Expanded body camera program will allow citizens to provide videos as part of...
Evanston police officers started wearing body cameras for the first time earlier this year, and now citizens will be able to provide to police video or other electronic information they may have...
View ArticleAurora releases video after fatal officer-involved shooting
Aurora police on Tuesday released video following an officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of a 36-year-old Aurora man in March. Santiago Calderon, 36, died from multiple gunshot wounds...
View ArticleThe controversial Chicago Magazine article is good journalism, but ...
“The Stairwell,” a nearly 8,000-word article in the May issue of our sister publication Chicago Magazine, has been branded “morally repugnant” by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, “ill-timed, self-indulgent, and...
View ArticleRauner, Pritzker spent more than $100 per vote to win Illinois governor...
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrat J.B. Pritzker spent a combined $105.2 million to win their respective party nominations — the equivalent of more than $100 per vote cast in last month’s...
View ArticlePair of perennial peregrine falcons back atop Evanston Public Library; female...
Two peregrine falcons recently returned to the top of the Evanston Public Library building, taking another chance at expanding their family after abandoning a nest there last year. Fay, a female...
View ArticleWill Tribune Tower redevelopment hit deadlines?
After unveiling ambitious plans for Tribune Tower’s redevelopment, owners of the Michigan Avenue landmark are facing the question that’s been posed for decades in the building: Can you meet deadlines?...
View ArticleSkokie officer saves man's life at police station: 'His heart stopped'
A Skokie police officer saved the life of a man who came to the police station earlier this month and collapsed on the floor, Skokie Police Department officials announced on social media. Police said...
View ArticleTaxpayers delayed by IRS e-filing breakdown on deadline day to get...
The Internal Revenue Service's online system for submitting tax returns experienced widespread failures on Tuesday, complicating filing for the millions of taxpayers attempting to meet the...
View ArticleSupporters rally for gay teacher amid discrimination claim after he told...
A bouquet of flowers sent to a teacher from his husband on Valentine’s Day set off a controversy and claims of discrimination in a rural community at the edge of the Chicago area, resulting in a...
View Article'Sheer panic' grips cabin in first fatal U.S. flight since 2009
When the plane engine blew up and the oxygen masks rained down, only one thought dominated Marty Martinez's mind: sending a goodbye message to his parents. "I had no reason to be hopeful," Martinez...
View Article'Some areas are beyond repair': Some Imagine OPRF proposals consider tearing...
Concluding that parts of Oak Park and River Forest High School’s athletic facilities are “beyond repair,” two proposals included in a master plan, presented publicly for the first time Monday night,...
View ArticleThe 'unconscious bias' training Starbucks is doing 'really took off after...
Starbucks, battling an uproar over two black men who were arrested while waiting at one of the coffee chain's stores last week, said Tuesday it would close more than 8,000 of its company-owned stores...
View ArticlePolice release 911 call as Starbucks says it will close more than 8,000...
Starbucks, moving swiftly to confront a racially charged uproar over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores in Philadelphia, plans to close more than 8,000 U.S. stores for several hours next...
View ArticleEx-assistant charged with misusing company credit card to cater son's party,...
A former executive assistant at one of Chicago’s largest asset management firms was charged Tuesday with using company money to pay for a string of extravagant personal expenses, including her rent,...
View ArticleStarbucks to close all U.S. stores afternoon of May 29 for anti-racial bias...
Starbucks has announced plans to close all U.S. stores and corporate offices on the afternoon of May 29 to train employees against racial bias after the arrest last week of two black men waiting at...
View ArticleOne dead after Southwest plane blows engine, makes emergency landing in...
A Southwest Airlines jet blew an engine at 32,000 feet and got hit by shrapnel that smashed a window, setting off a desperate scramble by passengers to save a woman from getting sucked out. One person...
View ArticleJeb Bush speaks in Chicago area day after mother's death: 'She would have...
Former presidential candidate and Florida governor Jeb Bush opened his remarks to an audience of about 800 people Wednesday talking about his mother, Barbara, who died on Tuesday.” “I appreciate...
View ArticleDisgraced ex-supervisor with Cook County Probation Department sues judge,...
A white supervisor in the Cook County Adult Probation Department has filed a federal lawsuit claiming he was wrongly dismissed last year, while numerous black employees in the department have received...
View Article'Your entire career can be derailed': For gay teachers, coming out remains risky
It was a simple question: “Mr. E., do you have a girlfriend?” But Elijah Eiler, a teacher at the James Otis World Language Academy in Chicago, wanted to tread carefully as a gay teacher. It was the...
View ArticleTribune Tower plans would energize an old landmark, but don't yet create a...
Holy architecture, Batman! Two developers want to build a skyscraper next to Tribune Tower that would be Chicago’s second-tallest building and more than three times taller than the neo-Gothic...
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