SHAREPolice are searching for a man who allegedly yelled racial slurs and threw hot coffee at a gas station attendant in Armour Square on the South Side.The confrontation happened June 7 in the 200 block of West 31st Street, according to Chicago police. A Shell Gas station is located on that block.The employee told the man that “he shouldn’t waste stuff because he was being messy at the coffee station,” a police spokeswoman said. The man then lobbed racial slurs and threw hot coffee at the employee, burning him in multiple places, police said.The man threatened the employee before leaving...…SHAREPolice are searching for a man who allegedly yelled racial slurs and threw hot coffee at a gas station attendant in Armour Square on the South Side.The confrontation happened June 7 in the 200 block of West 31st Street, according to Chicago police. A Shell Gas station is located on that block.The employee told the man that “he shouldn’t waste stuff because he was being messy at the coffee station,” a police spokeswoman said. The man then lobbed racial slurs and threw hot coffee at the employee, burning him in multiple places, police said.The man threatened the employee before leaving...WW…

SHAREOn election night, Illinois’ 20 Electoral College delegates went to Joe Biden. But even though the state “went blue,” not every county did. See how your county voted in the presidential election using the map below.This map displays Illinois 2020 presidential election vote totals as of 11:20 a.m. on Nov. 6, 2020. Results are courtesy of the Associated Press. Caroline Hurley/Sun-Times.Next Up InMost ReadThe LatestThey were in the 7100 block of South State Street when they were struck by gunfire, police said.They were in the 2100 block of West Adams Street when they were shot, police...…SHAREOn election night, Illinois’ 20 Electoral College delegates went to Joe Biden. But even though the state “went blue,” not every county did. See how your county voted in the presidential election using the map below.This map displays Illinois 2020 presidential election vote totals as of 11:20 a.m. on Nov. 6, 2020. Results are courtesy of the Associated Press. Caroline Hurley/Sun-Times.Next Up InMost ReadThe LatestThey were in the 7100 block of South State Street when they were struck by gunfire, police said.They were in the 2100 block of West Adams Street when they were shot, police...WW…

SHARELess than a year removed from its longest labor stoppage in three decades, the Chicago Teachers Union is convening an emergency meeting of its elected delegates early next week to discuss another strike vote that would put pressure on Chicago Public Schools to back off its plan for a partial return to classrooms next month, a source told the Chicago Sun-Times.The timeline for a potential vote is unclear, but as teachers unions across the country play significant roles in the resumption of American education, the CTU appears to be the first major teachers union in the nation to move...…SHARELess than a year removed from its longest labor stoppage in three decades, the Chicago Teachers Union is convening an emergency meeting of its elected delegates early next week to discuss another strike vote that would put pressure on Chicago Public Schools to back off its plan for a partial return to classrooms next month, a source told the Chicago Sun-Times.The timeline for a potential vote is unclear, but as teachers unions across the country play significant roles in the resumption of American education, the CTU appears to be the first major teachers union in the nation to move...WW…

SHAREEleven people were shot, two of them fatally, across Chicago on Thursday. Four teenagers were among the nine people wounded.The latest fatal attack happened Thursday night in Morgan Park on the South Side.Montrell Lee, 27, was shot in the chest and back about 11:35 p.m. while driving through an alley in the , Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.Lee, who lived in Washington Heights, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died.About 20 minutes before that, another man was shot to death inside a home in South Shore.Aaron T. Williams, 28, was...…SHAREEleven people were shot, two of them fatally, across Chicago on Thursday. Four teenagers were among the nine people wounded.The latest fatal attack happened Thursday night in Morgan Park on the South Side.Montrell Lee, 27, was shot in the chest and back about 11:35 p.m. while driving through an alley in the , Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.Lee, who lived in Washington Heights, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died.About 20 minutes before that, another man was shot to death inside a home in South Shore.Aaron T. Williams, 28, was...WW…

SHAREAbout 30 people were safely evacuated from a Blue Line train that had a power failure Tuesday afternoon on the Northwest Side, according to the Chicago Fire Department.Fire crews were called about 2:51 p.m. for a stalled train between Central and Harlem avenues, according to CFD spokesman Larry Merritt.Trains were initially standing near Harlem due to a track condition, the CTA initially said at 2:37 p.m.Service resumed normal service with delays about 5 p.m., the CTA said. A spokesperson for the CTA did not immediately have details about the suspension.Next Up InMost ReadThe LatestAll...…SHAREAbout 30 people were safely evacuated from a Blue Line train that had a power failure Tuesday afternoon on the Northwest Side, according to the Chicago Fire Department.Fire crews were called about 2:51 p.m. for a stalled train between Central and Harlem avenues, according to CFD spokesman Larry Merritt.Trains were initially standing near Harlem due to a track condition, the CTA initially said at 2:37 p.m.Service resumed normal service with delays about 5 p.m., the CTA said. A spokesperson for the CTA did not immediately have details about the suspension.Next Up InMost ReadThe LatestAll...WW…

SHAREThe Fraternal Order of Police is demanding a 17% pay raise over four years — and half that amount for officers who are allowed to live outside the city — in a financial-only deal that includes none of the 40 disciplinary reforms demanded by Mayor Lori Lightfoot.Last week, Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara stormed out of negotiations after Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s team offered his members the same 10% pay raise over four years awarded to Chicago firefighters in exchange for higher health care contributions,but tacked on 17 pages including 40 disciplinary reforms.Catanzara...…SHAREThe Fraternal Order of Police is demanding a 17% pay raise over four years — and half that amount for officers who are allowed to live outside the city — in a financial-only deal that includes none of the 40 disciplinary reforms demanded by Mayor Lori Lightfoot.Last week, Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara stormed out of negotiations after Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s team offered his members the same 10% pay raise over four years awarded to Chicago firefighters in exchange for higher health care contributions,but tacked on 17 pages including 40 disciplinary reforms.Catanzara...WW…

SHAREChicago saw its highest number of gun violence victims in a single weekend this year with 104 people shot across the city from Friday evening to Monday morning, 15 of them fatally. Five of those killed were minors.The weekend saw more shooting victims but less fatalities than the last weekend of May, when 85 people were shot, 24 of them fatally — Chicago’s in years.In a Sunday news conference, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown . “Bullets don’t just tear apart the things they strike,” Brown said. “Bullets also tear apart families. Bullets destroy neighborhoods and they ruin any sense of...…SHAREChicago saw its highest number of gun violence victims in a single weekend this year with 104 people shot across the city from Friday evening to Monday morning, 15 of them fatally. Five of those killed were minors.The weekend saw more shooting victims but less fatalities than the last weekend of May, when 85 people were shot, 24 of them fatally — Chicago’s in years.In a Sunday news conference, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown . “Bullets don’t just tear apart the things they strike,” Brown said. “Bullets also tear apart families. Bullets destroy neighborhoods and they ruin any sense of...WW…

SHAREhesa Boudin’s life story sounds like something out of a right-winger’s nightmares.The son of two left-wing radicals convicted for their roles as getaway drivers in an infamous 1981 armored-car robbery, he was raised in Chicago by adoptive parents Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, former leaders of the Weather Underground, a militant offshoot of the group Students for a Democratic Society.During graduate school, Boudin headed to Venezuela to explore that nation’s revolutionary upheaval.Now 39, Boudin — who worked for years in the public defender’s office in San Francisco and never...…SHAREhesa Boudin’s life story sounds like something out of a right-winger’s nightmares.The son of two left-wing radicals convicted for their roles as getaway drivers in an infamous 1981 armored-car robbery, he was raised in Chicago by adoptive parents Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, former leaders of the Weather Underground, a militant offshoot of the group Students for a Democratic Society.During graduate school, Boudin headed to Venezuela to explore that nation’s revolutionary upheaval.Now 39, Boudin — who worked for years in the public defender’s office in San Francisco and never...WW…

SHARELyric Opera of Chicago canceled its 2020 mainstage season due to COVID-19 mandated shutdowns of large public gatherings. But there’s much ado on the horizon.Anthony Freud, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s president, general director and CEO, on Thursday announced an alternative series of “virtual concerts, new works, master classes, an original web series and an in-person immersive experience.”The highlight of the programming is the April 2021 drive-thru experience “Twilight: Gods,” inspired by The Richard Wagner’s opera “Götterdämmerung,” conceived in partnership with Michigan Opera Theatre...…SHARELyric Opera of Chicago canceled its 2020 mainstage season due to COVID-19 mandated shutdowns of large public gatherings. But there’s much ado on the horizon.Anthony Freud, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s president, general director and CEO, on Thursday announced an alternative series of “virtual concerts, new works, master classes, an original web series and an in-person immersive experience.”The highlight of the programming is the April 2021 drive-thru experience “Twilight: Gods,” inspired by The Richard Wagner’s opera “Götterdämmerung,” conceived in partnership with Michigan Opera Theatre...WW…

SHAREA man died from self-inflicted injuries Saturday after an hours-long standoff with police that shut down the Dan Ryan Expressway and the CTA Red Line on the South Side, according to police.A SWAT team responded to the station about 3:05 p.m. after the man, 27, was seen walking on the Red Line tracks with a knife, Chicago police said. Red Line service was suspended between the 95th Street and Garfield stations, and traffic on the expressway was halted nearby. About 8:15 p.m., the man was shocked with a stun gun by police and taken into custody, police said. He was taken to University of...…SHAREA man died from self-inflicted injuries Saturday after an hours-long standoff with police that shut down the Dan Ryan Expressway and the CTA Red Line on the South Side, according to police.A SWAT team responded to the station about 3:05 p.m. after the man, 27, was seen walking on the Red Line tracks with a knife, Chicago police said. Red Line service was suspended between the 95th Street and Garfield stations, and traffic on the expressway was halted nearby. About 8:15 p.m., the man was shocked with a stun gun by police and taken into custody, police said. He was taken to University of...WW…