Takeaways from Facebook's decision to change its company name
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Chris Rodgers from Colorado SEO Pros joins Good Day Chicago to talk about why Facebook changed its company name and what that means for their plans for the future.

Facebook changes company name to Meta to emphasize its ‘metaverse’ vision

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his company is rebranding itself as Meta, an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future.

Amazon truck stolen in Chicago, crashes
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Chicago police are investigating an Amazon truck that was stolen Thursday afternoon and then crashed soon after.

COPA ends probe into officer’s confrontation with lakefront dog walker

The agency that oversees the Chicago Police Department has concluded its investigation into a confrontation between a police officer and a Black woman who claims she was racially profiled while walking her dog on the Lakefront in August.

Man slashed with broken bottle while riding Blue Line train

A man was slashed in the face with a broken bottle Thursday morning while riding a CTA Blue Line train in the Noble Square neighborhood.

Chicago City Council OKs Mayor Lightfoot's 2022 budget

On Wednesday, the Chicago City Council approved Mayor Lori Lightfoot's budget for next year — a spending plan swollen by a flood of federal coronavirus relief dollars.

Chicago City Council approves 2022 budget
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On Wednesday, the Chicago City Council approved Mayor Lori Lightfoot's budget for next year ? a spending plan swollen by a flood of federal coronavirus relief dollars.

Activists stage 'sick-out' to demand CPS keep students safer from COVID-19

Dozens of people are calling on Chicago Public Schools officials to take immediate action to better protect students, teachers and staff.

Trial date rescheduled for Chicago Alderman Patrick Daley Thompson

A federal judge has rescheduled the criminal trial of Patrick Daley Thompson, the Chicago alderman who has pleaded not guilty to charges of filing false tax returns and lying to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Why have vaccine mandates proved polarizing among police?
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Michael A. Letts, CEO and founder as In-Vest USA, talks about why many law enforcement officers are hesitant to get vaccinated and how vaccine mandates are playing out on a national scale.

Disney, Pixar release 'Lightyear' trailer; the story behind Buzz

Disney and Pixar launched on Wednesday, Oct. 27 the trailer for “Lightyear,” the Buzz Lightyear story which is slated to hit theaters in summer 2022.

Woman gets 10 years for kidnapping plot against woman who dated cop in Lightfoot’s security detail

A woman who prosecutors once accused of plotting to hire a hitman to kill a romantic rival she believed was dating a Chicago police officer assigned to Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s security detail has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after she pleaded guilty last week to a lesser charge.

Father Michael Pfleger: John Catanzara 'is a dangerous man'

Amid the back and forth between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago’s police union, Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church is now weighing in.

Vaccine protest fizzles: Chicago police union's call for 1,000 officers to attend receives lackluster response

The firebrand president of the Chicago police union called for a thousand officers to show up at Chicago Police Department headquarters Tuesday morning, but only a few dozen actually appeared and some were not cops.