Klaus Mäkelä was hired Tuesday to succeed Riccardo Muti as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and will become the youngest head since its start in 1891. A Finn who turned 28 in January, Mäkelä has had an astonishing rise in the music world, becoming principal guest conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2018-19, then chief conductor …
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Gun violence in Chicago over Easter weekend killed at least seven people and wounded dozens of others, including a man who was shot nine times while pumping gas, authorities said Monday. The 33-year-old victim was at a gas station in the 3700 block of West Roosevelt Roadin Chicago’s Home Square neighborhood around 11:18 p.m. Saturday when a trio of suspects …
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago plans to close five shelters for migrants in the coming weeks and move nearly 800 people, including families, in order to reopen park district buildings hosting popular summer camps, athletic contests and other community events in time for summer. The shift is part of the city’s ongoing scramble to meet the needs of people arriving from …
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said Thursday it would be “morally reprehensible and irresponsible” to repudiate a city councilman for speaking at a rally that featured a burning American flag. Last week, Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez appeared at a protest outside City Hall against U.S. support of Israel and in favor of canceling the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 19. …
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After the chaos of the 2020 election, the Democratic Party has taken a different approach to this year’s national campaign, claiming trust, democracy and election integrity as foundational party principles. These themes will likely be on display at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, but progressive Mayor Brandon Johnson, the host city’s leader, seems to betray these principles — …
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Before a member of Illinois’ Prisoner Review Board (PRB) resigned this week after a parolee with a lengthy criminal history killed a boy and injured his pregnant mother a day after being released, Republican lawmakers had been sounding alarms over her and other members on the panel, saying the appointment process had been politicized. LeAnn Miller quit the board after …
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The City of Chicago will return five parks to the public this week after using them to temporarily house illegal immigrants – a move that had irked many residents. The office of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said, beginning this Saturday, the city will “decompress” temporary shelters from five park district facilities. Once all immigrants are transitioned to another shelter, the …
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A Chicago police officer was wounded and a 26-year-old man was killed in an exchange of gunfire during a traffic stop, police said. The wounded officer was shot in the wrist Thursday evening and hospitalized in good condition, while four other officers who weren’t shot were hospitalized for observation, police said. The man who fired shots suffered multiple gunshot wounds …
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Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson touted Chicago as being more “open and quite accommodating” to illegal immigrants compared to other blue cities while admitting that its position is “unsustainable.” During a press conference on Wednesday, Johnson was asked about the city’s temporary shelter policy for migrants being bussed to Chicago from the southern border, stressing the reality of “restraints” of city …
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Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appeared to blame Trump voters in his reaction to a failed referendum he supported. On Tuesday, Chicago residents struck down the “Bring Chicago Home” referendum that promised $100 million in new tax revenue to combat the homeless crisis in the city by hiking the tax on heftier real estate purchases. Voters rejected the tax proposal …
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