He almost died in Iraq. Now, an Aurora cop and ex-Marine owes the VA $16K due...
Michael Bond knew he'd have a tough time convincing his Marine buddy to accept any form of charity. So the former Naperville man chose not to tell Aurora Police Officer Joshua Horton about the...
View ArticleAldi projects mid-2018 opening date for Naperville Crossings store
Aldi is expecting to open its second Naperville store this year in a building near Route 59 and 95th Street that has been vacant since it was constructed. The grocery store chain will occupy the...
View ArticleThreat to kill Steelers players, fans during NFL playoff game ends in arrest
A San Antonio man has been arrested after allegedly threatening to kill Pittsburgh Steelers players at the NFL divisional playoff game Sunday in Pittsburgh's Heinz Field. "This Sunday's playoff game...
View ArticleCubs Convention lacks buzz without a big-name acquisition
The Cubs Convention is basically a three-day commercial to sell tickets for the upcoming season. Yet something’s conspicuously missing from this year’s lovefest. My best guess is the lack of the new...
View ArticleWoman, 42, and girl shot at west suburban mall
A woman is dead and a juvenile girl was injured during a double shooting Saturday night at the North Riverside Park Mall, officials said. Police were called to a report of shots fired in the southwest...
View ArticleU46 board member who made controversial Facebook post receives MLK...
Receiving the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award Saturday at Elgin's 33rd Annual Dr. King Prayer Breakfast is a validation of everything she has done, Traci Ellis said. Ellis, a District...
View ArticleFlu hits Lake County harder, sooner this season; officials insist people...
The flu is hitting Lake County, and the rest of the U.S., hard this season. While individual cases of flu are not reported in Illinois, 37 people had been sent to intensive care units for flu-related...
View ArticleTeens are daring each other to eat Tide pods. We don't need to tell you...
First, it was the "gallon challenge" and the "cinnamon challenge." Then some teenagers started playing the "bath-salt challenge." They have dared each other to pour salt in their hands and hold ice...
View ArticleLakeview East, West Chatham banks robbed
Two banks were robbed Sunday morning inside Jewel grocery stores on the North and South Sides.The most recent heist took place shortly after 10 a.m. at a TCF Bank branch inside a Jewel-Osco, 3531 N....
View Article'Trump saying something racist isn't exactly news anymore,''SNL' laments
It's the job of "Saturday Night Live" to parody the happenings of the previous week. Was that even possible Saturday night, or was parody defeated by the cumulative surreality of Oprah's political...
View ArticleEarthquake in Peru destroys dozens of homes, kills 1 man
A powerful earthquake struck off Peru's coast early Sunday, tumbling adobe homes in small, rural towns, killing at least one person and leaving dozens injured, officials said. The earthquake...
View ArticleBlackhawks fall to rival Red Wings 4-0
The Blackhawks’ 4-0 loss against the Red Wings on Sunday was as much about how they started — poorly — as how they didn’t finish. The Red Wings scored twice during a 2-minute, 20-second span early in...
View ArticleTuesdays in Niles — cops nab distracted drivers
Niles police Officer John Gaba has heard it all — tears, protests that it was a medical emergency and even the guy who said he was holding his wallet up to his cheek. It doesn’t matter— if Gaba sees...
View ArticleWaukegan 18-year-old memorialized Sunday; cause of death remains a mystery
More than 50 people crowded into a small chapel in Waukegan Sunday morning to mourn 18-year-old Lucio Cambray, who was found dead in the backyard swimming pool of an unoccupied Waukegan home last...
View ArticleOfficials: Possible measles exposure reported at O'Hare International Airport
Anyone who visited O’Hare International Airport on Wednesday morning or afternoon and who has not had a measles vaccination should be tested after a passenger with a confirmed case of the highly...
View ArticleHopes for immigration deal fade as Trump says program to protect 'Dreamers'...
Prospects for a bipartisan agreement to protect young immigrants from deportation and prevent a government shutdown later this week faded Sunday as key lawmakers traded sharp accusations and President...
View ArticlePBS show connects sister of Oak Lawn geologist killed on Mount St. Helens...
Pat Ruthenberg last spoke with her brother, David A. Johnston, a week before he was killed in the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens."He quite understood the danger," Ruthenberg recalled, over coffee...
View ArticleNew alarm among Republicans that Democrats could win big in 2018 midterms
A raft of retirements, difficulty recruiting candidates and President Donald Trump's continuing pattern of throwing his party off message have prompted new alarm among Republicans that they could be...
View ArticleWhite House claims Wall Street Journal misquoted Trump as saying he has a...
President Donald Trump claimed Sunday that the Wall Street Journal deliberately misquoted him as saying he probably has a good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The White House is...
View ArticleA wave of panic rattles Hawaii after false missile alert
The second recent blunder in Hawaii's planning for a possible North Korean nuclear attack left islanders shaken after an emergency alert warning of an imminent strike sounded on hundreds of thousands...
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