Progress Illinois

Chicago public libraries are set to reopen on Monday afternoons this coming week.

The Chicago Police Department announced yesterday that they will transfer officers from specialized units to the Englewood District on the South Side and Harrison District on the West Side.

John Morton, head of federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, is again at odds with Cook County over what ICE perceives as an overly permissive attitude toward illegal immigrants. Now there's a sensationalized new wrinkle.

The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit that the ACLU filed against the City of Chicago -- a lawsuit that claims the city is not adequately protecting minority neighborhoods.

Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey and some Chicago aldermen are teaming up to change the way police handle instances of minor marijuana possession.

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy is considering closing some stations as a means to cut costs and help close a $190 million budget shortfall.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and top cop Garry McCarthy have announced plans to move 114 officers to street duty.

Several parents and teachers started the first day of school by holding a press conference at an abandoned building on Chicago's West Side to call for the swift and strict enforcement of a new amendment to the city's Vacant Property Ordinance.