The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

Historian Dr Carter Woodson was motivated to do more to honour Black history after attending the Lincoln Jubilee celebration in Chicago in 1915

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

CHICAGO — Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s reelection-year budget proposal on Wednesday will dangle the prospect of delivering relief on food, gasoline and property taxes to Illinois voters in a spending plan buoyed by an improved state financial outlook and federal coronavirus relief.

Sam Lay, a Chicago blues drummer and vocalist who played with Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, has died

The pandemic took its toll on dozens of tours in 2020 and 2021, but artists are once again taking to the road.

Long associated with gleaming office buildings, retail and throngs of workers and tourists, changes could be in store for downtown Chicago as it works to regain some of the bustle it lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bob McClanahan’s crappie from the Chicago River and Nick Nielsen’s from the Chain O’Lakes share Fish of the Week honors.

The National Weather Service estimates at least 6 inches of snow will fall in the Chicago area, 8-10 inches to the south and in Indiana. Some models show as much as 20 inches, though the weather service tweeted caution.

Former Colts DC Matt Eberflus is expected to bring several assistants with him to Chicago.

CHICAGO — After more than 1,200 days in custody for the murder of Laquan McDonald, former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke is about to go home.

Chicago’s unemployment rate in 2021 was consistently worse than other comparable cities, with the exception of only New York and Los Angeles. Even accepting the clarification from Lightfoot’s office that she meant only the four largest cities, the statement is still wrong.