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Chicago Ald. Michael Scott Jr., who represents the city’s 24th Ward, has tested positive for the coronavirus, the alderman said in a statement released Thursday evening. Scott said he underwent coronavirus testing Friday at the “Bike the Boulevard” event, which was hosted by the 24th Ward and the city’s 10th and 11th police districts. Scott said he received his...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has tested negative for the coronavirus after an alderman who took part in one of her press conferences tested positive Thursday, according to the mayor’s office. Ald. Michael Scott Jr., who represents the city’s 24th Ward, said in the evening that he received positive results for the virus and was experiencing no symptoms. On Wednesday,...

A Chicago alderman’s office has been vandalized in what authorities say is the third attack on his property in less than a month

Chicago Ald. Raymond Lopez said Thursday he was “awakened” overnight to bricks being thrown through the windows of his Brighton Park home and a nearby garage set on fire. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports