Boystown, a prominent LGBT neighborhood in Chicago, is changing its name, citing the need to be more inclusive to all genders.
Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot's (D.) "Census Cowboy" was arrested and charged on Monday with reckless conduct after riding his horse onto an expressway and blocking traffic for more than seven miles. 
Chicago raked in hundreds of thousands from parking fines in the months since Democratic mayor Lori Lightfoot announced the city wouldn’t write tickets during the coronavirus pandemic, the Chicago Tribune reported Monday.
The number of shooting victims in Chicago increased by nearly 88 percent in August 2020 compared with August 2019, according to Chicago Police Department crime statistics released Tuesday. 
Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot (D.) defended a police presence on her residential street, saying she has a right to protect her property and her family.
A Chicago police union president is blaming Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D.) for the recent surge in retirements from the city’s police force, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot's (D.) decision to renovate a local convention center into a makeshift coronavirus hospital cost taxpayers nearly $66 million—though only 38 patients received treatment at the facility, the Chicago Sun-Times reported on Friday. 
The Chicago police department substantially reduced routine investigatory stops in the wake of protests following the death of George Floyd, official data obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show, with daily stops dropping by as much as 80 percent against historical averages. 
Looters targeted a Ronald McDonald House—a charity that provides free housing to families with sick children—in downtown Chicago Monday morning.
A Chicago-based charity has worked to free at least 20 defendants facing felony charges from attempted terrorism to assaulting police officers as an unprecedented crime wave rocks the city. 