The City of Chicago has filed an emergency motion to close a mall on the South Side due to concerns over a defective fire suppression system "riddled with leaks" that could cause injury or death.

Inspector General Deborah Witzburg on Wednesday said her office has prioritized the fraud cases involving cops "because they occupy positions of tremendous public trust."

Aldermen voted 30 to 19, short of the 34 needed to beat Johnson’s veto and keep current wages in place. The outcome secures ongoing annual raises for tipped workers — and preserves, for now, a key victory for Johnson.

John Moberg, president of Checker, Yellow and American United Cab, says the hike is long overdue, but argues that the industry still needs a level playing field to prevent the aging and shrinking pool of cabdrivers from drying up.

Chicago Cubs reliever Porter Hodge will undergo Tommy John surgery amid a litany of pitching injuries.

Enrollment has taken a clear hit. Federal IPEDS/NCES figures indicate that the school’s fall headcount dropped from about 297 students in 2023 to roughly 215 in fall 2024, a decline of about 27 percent, undercutting tuition revenue that has traditionally covered a large share of expenses, according to data from NCES IPEDS.

The founder of Chicago's Urban Prep Academy has been charged with stealing more than $103,000 from the school.

One month after freezing the phase-out of the subminimum wage at 76% to throw an economic lifeline to struggling Chicago restaurants, the Illinois Restaurant Association and its City Council allies did not pick up a single Council convert in the attempt for a veto override.