Church leaders said their display recast the scripture story using local context. “We’re highlighting what it would be like if Jesus came into being in Chicago,” said the Rev. Michael Woolf of Lake Street Church in Evanston.

Reviewing her first year in office, State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke defends the increased requests for detention and pushed back at the Trump administration’s repeated assertions that Chicago is crime-ridden.

Workers at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry have voted to approve their first union contract. The contract includes a pay raise that averages 8% for all union members.

Local organizations are sharing lessons learned here and in Los Angeles with rapid-response teams in the Charlotte area, where federal agents began operations over the weekend. "Education is key," one organizer said.

Pastor Luke Harris-Ferree and the Rev. Michael Woolf were arrested Friday while trying to meet and pray with detainees. They call on Gov. JB Pritzker to answer for the excessive use of force by police who aided ICE. trib.al/QVHsf3b

The heavily blurred videos, released Friday, confirmed the Sun-Times’ earlier reporting that Chicago Police Department officers were ordered not to respond “per the chief of patrol.”

Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents. trib.al/ADixIUH

Airlines are bracing for mass cancellations as unpaid air traffic controllers strain under a historic government shutdown, while anxious fliers wait to learn if their weekend plans will take off. trib.al/tSDd8yn

Nearly 2 million people in Illinois may lose food assistance starting Saturday because of the government shutdown. The state and food pantries say they can’t match the $350 million that SNAP provides each month.

Elected officials, community leaders and residents speak out against federal agents who they say are “terrorizing a progressive sanctuary city.” On Friday, five people without legal status were arrested in the area. trib.al/EF6Jkgq

Two mechanical registers built in the 1940s were used at the Andersonville bar and restaurant for decades. Now, owner Michael Roper wants to give them a second life.

Border Patrol agents intentionally rammed their vehicle into a car they were pursuing in Chicago’s Southeast Side on Tuesday, causing the car to spin and crash. trib.al/KpnSJV5

About 300 swimmers plunged into the Chicago River on Sunday morning for the first organized open-water swim in almost a century as spectators lined the Dearborn and Clark Street bridges and the Riverwalk. trib.al/E9iySPs

North Texas fugitive Cindy Rodriguez-Singh, charged in the death of her 6-year-old son, has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, authorities announced Tuesday.

Thousands of Dallas-Fort Worth area residents protested in rallies across North Texas on Saturday as part of a nationwide mobilization against the policies of President Donald Trump’s administration. Here’s what to know about the nationwide “No Kings” protests.

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Three newly-elected councilmembers, Alds. Shawn Iles (3rd), Parielle Davis (7th) and Matt Rodgers (8th), formally joined Evanston City Council at the inauguration ceremony Monday. — Reported by @caseyhe.com

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