Eagles rookie kicker from Lyons Township thinking of slain teen friend
Back when Eagles kicker Jake Elliott worried more about breaking serve than breaking the record for a storied NFL franchise’s longest field goal, he taught tennis to kids for the Western Springs Park...
View ArticleBulls' stretch-run rotation could raise draft-lottery odds
Fred Hoiberg’s job just got tougher. Not only did the Bulls trade their leading scorer Thursday in Nikola Mirotic, but executive vice president John Paxson emphasized that players who haven’t played...
View Article'We're missing one piece': A decade later, deaths of 5 women killed in Lane...
On a wall inside the Tinley Park Police station are pictures of five women, and Det. Ray Violetto has spent nearly the last decade trying to give them a voice. Since shortly after the Feb. 2, 2008,...
View ArticleNew book uncages mystique behind Roy Boy Cooper and The Badlands
Roy Boy Cooper took a break from pumping iron to catch his breath inside the stuffy basement of his infamous Badlands tattoo shop. "If I knew I'd be around this long, I would have done things...
View ArticleKnife-wielding man threatens service station clerk in Fox Lake armed robbery:...
Fox Lake police report that a man walked into a Phillips 66 service station early Friday morning on Route 12 and threatened the clerk with a knife before fleeing with an unknown amount of money....
View ArticleMan dies after being struck by truck following I-294 crash, police say
A Glen Ellyn man died Thursday after he was struck by at least one truck on Interstate 294 Wednesday , the Illinois State Police said. The 46-year-old man was driving a Dodge Ram pickup truck north on...
View ArticleHe helped Halle Berry and Taraji P. Henson to stardom. Now 9 women of color...
Tamika Lamison was a 27-year-old stage actress living in New York City in June 1996 when she stepped into Hollywood manager Vincent Cirrincione's hotel suite, excited by the unexpected opportunity to...
View ArticleGrading the Super Bowl ads we've seen so far
In the Ad Bowl accompanying Super Bowl LII, there are some surprises this year: No Clydesdales from Budweiser, for one, and a spate of spots touting companies’ philanthropic efforts. That’s a shift...
View ArticleRichards, Stagg teachers, students don scarves in support of Muslims, women...
Jill Musil was mistaken for Rahaf Othman four times Thursday. That's because Musil, a psychology teacher at Harold L. Richards High School in Oak Lawn, wore a head scarf that day similar to the one...
View Article1 Law Department attorney resigns, 2 others suspended over controversial case
A Chicago Law Department attorney has resigned and two others were suspended this week in a crackdown over the withholding of evidence in a recent lawsuit, according to an internal memo obtained...
View ArticleBulls, Bobby Portis ready to move on without Nikola Mirotic
Bobby Portis has long held the same stance. As soon as he publicly apologized to Nikola Mirotic and the Bulls on Oct. 21, four days after he broke two of Mirotic’s facial bones and concussed him with...
View ArticleAurora man faces drug and weapons charges after greeting officers while...
An Aurora man is facing drug and weapons charges after police said he greeted them while smoking marijuana at an apartment in the city. Around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aurora police went to an apartment in...
View Article5 women killed in 2008 Lane Bryant slayings remembered at prayer service as...
Following a prayer service for five women slain a decade ago in Tinley Park, Will County's chief law enforcement officer said authorities have "doubled our resolve" to capture their killer, as family...
View ArticleMan wanted for Dolton murder turns self in: FBI
A Chicago man wanted on a warrant for first-degree murder in connection with the November 2015 death of a man in Dolton has turned himself in to police, according to the FBI . The bureau's Violent...
View Article'Obvious signs of foul play' in death of 77-year-old Oak Park man, police say
Police in Oak Park are investigating the death of a 77-year-old resident, and they said there were "obvious signs of foul play" after his body was discovered Friday afternoon. According to police, the...
View ArticleEmanuel's developer upcharge fee for neighborhood development raking in cash...
Chicago’s building boom is bringing in more money than expected for Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s program that collects millions in fees from downtown developments and sets them aside for projects in...
View ArticleJames Comey on release of GOP memo on FBI: 'That's it?'
Former FBI Director James Comey scorned the memo that was released by House Republicans after being declassified Friday by President Donald Trump, saying it doesn't add up to much. "That's it?" Comey...
View ArticleBrian Urlacher: 'I changed the way middle linebacker was played'
For a second, forget whether Brian Urlacher will go into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on the first ballot. A less pressing question on the minds of many Chicagoans is easier to answer: Whenever...
View ArticleRoles for new Bulls Omer Asik and Jameer Nelson likely will be small ones
Acquired in Thursday’s Nikola Mirotic trade with the Pelicans, Omer Asik and Jameer Nelson were scheduled to take their physicals here Friday afternoon, arriving after the Bulls had practice at USC....
View ArticleLashing out at FBI, Trump claims vindication with release of memo; Dems say no
Claiming vindication and straining to derail the Russia probe, President Donald Trump declassified a top secret congressional memo Friday, and suggested it proved the investigation of his presidential...
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