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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in Illinois.

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Events

January

February

April

June

  • June 25 – A fire at an apartment building in Austin, Chicago kills four residents and injures three. A man is arrested and charged with arson. Investigators say the suspect was intending to kill his ex-girlfriend and a friend she was saying, though neither were in the building at the time.[5]

July

  • July 2 – Four people are killed and 14 injured in a Chicago drive-by shooting.[6]
  • July 31 – Governor Pritzker signs a bill requiring all public school students from grades 3 through 12 to undergo annual mental health screenings. The law makes Illinois the first state with mandated mental health screenings for students.[7]
  • July 31–August 3 – Lollapalooza music festival[8]

August

  • August 30 – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signs an executive order forbidding local police from aiding in federal immigration enforcement in response to President Trump saying he would send troops to the city.[9]

September

  • September 4 – Northwestern University President Michael Schill announces he is resigning.[10]
  • September 8 – The Department of Homeland Security begins an operation dubbed "Operation Midway Blitz", which the department says will target "criminal illegal aliens".[11]
  • September 12 – ICE agents kill undocumented immigrant Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez in Forest Park after he allegedly drags an officer with his car during an attempted arrest.[12]

October

  • October 4
    • Governor Pritzker announces that the Department of Homeland Security is planning on federalizing the Illinois National Guard and sending guardsmen to Chicago, against the wishes of him and Mayor Brandon Johnson.[13]
    • Border Patrol agents shoot and injure a U.S. citizen while on patrol. The DHS says the woman was part of a group who boxed in agents with ten vehicles.[14] DHS initially says officers shot the woman because she had a firearm, but later say they shot her because she attempted to drive a car into an agent.[15]
  • October 14 – A Cook County judge signs an order that bars ICE from arresting people at courthouses.[16]
  • October 16
    • A federal judge orders federal immigration officers in the Chicago area must wear body cameras.[17]
    • ICE arrests a Hanover Park Police officer from Montenegro and accuses him of being in the United States illegally.[18]
  • October 23 – Border Patrol Commander-at-large Gregory Bovino throws a tear gas canister at protesters in Chicago. Five days later, a federal judge orders Bovino to report to her daily with a report on arrests and incidents involving Border Patrol.[19]
  • October 29 – Former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson is found guilty of second-degree murder for the shooting of Sonya Massey, who Grayson shot in her home in 2024.[20]

November

  • November 17 - A man sets a woman on fire on a Chicago Transit Authority train in Chicago. He is charged with federal terrorism offences.[21]
  • November 20 – Prosecutors drop charges against a woman who was accused of attempting to strike Border Patrol agents with her car. The woman had been shot and injured by an agent, who later bragged about it via text message.[22]

December

  • December 23 – The Supreme Court rules that Trump cannot send the National Guard to Chicago.[23]
  • December 31 – Trump says he is dropping his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, as well as Los Angeles and Portland.[24]

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ herzmann, daryl. "IEM :: SCC from NWS WBC". mesonet.agron.iastate.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  2. ^ Kaufman, Elyssa; Feurer, Todd; Machi, Sara (February 28, 2025). "Plainfield, Illinois, landlord convicted of all charges in hate crime murder of 6-year-old Palestinian boy". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  3. ^ "IDPH Reports First Measles Case of 2025 in Southern Illinois". www.illinois.gov. April 23, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  4. ^ "Driver in crash at Illinois after-school program that killed 4 may have had medical emergency, police say". CNN. The Associated Press. May 1, 2025. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  5. ^ Tellez, Roseanne; Ewing, Tia; Hager, Will (June 26, 2025). "Motive revealed in Austin fire case that killed 4, including child". FOX 32. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
  6. ^ "Drive-by shooting in Chicago leaves 4 dead and 14 others wounded, police say". The Associated Press. July 3, 2025. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
  7. ^ Liu, Yi-Jin (August 1, 2025). "Illinois becomes 1st state to require student mental health screenings". ABC News. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
  8. ^ Colón, Ambar (July 25, 2025). "Lollapalooza 2025: Bag policy, travel tips, what to bring and where to eat". WBEZ. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  9. ^ Rao, Sonia A. (August 31, 2025). "Chicago's Mayor Rejects Trump's Plans to Send Troops to His City". The New York Times. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
  10. ^ Ma, Annie (September 4, 2025). "Northwestern University president says he will resign following tenure marked by White House tension". The Associated Press. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  11. ^ Molina, Tara; Franza, Sabrina (September 8, 2025). "Chicago mayor says city "received no notice" ahead of Homeland Security's "Operation Midway Blitz" announcement". CBS News. Retrieved September 8, 2025.
  12. ^ Alvarez, Priscilla (September 12, 2025). "Man fatally shot during ICE traffic stop after dragging and injuring an officer in Chicago suburb, DHS says". CNN. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  13. ^ Barr, Luke; Arancio, Victoria; Vinick, Gaby; Pereira, Ivan (October 4, 2025). "Homeland Security requests National Guard to be sent to Chicago despite protests from local leaders". ABC News. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  14. ^ Schuba, Tom; Hernandez, Cindy; Kuznikov, Selena; Puente, Michael; Norkol, Mary (October 4, 2025). "Federal agents shoot woman they say 'boxed in' authorities on Chicago's Southwest Side". The Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  15. ^ Bosman, Julie (October 5, 2025). "2 Motorists Charged in Chicago, Including One Shot by Federal Agent". The New York Times. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  16. ^ "County judge in Chicago area bars ICE from arresting people at court". CNN. The Associated Press. October 15, 2025. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
  17. ^ "Federal immigration officers in Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, judge says". PBS. The Associated Press. October 16, 2025. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
  18. ^ Lybrand, Holmes (October 17, 2025). "ICE arrests police officer in Chicago suburb and accuses him of being in US illegally". CNN. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
  19. ^ Bosman, Julie (October 28, 2025). "Judge Admonishes Border Patrol Leader for Tactics in Chicago". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  20. ^ "Illinois deputy found guilty of murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 asking for help". CNN. The Associated Press. October 29, 2025. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  21. ^ Santucci, Jeanine (November 20, 2025). "Man accused of setting woman on fire on Chicago train charged with terrorist attack". USA Today. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  22. ^ Silva, Daniella (November 20, 2025). "Judge dismisses charges against Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol". NBC News. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  23. ^ Fritze, John (December 23, 2025). "In major loss for Trump, Supreme Court blocks National Guard deployment to Chicago". CNN. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  24. ^ Price, Michelle L. (December 31, 2025). "Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now". The Associated Press. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
  25. ^ Seligman, Andrew; Reynolds, Tim (October 10, 2025). "Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Chicago's beloved chaplain, dies at 106". The Associated Press. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
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