Chicago Sun-Times

03/07/2025

Ahead of her March 15 show at the Ramova Theatre, pop and R&B artist JoJo reflects on professional and personal challenges.

Ahead of her March 15 show at the Ramova Theatre, the singer reflects on professional and personal challenges, pointing to the Japanese term for repairing broken ceramics with lacquer and gold powder.

03/07/2025

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03/07/2025

The Lake County state’s attorney says a police officer lied on the witness stand at a 2004 murder trial, one of the reasons he believes the murder conviction should be tossed out.

State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart and defense lawyers for Marvin Williford filed a joint petition asking to vacate his 2004 conviction. At trial, a detective testified he learned Williford's name from an informant, but he actually typed Williford's name into a police database five days before he…

03/07/2025

Bolingbrook's Davion Thompson is the first sophomore to earn the honor in the award’s 67-year history.

Thompson is the first sophomore to earn the honor in the award’s 67-year history.

03/07/2025

The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes.

The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.

03/07/2025

Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, property values have fallen downtown.

That’s shifted a greater portion of Chicago’s tax burden away from the the Loop and onto homeowners and business owners elsewhere in the city.

“The values are going down downtown. Residential is going to take on a greater share of the tax bill,” an expert says, which could have broader implications for Chicago’s future.

03/07/2025

Chicago police have released a sketch of a man wanted for sexual abuse that occurred in January in Logan Square.

A 33-year-old woman was walking in the 3400 block of West Armitage Avenue at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 14 when a man sexually abused her, police said.

03/07/2025

Just weeks before their big competition in Atlanta, a South Side dance team was suddenly kicked out of their studio — now they only have one week to raise $12,000.

The EmpIIre Dance Institute was kicked out of their Roseland studio, according to the founder of the team.

03/07/2025

A Chicago Heights crematory has been shut down while the Illinois Comptroller’s Office investigates alleged improper storage of around 100 bodies at the facility.

Heights Crematory has been shut down since Feb. 19 while the Illinois Comptroller’s Office investigates a complaint that the facility has mishandled about 100 bodies at the facility.

03/07/2025

The U.S. Small Business Administration will close and relocate its office in the Loop, as well as five others in sanctuary cities across the country, the agency announced on Thursday.

Business advocates say closing the Chicago office on Michigan Avenue harms small businesses that need support.

03/07/2025

The labor union representing Shedd Aquarium workers claimed management fired a penguin trainer in retaliation for her union activism, according to a charge filed on Wednesday.

The union filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board saying the aquarium's management violated federal labor law.

03/07/2025

Where’s the best place in Chicago to take your dog? Tell us why.

03/07/2025

Walgreens Boots Alliance says it has agreed to be acquired by the private equity firm Sycamore Partners as the struggling retailer looks to turn itself around after years of losing money.

A buyout to take the Deerfield-based drugstore chain private would give it more flexibility to make changes to improve its business without worrying about Wall Street’s reaction.

03/06/2025

The newest member of the Shedd Aquarium now has a name — and aquarium members had a hand in choosing it.

More than 1,000 votes were cast to name the calf, who was born in July.

03/06/2025

A 15-year-old student who was shot outside Perspectives High School remained hospitalized Thursday as her family called for justice.

Doctors have not given a timetable for when the girl is expected to be released from Comer Children's Hospital as relatives are calling for anyone with information on the shooting to come forward.

03/06/2025

Chicago taxpayers will spend nearly $3 million to compensate the families of two people killed in high-speed police chases and a third person seriously injured when a Chicago police officer ran a red light.

The largest settlement goes to the family of Ezell Ricky Island. On Feb. 5, 2020 he was in the back seat of a Ford Fusion being chased through by an unmarked police vehicle at speeds up to 75 mph before it crashed in the 3800 block of West Lake Street.

03/06/2025

A Chicago champion of the defund-the-police movement is in line for a $280,000 settlement after being roughed up by a police officer during a 2020 protest that turned violent at the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park.

Miracle Boyd had her front tooth knocked out during a now infamous clash at the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park that followed the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara branded Boyd a "spoiled little brat" who provoked police and doesn't deserve a...

03/06/2025

At Lincoln Park’s Francis W. Parker School, Matt Friend once stood up during an assembly and did a spot-on impression of the school’s principal, Daniel Frank.

Rising star has been imitating famous people since he was 4, and at this point, "it's just sort of part of my life."