Dawn Rhodes

Meet the six candidates for the seats. The district includes parts of West Town, West Loop, Pilsen, Ukrainian Village and East Garfield Park.

Meet the candidates for the seats representing parts of Belmont Cragin, Hermosa, Belmont Central and other West Side neighborhoods.

Anne Gray, a veteran music teachers at Franklin Fine Arts Center in Near North Side, is among 13 finalists for the statewide honor.

In a conversation with Block Club, the 4th Ward alderwoman said she would hire more police officers, invest heavily in violence prevention and boost housing in neighborhoods with diminishing school enrollment.

A judge later invalidated the sale, but Sawyer, who is running for mayor, notes he was dismissed from the court case involving the purchase with no finding of wrongdoing.

City Hall touts its $410M plan to fight crime but has spent little money; some cash goes to street outreach groups with no experience or troubled leadership

While many states are striving to issue licenses to individuals afflicted by the war on drugs, Illinois is the first to give preference to those directly affected by shootings.

Wirtz took over the team in 2007, overseeing three Stanley Cup titles and a 13-year United Center sellout streak.

The organization will partner to help newsrooms launch data-driven investigative work and help mentor early-career journalists, particularly non-white reporters, in investigative reporting.

Skilling began his career when he was 14 and started working at WGN in 1978. His final broadcast will be Feb. 28. “Tom Skilling is a Chicago institution,” WGN’s vice president said.