The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

The LGBT Build-A-Kit event Friday filled the supply kits for five Chicago organizations supporting low-income youth.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Police in Stockton, Calif. recently released surveillance video allegedly showing a serial killer linked to six murders, stoking speculation that the same person may have gunned down two men in Rogers Park in 2018.

All of the victims were shot, and five were Hispanic men

The public work orchestrated by Chicago artist Amanda Williams aims to redefine redlining in Washington Park.

CHICAGO — AT&T Illinois has agreed to pay a $23 million fine as part of a federal criminal investigation into the company’s illegal efforts to influence former House Speaker Michael Madigan.

More than 60 murals have gone up in six years in the small town about 85 miles from Chicago.

Drive around Chicago enough and you’ll likely catch sight of a video billboard flashing momentarily on “Till.” Its image of the actors playing Emmett Till and, more prominently and in color, Mamie Till-Mobley, hang in place for a few seconds before being replaced by something else.

CHICAGO — Now in theaters, “Till” is the story of a mother, a mother’s son and the horrific 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Chicagoan Emmett Till, who was visiting relatives in Mississippi at the time of his murder.