Indians removing Chief Wahoo logo from uniforms in 2019
The Cleveland Indians are dropping the Chief Wahoo logo from their uniforms next year after decades of protests and complaints that the grinning, red-faced caricature used in one version or another...
View ArticleTom Brady cuts short Boston radio interview after host takes a shot at his...
Tom Brady has been doing a Monday morning radio interview on Boston sports-talk station WEEI for years, and last week the station's parent company and the Patriots announced a multiyear contract...
View ArticleJoliet Junior College student, DACA beneficiary to attend State of the Union...
The new spring semester just got underway this week at Joliet Junior College, but Ana Campa Castillo plans to miss her first day of class on Tuesday. Instead, Castillo intends to participate in a...
View ArticleDistrict 225 plans to push back Glenbrook North start time
Glenbrook High Schools District 225 administrators are working toward changing the start time at Glenbrook North High School for the 2019-2020 school year, officials recently told the Board of...
View ArticleRauner challenger Ives goes on attack during only forum of Republican...
Challenger Jeanne Ives shook up the dynamics of the Illinois Republican governor’s race on Monday, ripping Gov. Bruce Rauner’s job performance during their only pre-election faceoff and collecting a...
View ArticleWhite Sox primed to change perceptions
The shocking news spread quickly at the start of the 1996 offseason. The White Sox were signing controversial slugger Albert Belle to a five-year, $55 million deal, teaming him with Frank Thomas to...
View ArticleGOP votes to release memo alleging FBI missteps while surveilling Trump...
The House Intelligence Committee voted Monday evening to release a memo detailing alleged surveillance abuses by the FBI and Justice Department, escalating a political fight between conservatives and...
View ArticleFBI Deputy Director McCabe, a frequent Trump target, abruptly leaves post
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a target of frequent and aggressive criticism by President Donald Trump, abruptly stepped down from his position Monday ahead of his planned retirement this spring....
View ArticleReps. Rush, Davis to skip Trump's State of the Union address
U.S. Reps. Bobby Rush and Danny Davis of Chicago announced Monday they will boycott President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech Tuesday, bringing the number of Illinois Democrats skipping the...
View ArticleFormer principal in Montgomery charged with sex conduct with a minor
A former principal of a Montgomery elementary school faces charges in South Carolina alleging sexual conduct with a minor. Kevin Lipke, the former principal of Long Beach Elementary School in...
View ArticleChicago's $900 million Vista Tower up for sale
Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin's Dalian Wanda Group Co. has put its last two overseas property developments up for sale, according to people familiar with the matter, in the latest unwinding of a...
View ArticleTwitter posts prompt NIU officials to deny they monitor students' social...
Northern Illinois University officials say they do not monitor students’ social media accounts, refuting claims made on a Twitter account created last week. On Friday, tweets on a Twitter feed with...
View Article'She just cared for everybody': Park Ridge crash victim remembered as foster...
Mary Ann Neil was a mother to many. Over the course of more than 20 years, Mary Ann and her husband, Bob, welcomed 39 foster children into their Des Plaines home, caring for each as they raised their...
View ArticleWhite House reviewing classified GOP memo alleging surveillance abuse
Trump has five days to object to the release of the memo, though he has signaled he wants it made public. The memo arrived at the White House on Monday evening after Republicans on the House...
View ArticleChiefs QB Alex Smith raves about what Matt Nagy will do for Bears, Mitch...
Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith made the rounds on Super Bowl radio row Tuesday afternoon at the Mall of America, with most questions centering on a future that could lead him to a new home in the...
View ArticleBulls in talks to move to WSCR-AM from WLS-AM
The Bulls, whose multiyear contract with WLS-AM 890 may end early through a bankruptcy court ruling this week, are negotiating with all-sports station WSCR-AM 670, sources said. If there are no snags...
View ArticleDuPage coroner IDs 2 people who died in Addison fire last week
The DuPage County coroner’s office on Tuesday identified the couple who died in a fire last week in their home in Addison. Janice Barnstable and Richard Sebring, both 76, who lived in the home in the...
View ArticleEvanston residents call for halt to elderly homeowner's eviction
Holding signs that read "Eviction Free Zone" and "People Over Profit," 16 Evanston residents rallied Saturday against a homeowner being put out of her foreclosed home, urging Cook County Sheriff...
View ArticleBerwyn police believe shooting that injured man and woman was gang-related
Two people from Chicago were shot Monday night while driving through Berwyn, police said. About 11:30 p.m., police responded to a call of multiple gunshots near 26th Street and Clarence Avenue. When...
View ArticleJury finds ex-cop guilty of murdering ex-girlfriend in Portage
Former police officer Kevin Campbell was found guilty Tuesday in the 2015 murder of the mother of his children. The jury deliberated for less than three hours Tuesday in Campbell's murder trial at the...
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