City, music foundation reach deal to bring venue to downtown Aurora
The city of Aurora and the Fox Valley Music Foundation have inked a development deal for the foundation to build a downtown music venue. The foundation will put the roughly 250-seat venue — that also...
View ArticleEmanuel appoints former deputy mayor to Chicago Police Board
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has appointed a former top aide to the Chicago Police Board, the panel that decides the most serious police disciplinary matters. Andrea Zopp, who was deputy mayor before Emanuel...
View ArticleMore cases linked to corrupt ex-cop under review after charges dropped...
In the wake of the mass exoneration Thursday of 15 men, attorneys vowed to continue to review potentially hundreds of convictions tied to corrupt former Chicago police Sgt. Ronald Watts and his crew....
View ArticleFormer Merrillville councilman charged with bribery, pleads guilty
A former Merrillville town councilman indicted Friday on bribery charges has already pleaded guilty. Thomas Goralczyk, 51, of Merrillville, was charged for soliciting bribes in exchange for awarding a...
View ArticleCarpentersville woman killed by Metra train might have run around gate: official
A woman killed Thursday by a Metra train in downtown Elgin may have been running around a gate at the time she was struck, a Metra official said. The engineer for the Milwaukee District West line...
View ArticleOutcome Health investors take bid to freeze $225M allocated to founders to...
Investors in Outcome Health are not giving up on their effort to freeze $225 million set to be distributed to two founders of the Chicago startup after a New York judge denied their initial request....
View ArticleNo, Roy Moore, God won't solve our problems
Roy Moore’s die-hard supporters have shown a vast capacity to accept his denials as a procession of women accuse him of sexual assault, fondling a 14-year-old and creeping out girls in malls. His...
View ArticleNew hearing set for Park Ridge officer accused of not documenting use of...
Park Ridge officials have postponed considering the future of a police officer accused of failing to document physical contact he admits to having with two boys during their arrests. A hearing to...
View ArticleProsecutors agree to new trial, freedom for 2 inmates after DNA testing in...
Cook County prosecutors have agreed to a retrial for two men convicted of a 1994 rape and murder that recent DNA testing suggests they did not commit, the Tribune has learned. Nevest Coleman and...
View ArticleBoyfriend charged with concealing homicide of bartender found shot: officials
A 32-year-old Coal City man has been named in a warrant charging him with concealing a homicide in the shooting death of a 24-year-old New Lenox Township woman whom he had been dating recently,...
View ArticleDanica Patrick to end racing career at next year's Indy 500
Danica Patrick has known for at least a month that she will end her career next season at the Indianapolis 500, a decision that will bring her full circle and return her one last time to the storied...
View ArticleKen Griffin's Palm Beach tax bill trumps Trump's
Another week, another superlative for Illinois’ richest man. This time Ken Griffin has outdone President Donald Trump, fellow hedge fund tycoon Nelson Peltz, shock jock Howard Stern, conservative...
View ArticleMental health summit aims to help young black men, boys cope with trauma
From elected leaders to neighbors chatting across the fence, conversations in Chicago about solving poverty and violence often focus on what can be measured — the number of murders and shootings, the...
View ArticleGreatest Illinois high school football teams
Photos of players and coaches from some of the greatest high school football teams in Illinois history. Get the full list here.
View ArticleMan killed, two women and a child injured after shots fired on Dan Ryan
A man was shot to death and two women and a child were injured when a car crashed following a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway late Thursday afternoon near 59th Street, officials said. The driver...
View ArticleRadio anchor who accused Al Franken of sexual harassment says she accepts his...
Some former female staffers of Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., spoke out on Friday in his defense, saying that he had treated women with respect while they worked in his office. The statement came on the...
View ArticleWoman accused of driving into Aurora pond, trapping 6-year-old son, gets...
A judge on Friday reduced the bail of a Cicero woman facing DUI charges for the accident that trapped her 6-year-old son underwater for 30 minutes after she drove into a retention pond near Aurora....
View ArticleDonald Trump Jr.'s 2016 trip to Paris for lunch with Moscow-linked couple...
Shortly before last year’s presidential election, Donald Trump Jr. flew to France for lunch at the Hotel Ritz Paris with a Syrian peace activist, who says she meets regularly with Russian officials,...
View ArticleDon't resign, Sen. Franken — at least not yet
No, U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., should not resign. Not yet, anyway. Or not unless the GOP agrees to a swap in which President Donald Trump also resigns, given that the numerous credible allegations...
View ArticleJury returns guilty verdict in 2011 Waukegan carjacking murder
A jury deliberated less than two hours Friday before finding a Waukegan man guilty of first-degree murder in the 2011 carjacking and fatal shooting of a 44-year-old resident of the city. Kerwin Murry,...
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