After 34 seasons, Frank Lenti out as Mount Carmel's head football coach;...
Mount Carmel High School’s Frank Lenti — who led the Caravan for 34 years, totaling 374 victories and 11 state championships — is out as football head coach, school officials announced in a news...
View ArticleLake County spent $4.9 million on uncompleted e-filing system, records show
Lake County officials spent $4.9 million, over nearly a decade, on a computer system that was never fully implemented and is now raising court fees in part to help pay for an entirely new system,...
View ArticleMerrillville mom who died in double homicide was devoted to family
A Merrillville woman who was shot and killed with her son earlier this week was an outgoing and giving mother and grandmother, her sister said. Candy Halbe would constantly take folks that needed a...
View ArticleFrozen pipes and car thefts: Cold snap creates headaches at home, on highways
Already winter-weary parts of the Midwest and East Coast are dealing with a mounting number of weather-related headaches, from highway pileups to frozen pipes and a rash of car thefts. And there's...
View ArticleDangling icicles at Apple store not company's worst problem
Winter has struck Apple's flagship Michigan Avenue store, and the hysteria has begun. With icicles dangling from the store's ultrathin carbon fiber roof and caution signs and yellow tape cordoning off...
View ArticleDeadly fire in New York City was lit by child playing with stove, officials say
A preschooler toying with the burners on his mother's stove accidentally sparked New York City's deadliest fire in decades, an inferno that quickly overtook an apartment building and blocked the main...
View ArticleWild half of ejections and injuries for Northwestern at Music City Bowl
Fans of both Northwestern and Kentucky might be looking for pitchforks at halftime after this Pac-12 officiating crew enraged both sides in the Music City Bowl. Northwestern leads 17-7, but the...
View ArticleCity tow truck driver who offered to return vehicles for cash sentenced to 9...
The 39-year-old woman had been sightseeing in downtown Chicago, and when she returned to the spot where she had parked at Columbus and Balbo drives, not far from Buckingham Fountain, her vehicle was...
View ArticleEmanuel's average income is $365,000 per year, 6 years of mayor's tax returns...
In his first six years in office, Mayor Rahm Emanuel made nearly $2.2 million, an average income of about $365,000 per year, according to newly released tax returns from the mayor. About $1.1 million...
View ArticleAmid rising flu cases, West Suburban Hospital announces visitor restrictions
Officials at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park announced they are instituting temporary visitor restrictions after seeing an increased number of flu cases in recent weeks. Among the...
View ArticleTime at Mar-a-Lago is a respite for Trump — and a headache for his staff
When President Donald Trump sat down with a reporter for a wide-ranging, 30-minute interview at his private golf club here Thursday, not a single aide or adviser was present at the table - and not a...
View ArticleNearly half of Puerto Rico clients without power three months after Hurricane...
Puerto Rico authorities said Friday that nearly half of power customers in the U.S. territory still lack electricity more than three months after Hurricane Maria, sparking outrage among islanders who...
View ArticlePolice: Hoax call led to Wichita police shooting unarmed man
Police and the FBI are investigating whether an argument over an online game prompted a hoax call that led to a house where an officer shot and killed a Kansas man who apparently wasn't involved in...
View ArticleAt least two dead, including shooter, in workplace gunfire in Long Beach
A workplace shooting in a quiet neighborhood of Long Beach Friday left at least two people dead, including the shooter, officials said. Long Beach police said they responded to the Bixby Knolls...
View ArticleConversion of Elgin's historic Tower Building nearing completion; apartment...
Downtown Elgin is set to start the new year with the iconic Tower Building ready for its rebirth as an apartment complex. "We're 98 percent complete," Bill Luchini said of the project, which converted...
View ArticleFire damages two units in Aurora apartment complex, man left homeless
A propane heater being used to thaw frozen water pipes is being blamed for an Aurora apartment building fire Friday afternoon, officials said. Aurora firefighters were called to a six-unit, two-story...
View ArticleThe 18-minute trials sending alleged Islamic State members to their deaths
The two Turkish men shuffled into the courtroom, their closely cropped hair, clean shaven faces and chubby waistlines hardly the look of fearsome fighters of the Islamic State. Appearing in court for...
View ArticleFact-checking 'The Crown': Did the Duke of Windsor plot with Hitler to betray...
In late October of 1937, Adolf Hitler welcomed a rather well-known couple to his mountain retreat for a cup of tea. Hitler, by then, was German chancellor - a vehement anti-Semite taking an ever...
View ArticleChess champion refuses to defend titles in Saudi Arabia to protest treatment...
A Ukrainian chess champion is prepared to lose her two world titles rather than defend them in a tournament held in Saudi Arabia. Anna Muzychuk said she would skip the lucrative event to protest the...
View ArticleMike Pence's Colorado neighbors greet him with 'Make America Gay Again' banner
Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Aspen, Colorado, this week for a holiday vacation - but not without encountering a silent protest from his neighbors in the liberal ski resort town. "Make America...
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