Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Anjanette Young, a social worker who became a police reform advocate after a 2019 botched raid on her home, is one step closer to having official sway over Chicago police policy. Another Walgreens on the city's South Side is closing, and community leaders say the closing of the pharmacy's Chatham location follows a trend of corporate abandonment in the area. Tickets to visit the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago's Jackson Park neighborhood went on sale Wednesday morning. Plus, the principal of an all-boys Catholic school high school on Chicago’s South Side won the prestigious Golden Apple Award on Monday, and it was a moment to celebrate his school’s resurgence.