Business
The Chicago-based airline said Thursday that it invested $15 million in a startup manufacturer and signed a “conditional” agreement to buy 200 of the tiny aircraft with options for 200 more.
Arts
A music writer who spent decades raising awareness about sexual misconduct allegations against R. Kelly is fighting a bid to force him to testify at the R&B singer's federal trial on child pornography and trial-fixing charges, according to a Tuesday court filing.
Crime
While we here at the Chicago Journal do not call Labor Day the end of summer, there's no doubt that it serves as the unofficial seasonal bookend for many in the city and surrounding area.
Crime
Around 11:30 p.m. last night, police received an unusual call of shots fired while people were holding a party in a parking garage in the Loop neighborhood.
Film & Television
Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, “Our Great National Parks.” Barack Obama is the second president to have an Emmy. Dwight D. Eisenhower was given a special Emmy Award in 1956.
Crime
Four young men were shot in the South Chicago neighborhood Sunday evening and two in that group have died from their injuries, authorities said.
Crime
Police are investigating the hit-and-run death of a man on the Near West Side this morning as a homicide, authorities said Sunday afternoon.
Crime
According to statistics provided by HeyJackass.com, as of September 1, 2022, there have been 260 kids 17-and-under struck by gunfire so far this year, and 42 have died.
Crime
A woman is in custody after authorities said she stabbed a man to death during a domestic dispute on the city's south side early this morning.
Police
The officer, who reportedly worked the Austin District on the city's west side, is the fifth CPD officer to die by suicide this year alone.
Crime
Devin's mother was buckling him into a car seat in the Rogers Park neighborhood Sunday evening when a car pulled alongside and someone in the car opened fire. Devin was struck in the head and his father was shot in a hand and shoulder.
Crime
Chicago Police reported one of their own retired officers was shot multiple times after he intervened in an attempted robbery early this morning on the city's south side.