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On Thanksgiving 2019, officers approached Kersh at a bus shelter at 79th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue and took a bottle of vodka he had been holding, police said. Kersh became “irate” and spit in one of the officer’s eyes and mouth, police said at the time. That officer was then seen on cellphone video picking up Kersh and throwing him to the ground.

A woman was cut on the face several times during an argument Thursday night on a CTA Red Line platform in the Loop.

"I have profound regret and sadness that the work of our agency has in any way hurt the French family and those who mourn her and I will work steadfastly to ensure a situation like this never happens again," Andrea Kersten said.

A scuffle between a student and an armed Chicago police officer working as a security guard at Westinghouse College Prep is the subject of dual investigations.

The CEO of McDonald's is trying to repair relationships after he sent text messages to Mayor Lori Lightfoot, blaming the parents for the shooting deaths of their children.

Teachers, parents and students gathered outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters Wednesday morning, demanding the board do more to clean the city's schools.

One Chicago alderman Is determined to find a way to keep the Chicago Bears within city limits.

"Everyone in this area has become family and Lemon has become permanent friends with all these little dogs in here," John Walz said.

Twenty Chicago aldermen are outraged over the mayor's choice to lead the city’s civilian police watchdog group.