“Nobody knew who was in charge,” 2nd Ward Ald. Brian Hopkins said, as groups of teens jumped on cars and set fires in the Loop over three nights of mayhem.
The Chicago Sun-Times has announced three key appointments in its growing newsroom, including the promotion of Dave Newbart and Paul Saltzman, and the hiring of Kaitlyn Jakola, into editorial leadership roles.
This is the inside story of how the feds went from ‘the streets of Chicago to the mountaintops of Mexico’ to make the case against Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán.
Axelrod has helped to elect mayors, senators and the nation’s first Black president. While not ready to “write the epitaph” of incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot, he said: “She definitely has a very, very steep uphill climb.”