Ald. Julia Ramirez said agents rammed their SUV into a truck before arresting a man in McKinley Park. Rapid response groups reported to the scene and successfully thwarted an attempt to tow the…

The Trace, in partnership with Block Club Chicago, is looking for a full-time staff writer to cover the impact of gun violence on Chicago’s neighborhoods. The staff writer in this role, which is funde...

Block Club Chicago, a nonprofit news organization focused on Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods, is looking for a full-time general assignment reporter. While most of our reporters are embedded in a geog...

Winners will be announced on Saturday, March 21 at FOIA Fest The Chicago Headline Club is thrilled to announce the finalists for its inaugural A-Mark Prize for Investigative Editing and Reporting and ...

When federal immigration agents raided Martha Porcallo Martinez’s East Chicago, Indiana home on June 12, they also arrested her 26-year-old daughter who has schizophrenia.

In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

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Federal agent activity on Chicago’s South and West sides put Black people in the crosshairs.

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The CEO of the Illinois Press Association, who had joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration for actions toward journalists outside a Chicago-area ICE facility, resigned this week following a ...

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray bullets and tear-gassed while covering protests outside the Broadview ICE facility. A judge heard arguments at an emergency hearing Monday.

Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents earlier this evening.

The servicer let some borrowers off the hook after a 2022 settlement — but not Amanda Luciano and others who faithfully made their loan payments.

A 25th Ward staffer demanded a Block Club reporter leave a public meeting in Pilsen last week while two other reporters stayed. The move could violate the media's First Amendment rights, experts said.

Ald. Jim Gardiner spent nearly three times as much on legal fees during 2023 and 2024 than any other member of the Chicago City Council, according to a WTTW News analysis of records filed with the Ill...

The agents were turned away and no one appears to have been detained, Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th Ward) told WTTW News.

Bally's officials estimate its Chicago casino could generate up to $1.2 billion in revenue annually. But if the casino doesn't open or it folds, investors would lose all their money, according to inve...

For the third time in the past four elections, voters removed a Cook County judge from the bench — something which hadn’t happened in the previous three