Illinois Eagle (https://illinoiseagle.com/category/sections/news/chicagoland/page/2/)
News and events from the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore.
CHICAGO — COPA, which is the civilian body overseeing the Chicago Police Department, have called for an officer who used a gay slur at a protester be stripped of his powers.
CHICAGO — The Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago area’s second largest newspaper, has called for the contract with the city’s police union to be rewritten.
BUFFALO GROVE — Though the parade has been pushed off until next year because of coronavirus, Buffalo Grove Pride held a Pride Drive this past Sunday.
CHICAGO — Drag performers and artists will be taking to the streets this weekend in support of Black Lives Matter and George Floyd.
ELGIN — ELGbtq is hosing a virtual story time for all families this Saturday, JUne 13.
CHICAGO — The Center on Halsted, the state’s largest LGBTQ center, announced on Tuesday that they had received threats from anti-LGBTQ groups and subsequently boarded the windows.
BUFFALO GROVE — The Pinta Pride Project, organizers of Buffalo Grove’s Pride celebration, are working with other organizations for the LGBTQ+ Youth and Intersectionality virtual youth event on June 10.
WOODSTOCK — Woodstock Pride has announced that it will have its first Pride Promenade as an adaption to the coronavirus pandemic.
CHICAGO — The CTA was announcing that it was stopping both bus and El service to the central region of Chicago, with stoppages starting far from the city’s central Loop district.