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Remembering Rick Garcia, a leader in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality in Chicago and Illinois

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/people/remembering-chicago-activist-rick-garcia

Hear from Ben Nagy, FairVote Illinois's new Statewide Organizer! Check out the other videos on our page to learn more about ranked choice voting in Illinois!

#RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Democracy #Illinois #Chicago #CookCounty #Politics

https://www.fogolf.com/1129102/golf-groups-hope-to-save-calumet-country-clubs-golf/ Golf groups hope to save Calumet Country Club’s golf #BlueIsland #CalumetCity #ChicagoHeights #CookCounty #CountryClubHills #DailySouthtown #dolton #frankfort #GolfCourses #Harvey #HomerGlen #Illinois #LocalNews #Lockport #Markham #mokena #OakLawn #OrlandPark #PalosHeights #PalosHills #TinleyPark #WillCounty

Flu Activity Increases in Chicago, Suburban Cook County During Holiday Season: Health Officials

https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/30/flu-activity-increases-chicago-suburban-cook-county-during-holiday-season-health #Chicago #CookCounty #Chicagoland #PublicHealth #Health #Healthcare

…Officers from the #CookCounty sheriff’s #police, state police & #Broadview police were on hand during the event. …several demonstrators could be heard yelling & chanting as a Broadview police officer pulled out a taser & shot it in the air as an apparent warning.

Officers, many holding batons & zip ties, could be heard repeating: “Stand back! Stand back! Stand back or you’re gonna go.”

Several protesters were forced to the ground during the confrontation.

#Trump #law #Chicago #RightToProtest

Law enforcement officers push protesters refusing to disperse on Beach Street near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.

At least 21 people are detained after a skirmish with protesters in the roadway on Beach Street near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.

A member of the clergy is detained during a protest on Beach Street near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Friday,

Law enforcement officers force protester to the ground during a skirmish with protesters in the roadway on Beach Street near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview,

Elgin News Digest

Smash event in Geneva keeps pumpkins out of landfills Pumpkins can be recycled for free at a Pumpkin Smash from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Community Gardens at Prairie Green, located at Peck and Bricher roads in Geneva. The Pumpkin Smash, sponsored…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Wine #carpentersville #CookCounty #eastdundee #Elgin #elgincourier-news #illinois #KaneCounty #localnews #SouthElgin #WestDundee
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2359437/elgin-news-digest/

Elgin News Digest

Smash event in Geneva keeps pumpkins out of landfills Pumpkins can be recycled for free at a Pumpkin Smash from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Community Gardens at Prairie Green, located at Peck and Bricher roads in Geneva. The Pumpkin Smash, sponsored by the city of Geneva’…
#wine #Wine #carpentersville #CookCounty #eastdundee #Elgin #elgincourier-news #illinois #KaneCounty #localnews #SouthElgin #WestDundee
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2359437/elgin-news-digest/

Harry B Phelps in Georgia: Name: Harry B Phelps
State: Georgia
Agency: Cook County Sheriff https://copblaster.com/cop/21067/harry-b-phelps?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Georgia #LawEnforcement #Sheriff #CookCounty #DeputySheriff

Food banks in Chicago bracing for spike in demand

CHICAGO – The government shutdown is directly impacting employees, and now families are losing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. What we know: Common Pantry, located at 3908 N. Lincoln Ave., is asking for help to support neighbors struggl…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #chicago #CookCounty #Food&Drink #il #Lifestyle #news #US
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2353515/food-banks-in-chicago-bracing-for-spike-in-demand/

The Chicago suburb’s best wine destinations

For many, Oak Park’s reputation was built largely on its literary and architectural icons — Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie style homes and Ernest Hemingway’s boyhood streets. A dry town unt…
#wine #ItalianWine #Italianwine #CookCounty #entertainment #Foodanddrink #illinois #Italia #Italian #italiano #italy #keywee #latestheadlines #OakPark #Restaurants #thingstodo #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2352777/the-chicago-suburbs-best-wine-destinations/

The Chicago suburb’s best wine destinations

For many, Oak Park’s reputation was built largely on its literary and architectural icons — Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie style homes and Ernest Hemingway’s boyhood …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #ItalianWine #Italianwine #CookCounty #entertainment #Foodanddrink #illinois #Italia #Italian #italiano #italy #keywee #latestheadlines #OakPark #Restaurants #thingstodo #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2352777/the-chicago-suburbs-best-wine-destinations/

#CHICAGO: #ICE agents can now be arrested in #CookCounty and can NO LONGER arrest people at court hearings

It is important that the judicial system be able to function.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/us/chicago-cook-county-ice-court-arrest-ban #Immigration #Judicial #Chicago #CookCounty #ICERaids

Top #CookCounty judge bars civil #arrests at #courthouses, citing chilling effect

The Cook County public defender’s office & legal aid organizations had sought the move, saying they had clients who were avoiding #court out of fear of being detained by #federal #immigration authorities.

#law #Trump #judiciary #Chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/top-cook-county-judge-bars-civil-arrests-at-courthouses-citing-chilling-effect

Burglary reported at a South Loop Italian restaurant: police

CHICAGO – A burglary was reported at Il Culaccino, an Italian restaurant in South Loop, on Sunday afternoon, according to the Chicago Police. What we know: Officers responded to a c…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Italianfood #chicago #CookCounty #CrimePublicsafety #il #Italia #Italian #ItalianFood #italiano #italy #news #SouthLoop #US
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2328774/burglary-reported-at-a-south-loop-italian-restaurant-police/

Lawyers for #CookCounty, #Illinois, which includes #Chicago, have filed a court brief supporting efforts to block the deployment of #NationalGuard troops, saying Trump’s action would “intrude on #state & local #sovereignty” & increase public fear. A hearing in that case is scheduled for tomorrow.

#Trump #Chicago #law #RightToProtest #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #PoliceBrutality #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/08/us/trump-national-guard-chicago-illinois/5d3048b1-471b-51f7-90f2-97e0e24288c8?smid=url-share