Chicago Police Threaten to Arrest Vic Mensa at Bud Billiken Parade Rapper Vic Mensa, who served as grand marshal of this year’s 89th annual Bud Billiken Parade, got into a verbal altercation […]
Violence in Chicago communities doesn’t happen in a vacuum, and its causes and effects aren’t simply a matter of putting more police on the street. In Friday’s edition of “Today,” we take […]
Duckworth Visits Shelter for Immigrant Children Plagued by Accusations of Abuse U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) toured Heartland Alliance’s Casa Guadalupe shelter Monday after allegations of physical and emotional abuse surfaced in […]
Rudy Giuliani Endorses Garry McCarthy for Mayor Former New York City Mayor and staunch Trump loyalist Rudy Giuliani endorsed former Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy for mayor over the weekend in the […]
In this inaugural edition of the all new Third Coast Today on Friday, August 3, we take a look at the anti-violence march that shut down Lake Shore Drive, the struggle to […]
Former President Barack Obama endorsed six Illinois candidates running for office on Wednesday, along with a host of other Democrats across the country. “I’m proud to endorse such a wide and impressive […]
Cook County Commissioner and Democratic Congressional candidate Jesús “Chuy” García said he wants to replace the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency on Wednesday at a community meeting in Brighton Park. Garcia, who was […]
Illinois state Rep. Nick Sauer (R-Lake Barrington) resigned on Wednesday amid allegations of creating a fake Instagram account and using it to post nude photos of his ex-girlfriend. Sauer’s ex Kate Kelly […]
Organizers of an anti-violence march scheduled to take place Thursday say they don’t need Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s backing and are willing to take arrests to get out their message. Rev. Gregory Livingston, […]
At least one of Rahm Emanuel’s potential challengers in the Chicago 2019 mayoral race has withdrawn her bid to unseat him. Though she had assembled a full campaign staff, Cook County Commissioner […]
The family of a 24 year-old father of two shot and killed by Chicago Police in June has filed a wrongful against the city and the department. Maurice Granton was shot and […]
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner remains the third least popular governor in the country, according to a new survey by Morning Consult. Some 60 percent of Illinoisans disapprove of Rauner, about the same […]
