Jon Seidel

The court records, unsealed at the request of the Chicago Sun-Times, offer a rare window into grand jury proceedings during the feds' pummeling deportation campaign last fall. Far from being a rubber stamp, grand jurors repeatedly pushed for proof that defendants had broken the law.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Luis Uribe is accused of using his gun and badge during attacks on four women in Chicago's suburbs in 2022. A jury heard opening arguments in his trial on Wednesday.

At least eight film festivals will take place in and around Chicago before Thanksgiving. This year the lineups buzz with wide-ranging documentaries, local talent and Academy Award hopefuls such as “Wild Horse Nine.”

Amid debates over “teen takeovers,” curfews and other restrictions, youth organizers say young people need spaces where they feel welcome.

“Driven,” a short film by Max and Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, will premiere at three sold-out showings during the Chicago Underground Film Festival.

The Northern Illinois Transit Authority officially launched this month. The new agency is tasked with transforming the CTA, Metra and Pace.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Luis Uribe is accused by prosecutors of sexually assaulting four women in Chicago's suburbs in 2022. But Uribe's attorney has said he was set up by a prostitution ring overseen by a boss in China.

Little about the case has been revealed since Villegas González was fatally shot by an immigration agent in Franklin Park on Sept. 12, 2025 — four days after the Trump administration launched Operation Midway Blitz. Since then, his supporters have been left to grapple with painful, unanswered questions.

The woman took the witness stand Monday and explained how her boss in China had sent her to a lunch meeting with a mission and a message. Her mission: Secure a photo of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Luis Uribe. The message, she said, “was asking him not to harm our girls — and we agree to provide free sex to him once per week.”