen Avenue. She was taken to the Broadview immigration lockup.
Civil rights groups say dozens were arrested without warrants or probable cause in Chicago-area raids since May.
Federal officers again fired rubber pellets and chemical irritants into a crowd of protesters gathered Friday outside the fenced-off compound.
Members of the Illinois delegation were scheduled to meet with an ICE Chicago field office director on Friday but were told the meeting had to be rescheduled to a later date.