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Judge Declines to Immediately Block National Guard From Illinois Deployment After Pritzker, Johnson File Suit The lawsuit filed by Illinois and Chicago officials calls the looming deployment of both Texas and Illinois National Guard troops a politically motivated and unconstitutional federal overreach.

A federal judge declined to immediately issue a restraining order, as requested by the state and city, but scheduled a full hearing on Thursday. https://to.wttw.com/4nALzAW

Chicago's Top Cop Refutes Claims His Officers Didn't Respond to Calls for Service From Federal Agents Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling rejected claims his officers failed to respond to a pair of incidents involving federal agents in the city over the weekend, saying more than two dozen off...

Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling rejected claims his officers didn't respond to a pair of incidents involving federal agents in the city over the weekend, saying more than two dozen officers were affected by chemical gas deployed by the agents. https://to.wttw.com/3VPkJJp

BREAKING: U.S. District Court Judge April Perry declines to immediately issue a temporary restraining order to block the National Guard deployment, but schedules a hearing for Thursday, Gov. Pritzker announces. @wttw.bsky.social

Broadview Mayor Aims to Limit Protest Hours Outside Suburban ICE Facility Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson has signed an executive order setting fixed protest hours outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s suburban processing facility.

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson has signed an executive order that aims to set fixed protest hours outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s suburban processing facility.

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NEW: 27 Chicago police officers were exposed to tear gas fired by federal agents during a confrontation with residents on Saturday in Brighton Park, Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling said. @wttw.bsky.social

Kennedy Express Lanes Resume Normal Operations, With Construction on Pace to Finish Before Thanksgiving: IDOT The return of normal express lanes operations comes as all Kennedy outbound local lanes open, the Illinois Department of Transportation announced Sunday. Work continues on several outbound ramps throu...

The reversible express lanes on the Kennedy Expressway resumed normal operations Monday morning, offering some relief to inbound morning rush hour commuters after months of the express lanes remaining in the outbound direction during construction work.

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Key Panel Rejects Scaled-Back Effort to Have City Crews Clear Sidewalks of Snow and Ice Even though Chicago’s 2025 budget included $500,000 for the program, the effort will not move forward after the City Council’s Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee, meeting in a joint session with ...

A scaled-back effort to test the ability of city crews to clear not just Chicago’s roads but also its sidewalks of snow and ice during winter storms was rejected Friday by a joint session of two City Council committees.

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The first hearing in this case is set for 2 p.m. today, the same time that Pritzker and Johnson are set to address the news media. @wttw.bsky.social

Chicago Journalists, Protesters Suing Trump Administration Over Alleged First Amendment Violations at Broadview ICE Facility The Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Block Club Chicago and other media groups filed the suit alongside protesters in federal court alleging their First Amendment rights hav...

The Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Block Club Chicago and other media organizations and journalists filed the suit alongside protesters in federal court Monday alleging their First Amendment rights have been violated. https://to.wttw.com/48W1Pbc

Gov. JB Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson Ask Judge to Block Trump From Deploying 400 Texas National Guard Troops to Chicago The lawsuit filed by Illinois and Chicago officials calls the looming deployment of both Texas and Illinois National Guard troops a politically motivated and unconstitutional federal overreach.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson asked a federal judge Monday morning to block President Donald Trump from deploying 400 members of the Texas National Guard to Chicago alongside 300 members of the Illinois National Guard.

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2 Chicagoans, Including Woman Shot by Federal Agents, Charged with Ramming Border Patrol Vehicle Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, are facing felony charges of “forcibly assaulting, impeding, and interfering with a federal law enforcement officer,” federal prosecutors announc...

Federal prosecutors charged two Chicagoans, including a woman shot by federal agents, with ramming a vehicle driven by an U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Brighton Park on Saturday morning.

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Who Committed the Tylenol Murders? After More Than 40 Years, the Case Remains Unsolved. In 1982, the deaths of seven people forever changed Americans’ sense of safety. The otherwise healthy individuals, all from the Chicago area, who sought relief from their headaches or cold symptoms co...

No one was ever charged with the so-called “Tylenol murders,” and the case remains open. But one man in particular drew the attention of the authorities and journalists for decades. Read the story: to.wttw.com/3VPLJZb #ChicagoStoriesWTTW

Did you miss last night's new Chicago Stories episode? Stream Inside the Tylenol Murders any time on the PBS app or at this link: to.wttw.com/4gVRgXJ #ChicagoStoriesWTTW

Trump to Send 300 National Guard Troops to Chicago Despite Objections: Pritzker Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said military officials called Saturday morning and “gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor s...

President Trump will send 300 members of the Illinois National Guard to Chicago, Gov. Pritzker announced.

Pritzker said military officials called Saturday and “gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will." He said he refused.

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Video | Inside The Tylenol Murders | Chicago Stories | WTTW Chicago It's one of the most infamous crimes in American history – seven Chicagoans suddenly died after taking a popular over-the-counter pain reliever – Tylenol capsules that had been laced with cyanide. Who would commit such a heinous and random crime, and wh...

Chicago Stories: Inside the Tylenol Murders starts now on WTTW and is now available to stream on the PBS app and at this link: to.wttw.com/4gVRgXJ #ChicagoStoriesWTTW

Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes Handcuffed by Federal Agents While Asking About Patient’s ICE Warrant at Hospital Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes was detained by federal agents inside Humboldt Park Health, as tensions continue to rise between local residents and officials and immigration agents conducting enforcement...

Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes was handcuffed and briefly detained by federal agents inside a hospital on Friday while asking about a patient's ICE arrest warrant.

Fuentes said “We have constitutional rights,” as the agent repeatedly states “No.”

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Chicago Cop Who Falsely Blamed an Ex-Girlfriend for Dozens of Traffic Tickets Pleads Guilty but Avoids Prison A former Chicago police officer facing trial for perjury and forgery has admitted he lied under oath dozens of times when he used an audacious alibi to get out of numerous speeding tickets and other t...

A former Chicago police officer facing trial for perjury and forgery has admitted he lied under oath dozens of times when he used an audacious alibi to get out of numerous speeding tickets and other traffic violations. https://to.wttw.com/3VMTwH5

Appeals Court Rejects Michael Madigan’s Bid to Stay Out of Prison Pending Appeal The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday denied Madigan’s request to remain out on bond, meaning the longtime speaker must report to federal prison Oct. 13.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan must report to federal prison later this month after an Illinois appellate court rejected his bid to remain free pending his ongoing appeal of his corruption convictions.

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Transit Budget Gap Down to $200M, RTA Says; Advocates Aim to Keep Up Pressure for Reform, Funding The announcement comes just a week and a half before lawmakers are set to return to Springfield for the fall veto session, during which numerous legislators say transit will be a main priority.

Regional Transportation Authority officials say the fiscal cliff facing CTA, Metra and Pace has fallen to $200 million — but warned that without swift action from lawmakers, service cuts and layoffs will still hit in 2026 and dramatically worsen in 2027. https://to.wttw.com/46H21Za

In a vote last week, the Chicago City Council approved construction of a new Chicago Fire stadium in the 78. In a joint letter to Laura Flores, chair of the Chicago Plan Commission, local community groups voice concerns over the impact of the new stadium. https://to.wttw.com/3Kze8Af

Local, State Police Set Up Designated Protest Areas Outside Broadview ICE Facility as Demonstrations Continue Illinois and Cook County law enforcement have constructed designated areas for protesters to “safely exercise their rights” outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in suburban Broadvi...

Illinois and Cook County law enforcement have constructed designated areas for protesters to “safely exercise their rights” outside the ICE facility in suburban Broadview after federal agents have repeatedly used tear gas and rubber bullets against crowds. https://to.wttw.com/4pUjgPy

ChiArts Board Won’t Renew High School’s Contract With CPS Citing financial issues, the Board of Directors overseeing Chicago’s only public arts high school informed the school district earlier this week that it would not submit a renewal application.

The future of Chicago High School for the Arts is suddenly in question after officials say they won’t seek to renew their contract with Chicago Public Schools following this year.

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TONIGHT – Chicago Stories: Inside the Tylenol Murders uncovers one of the nation’s most notorious unsolved crimes. Watch the show tonight, Oct. 3, at 8:00 pm on WTTW or streaming on the PBS app and at wttw.com/chicagostories #ChicagoStoriesWTTW

Trump Pauses $2.1B for Chicago’s Red Line Extension and Other Infrastructure Projects, Citing ‘Race-Based Contracting’ The pause affects a long-awaited plan to extend the city’s Red Line train. The money was “put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting,” budget director Russ Vought wrote on...

President Donald Trump’s administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, the White House budget director said Friday, expanding funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government
shutdown.

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September in Chicago Was Warmer Than Normal and One of the Driest in 150 Years September in Chicago felt like a continuation of summer, with above-normal temperatures. But the real story was the lack of rain.

September in Chicago felt like a continuation of summer, with above-normal temperatures. But the real story was the lack of rain.

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Chicago-Area Live Music Recommendations for Oct. 1-7 Each Wednesday, WTTW News producer Josh Terry presents must-see live music shows from indie rock to jazz, country, hip-hop and more.

Like unfussy rock ’n’ roll? White Reaper might do the trick this weekend. Or stop by Schubas Tavern for two buzzy acts: Winter and A Country Western hit the stage in Lakeview Friday night.

Your Chicago-area live music picks for the week are here: https://to.wttw.com/3VHgj7g

Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin Agrees to Pay $30K for Firing Whistleblowers, Misusing City Resources Conyears-Ervin, who is running to represent Illinois’ 7th Congressional District, had been fined a total of $70,000 by the Chicago Board of Ethics in two separate probes.

Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin will pay a $30,000 fine to resolve charges brought by the Chicago Board of Ethics alleging she violated the city’s government ethics ordinance by firing whistleblowers and improperly using city resources.

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New Dashboards Track Immigration Aid Requests Around Chicago as Advocates Say Calls Have ‘Skyrocketed’ Calls from local residents seeking legal aid have “skyrocketed” in recent months, Chicago immigration advocates said Thursday, as families are increasingly seeking out assistance amid ongoing federal ...

Local immigration leaders announced the launch of new public information dashboards tracking the number of calls for legal assistance and arrests made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in and around Chicago.

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Much has been made about how Chicago should address the deficit — by increasing revenue or cutting spending or both.

Ald. Jason Ervin says Chicago must expand revenues while cutting costs tied to inefficient services and lawsuits filed against the city. https://to.wttw.com/4mLFaSn

One of the most infamous crimes in American history: Seven Chicagoans suddenly died after taking Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide. A new episode Chicago Stories airs Friday, October 3 on WTTW and streaming on the PBS app and at wttw.com/chicagostories. #ChicagoStoriesWTTW