Generous Cubs award 68 full playoff shares — most of all teams
Despite failing in their bid to repeat as World Champions, the Chicago Cubs still felt generous. The Cubs awarded 68 full playoff shares worth $133,159.02, Major League Baseball announced Monday. The...
View ArticleMetta World Peace doesn't 'sugarcoat' his Bulls' past as he heads to Big 3
Metta World Peace says he’s not the same person Bulls fans knew as Ron Artest. “I was young (in 1999) and a lot of that was a blur. When I was with the Bulls I was very dysfunctional. It was a short...
View ArticleHow worried should Trump be about Michael Flynn?
The juiciest possible meaning of a decision by Michael Flynn's legal team to cut off communication with President Donald Trump's team is that Flynn, the former White House national security adviser,...
View Article$400,000 winning lottery ticket sold at Skokie 7-Eleven: officials
Someone who purchased a Quick Pick lottery ticket at a Skokie 7-Eleven store is soon to become $400,000 wealthier once the ticket is claimed, according to the Illinois State Lottery. While lottery...
View ArticlePritzker, Kennedy, Biss try for top spot on Democratic governor primary ballot
Three candidates running in the Illinois Democratic governor primary filed their election paperwork Monday, vying for the first spot on the March ballot. Billionaire hotel heir and investor J.B....
View ArticleSen. Franken says he let 'a lot of people down' with his behavior
A contrite Al Franken said Monday he knows he "let a lot of people down" — the people of Minnesota, Senate colleagues and staff — amid accusations of sexually inappropriate behavior. He vowed to try...
View ArticleTrump won't campaign for Roy Moore, White House official says
President Donald Trump will not campaign for Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore before the Dec. 12 special election, a White House official said Monday. The president had held the door open...
View ArticleFrom prison, white supremacist Matthew Hale endorses Roy Moore
Matthew Hale, the imprisoned white supremacist convicted of plotting to kill a Chicago federal judge, endorsed Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore on Monday. “There is no evidence Roy Moore...
View ArticleMan held in shooting deaths of 2 brothers outside bar in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin
The Kenosha County (Wis.) district attorney is considering charges against a man accused of killing two brothers after a fight at a bar in Twin Lakes, just across the Illinois border....
View ArticleHow Pixar's 'Coco' became a huge box-office hit
Over the holiday weekend, audiences in the rest of North America flocked to what Mexican moviegoers had affirmed more than a month ago: Disney/Pixar's "Coco" is an authentically appealing winner. The...
View ArticleDivvy's future in Oak Park unclear as trustees debate cost of bike-sharing...
With negotiations on a new contract due to take place early next year, Oak Park trustees are weighing the pros and cons of continuing to participate in the Divvy bike-sharing system. During the Nov....
View ArticleBreak-in reported at home of cop couple who died 20 months apart
Days after Chicago police Officer Dina Markham was found dead in her bathtub, a break-in took place at her Northwest Side home while her family attended her wake, police records obtained by the...
View ArticlePros and cons to an in-season coaching change as Bears keep slipping under...
The Bears lapsed into non-competitive mode Sunday in a 31-3 loss to the Eagles, their most lopsided defeat of the season. As the NFL’s best team illuminated the chasm between Super Bowl contenders and...
View ArticleChicago immigration raid leaves bakery scrambling to rehire after 800 workers...
A Swiss maker of hamburger buns for McDonald’s Corp. said it’s struggling to run a Chicago bakery after it lost a third of its workers in a clampdown on 800 immigrants without sufficient...
View ArticleOswego approves car wash despite resident objections
Plans have been approved for a Delta Sonic car wash and gas station in Oswego despite the objections of some nearby residents. Village trustees voted 5-1 on an ordinance authorizing the development...
View ArticleLawyers play mayor's code-of-silence speech as cop's trial in fatal DUI starts
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s now-famous speech acknowledging a longstanding code of silence within the Chicago Police Department took center stage in a federal courtroom Tuesday in a wrongful death case...
View Article566-member U46 high school marching band performs in Thanksgiving parade
For the first time in almost a decade, hundreds of marching band students from the five high schools in Elgin-based U46 came together to march in the Chicago Thanksgiving Day parade. The U46 Unified...
View ArticleNaperville police report separate armed robberies of ATM user, pizza delivery...
Two armed robberies — one at a bank ATM — occurred Monday night, Naperville police said. The first took place about 9 p.m. Monday when a man wielding a handgun got into the backseat of a car that had...
View ArticleHome buyers to see higher loan limits from Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac in 2018
Chicago-area homebuyers next year will be able to apply for larger mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as the local housing market benefits from home prices that are rising faster in other...
View ArticleColumbia College part-time faculty set to strike this week over wages, benefits
The union representing part-time faculty members at Columbia College Chicago says it plans to hold a two-day strike this week in protest of low wages, lack of benefits and inadequate job security. The...
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