Fox News / YouTube screen shot Chicago Teacher Battling Cancer Refuses to Go Remote, Says Paranoid Colleagues Are Being 'Political' 'You don't dangle the plight of the kids in the middle of the fight just to secure demands. There are other ways.' By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal January 7, 2022
Fox News/YouTube Screenshot Outrage as Chicago Teachers Union Votes to Go Remote, Leaving 340,000 Students in Utter Crisis COVID means teachers say no in-class teaching; students must go back to remote learning. Mayor Lightfoot says it will damage kids. By Mike Landry, The Western Journal January 5, 2022
NBC News/YouTube Screenshot 340,000 Students Left in Limbo After Teachers Union Votes to Not Show Up for Classes Chicago teachers have refused to return to the classroom, leading classes to be canceled for more than 340,000 students. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal January 5, 2022
Chait Goli / Pexels Chicago 911 Dispatcher Blows the Whistle on Mayor: 'All Hell Has Broken Loose' With crime rates skyrocketing in Chicago, one 911 dispatcher is speaking out and criticizing the city's leadership. By Abby Liebing, The Western Journal December 28, 2021
Project HOOD; Nuccio DiNuzzo / Getty Images 'I'm Glad He Got Caught': Chicago Pastor Demolishes Smollett, Leftist Media for Playing the 'Race Card' 'I wonder how they must feel now after supporting a man who tried to racially divide all of America,' Chicago Pastor Corey B. Brooks said. By Jack Gist, The Western Journal December 16, 2021
@mack_liederman / Twitter video screen shot ; Block Club Chicago / You Tube video screen shot War on Christmas: Community's Christmas Tree Destroyed for Third Consecutive Year The culture war continues - this time, through the burning of a community's Christmas tree for the third year in a row. By Sabrina Haverty, The Western Journal December 10, 2021
Dom J / Pexels Smollett Prosecution Drops Bombshell, Claims 'Dry Run' of Attack Was Caught by Security Cameras According to the prosecutor in the trial of Jussie Smollett, footage shows Smollett and his accomplices performing a "dry run" of the attack. By Michael Austin, The Western Journal December 1, 2021
@marianogielis / Twitter screen shot Trump Supporters Take to the Streets to Give Biden Brutal Welcome in Chicago Illinois should be friendly territory for the president, being that it's a very blue state. When he visited this week, it decidedly wasn't. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal October 9, 2021
Rachel Xiao / Pexels MLB Pitcher Hospitalized After Being Hit in the Face by a Line Drive Video of the incident went viral, and the announcer's reaction left little doubt about the seriousness of the hit. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal August 18, 2021
Scott Olson / Getty Images; @Chicago_Police / Twitter Disgraceful: Lori Lightfoot Botches Name of Slain Chicago Police Officer Ella French Lightfoot, who could not remember the name of French, was one of three city officials to disprespect her in death this week. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal August 14, 2021
@fox32news / Twitter Suspect in Chicago Cop Killing May Have Been Released Despite Charges for Another Crime According to a report, the man accused of killing Chicago cop Ella French was on probation and had been released after a hit-and-run. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal August 14, 2021
Raymond Wambsgans / Flickr Lightfoot Caught Lying in Apparent Cover-Up as Slain CPD Officer is Denied Sacred Sendoff Lightfoot claimed that a recently slain officer was denied a bagpipe sendoff because of COVID protocol. As it turned out, this was not true. By Michael Austin, The Western Journal August 13, 2021
@Chicago_Police / Twitter Police Official Skipped 'Sacred' Ritual for Slain Chicago Cop: 'We Don't Have 20 Minutes for This S***' Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended the decision during a news briefing, saying the police official 'made the right call. I support what he did.' By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal August 13, 2021
@RLopez15thWard / Twitter 30 Cops Turn Their Backs on Lightfoot at Hospital After Young Cop Slaughtered During Bloody Weekend 'For two and a half years that she has been mayor, she has vilified the police,' Chicago FOP President John Catanzara told Fox News. By Cameron Arcand, The Western Journal August 10, 2021
@sawyerbengtson / Unsplash North Korean Defector Says She Was Called Racist After Defending Herself Against Chicago Mugger North Korean defector Yeonmi Park was labeled 'racist' for attempting to call the police on three muggers in Chicago last summer. By Taylor Penley, The Western Journal August 6, 2021
@sawyerbengtson / Unsplash Chicago Mayor Says She Would 'Absolutely' Deny Interviews to White Reporters Again It's farcically ironic that a gay black woman can become the mayor of our third-largest city while still whining that she's oppressed. By Samantha Chang, The Western Journal July 31, 2021
Ståle Grut / Flickr AOC Dismisses Concerns Over Crime Spike as 'Hysteria,' Doubles Down on Defunding Police AOC, who has pushed to defund the police, uses taxpayer money to pay for private security even as her constituents suffer crime waves. By Samantha Chang, The Western Journal June 28, 2021
Matt Bero / Unsplash Exclusive: Chicago Police Insider Exposes Lightfoot, Foxx for Fueling City's Murder Crisis Chicago's city officials are pushing for more leniency for violent criminals while the city faces a worsening murder crisis. By Michael Austin, The Western Journal June 23, 2021
ZD K / YouTube screen shot Tucker: More People Die from Lightning Each Year Than from White Supremacy - 'Look It up!' 'White supremacist violence, bad as it may be, is not a major threat. It's not even on the list, actually.' By Elizabeth Stauffer, The Western Journal June 22, 2021
@hostreviews / Unsplash Leaked Email from Chicago Mayor Lightfoot to Her Staff Looks Like It Was Written by a Petulant Teenager The Democrat called to mind Jack Nicholson from 'The Shining' by typing the same sentences numerous times in an unhinged email. By Samantha Chang, The Western Journal June 16, 2021
@sawyerbengtson / Unsplash Chicago Mayor Sued by News Outlet for Alleged Racial Discrimination Against Whites 'Every journalist and every person who consumes the news should be concerned by Mayor Lightfoot’s actions.' By Erin Coates, The Western Journal May 27, 2021