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Chicago ICE Field Director Samuel Olson spoke exclusively with FOX 32's Paris Schutz about the arrest of a Hanover Police officer, recent raids, Broadview and misconceptions he wants cleared up.

A death investigation on the southwest side after remains were discovered.

We’ve heard from lawyers, officials, and those detained. But what about the American-born kids left behind?

Congresswoman Delia Ramirez got emotional this morning as she talked about how the fear of ICE raids touched her family this past weekend

The Chicago Field Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is out. He’s leaving his job.

On this episode of “Week in Review,” federal immigration agents face new scrutiny after confrontations across the Chicago area — from the East Side to O’Hare — and fences finally come down at the Broadview ICE facility. We’re also following the FBI’s warning about a violent online group targeting teens and an investigation into a Walmart shooting in Evergreen Park. Plus, the Bears get ready for the Saints, movie makers face a new tax proposal, and we check out fall colors at the Arboretum, incredible pumpkin carvings, a hidden cemetery, and the bat-eared fox stealing hearts at Brookfield Zoo.

ChicagoLIVE highlights a milestone moment for Illinois high school sports — the 2025 IHSA Girls Flag Football State Finals in Villa Park. Willowbrook High School coach Rachel Carls joins to talk about the sport’s explosive growth, from just 20 schools five years ago to nearly 200 today. She shares how flag football is opening doors for young female athletes and what it means for her team to compete on the state stage.

Fox 32’s Anita Blanton checks in with Fox News multimedia reporter Kailey Schuyler in Stowe, Vermont, where tourists chasing fall colors are overwhelming small towns. Some residents are so frustrated they’re paying to close roads themselves. Kailey explains how the influx of “leaf peepers” is straining local infrastructure, dividing communities, and even inspiring tongue-in-cheek art.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a social media tax to address the city’s massive budget deficit, drawing mixed reactions.

As large-scale “No King’s” protests spread across Chicago and the state, tensions between demonstrators and law enforcement are escalating. University of Chicago Professor James Martin Vaughn joins ChicagoLIVE to discuss the unrest, drawing comparisons to pivotal moments in American history — including the Boston Massacre — and what lessons they hold for today.

Dr. Trinity Conn, a postdoctoral research fellow at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, joins ChicagoLIVE to discuss her recent trip to Florida studying coral bleaching. She explains how warming ocean temperatures are affecting reefs and connects the issue to broader changes happening across the Great Lakes and beyond.