A good mechanic is hard to find, and even harder to lose
There are two things in this life that you can’t live without: a hairdresser who knows what he/she is doing and a proper mechanic for your vehicle. It’s inevitable. So when you’re new to an area, you...
View ArticleCity to take up $9.3 million settlement for wrongful conviction tied to Burge...
Chicago officials have agreed to pay $9.3 million to a man wrongfully convicted of setting a 1984 fire that killed a mother and her five children, a crime he confessed to only after he was allegedly...
View ArticleSizing up the Cubs' 25-man roster
The Chicago Cubs will eventually make some additions before pitchers and catchers report to Mesa, Ariz., for spring training in approximately five weeks, but here’s a look at a 25-man roster...
View ArticleChicago radio's Milt Rosenberg dies at 92
In the often loud and frequently inane blah-blah-blah that is radio, Milt Rosenberg was for nearly half a century an oasis of intelligent conversation and learned curiosity. Ever mindful of the...
View ArticleRep. Darrell Issa to retire; was considered vulnerable Republican in Congress
California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa will not run for a 10th term in Congress. The former chairman of the House Oversight Committee narrowly won reelection in 2016 and was widely considered the...
View ArticleInterstate 80/94 shut down in Gary with power lines on roadway, state police say
All lanes in both directions of Interstate 80/94 remained shut down late Wednesday morning at Chase Street in Gary because power lines were down on the roadway, according to Indiana State Police. A...
View ArticleNew York City sues 5 major oil companies, claiming they contributed to global...
New York City is suing five major oil companies, claiming they have contributed to global warming. Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city will be seeking billions in the lawsuit to recoup money spent by...
View ArticleWSCR moving Zach Zaidman to Cubs, Mark Grote to Bears
WSCR-AM 670 made a major trade on Wednesday. The Score announced Bears reporter Zach Zaidman will become host of its Cubs pregame and postgame shows while Cubs host Mark Grote takes over the Bears...
View ArticleCoroner confirms body found in pool was missing Waukegan teenager
The body found in a Waukegan backyard pool has been identified as Lucio Cambray, the 18-year-old Waukegan resident first reported missing on Christmas Day. Lake County Coroner Howard Cooper said in a...
View ArticlePresident Trump criticizes federal judge blocking him on immigration
President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at a federal judge who's temporarily blocked him from ending protections for nearly 800,000 young immigrants. The Senate's top Democrat said that despite...
View ArticleChief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court cites 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' during...
People with glass garages shouldn’t steal Ferraris. That — we think — was the convoluted metaphor at the heart of oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this week that led to Chief Justice John...
View ArticleKane County Victims' Rights Unit eliminated
Kane County State's Attorney Joseph McMahon said he has eliminated his office's Victims' Rights Unit because a state agency did not approve a grant request intended for the services. "The loss of the...
View ArticlePre-dawn audit on dozens of 7-Eleven stores nationwide opens new front on...
U.S. immigration agents descended on dozens of 7-Eleven stores before dawn Wednesday to open employment audits and interview workers in what officials described as the largest operation against an...
View ArticleSource: Alabama picked for new $1.6 billion Toyota-Mazda factory
Japanese automakers Toyota and Mazda have chosen the state of Alabama for a $1.6 billion joint-venture auto plant that is to begin operating by 2021 and eventually employ about 4,000 people, a person...
View ArticleRyan Pace, take it from someone who knows: You have to brush off your hair...
I’m as excited as the next guy about Matt Nagy, the new head coach of the Chicago Bears. “Energetic but real, dynamic but humble, animated but down to earth.” That’s how Tribune writer Brad Biggs...
View ArticleBears tout history, but glory days are mostly a thing of the past
During his introductory news conference this week, new Bears coach Matt Nagy was asked if he knew much about the team’s vaunted history. Nagy mentioned the 1985 Bears’ rout of the Patriots as one of...
View ArticleColumn: Not everyone loves Oprah — for president, that is
"Everybody loves Oprah." That was the tagline for the promotions advancing a new host of the WLS morning show "AM Chicago" back in 1983. If it wasn't true then, it certainly is now. And why not? She's...
View ArticleCrash on Interstate 294 sends five to the hospital
Five people were taken to the hospital due to a chain reaction accident on Interstate 294 near Ogden Avenue during Tuesday's afternoon rush hour. The crash caused the closure of all four northbound...
View ArticleWisconsin launches ad blitz to lure Chicago millennials
Fresh off its Foxconn manufacturing plant win, Wisconsin is taking aim at Chicago’s millennial talent pool, with a marketing campaign designed to lure young skilled workers to move north of the...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines picks Lands' End to replace controversial uniforms
American Airlines is turning to Lands’ End to replace uniforms that employees blamed for health problems and which left the airline and the previous supplier facing a lawsuit. Those uniforms,...
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