Buyers spend $10 million on historic Winnetka mansion, then apply to demolish it
A seven-bedroom, 6,888-square-foot British Colonial-style mansion that sits on more than 2½ lakefront acres on Sheridan Road in Winnetka sold in early January for $10 million — and it’s facing the...
View ArticleFather of Maine South basketball player dies in car crash on way to son's game
The father of a Maine South boys basketball player died in an car crash Monday morning on Interstate 88 in western Illinois while driving to watch his son play in Galesburg's Martin Luther King Jr....
View ArticleBrian Urlacher likes the Bears' Matt Nagy hire, and, oh yeah, he's a mountain...
It was just a month ago that Brian Urlacher was on national TV making a case for Bears head coach John Fox to keep his job, but now Urlacher’s on board with Fox’s replacement, Matt Nagy. "I like the...
View ArticleElmwood Park woman found dead after a week in snow-covered car; no foul play...
No foul play is suspected in the death of a woman in her 60s found Friday morning in her snow-covered car outside her Elmwood Park home, police said. The woman, who has not been identified by the Cook...
View ArticleWoman carjacked at gunpoint while waiting to pick up grandchildren at Portage...
A woman waiting to pick up her two grandchildren was carjacked at gunpoint while parked at a grade school in Portage Park on the Northwest Side, according to the school and Chicago police. The woman,...
View ArticleKanye West, Kim Kardashian name baby Chicago West
Rapper Kanye West hasn't lived in Chicago for years, but the city is still close to his heart. He and wife Kim Kardashian named their newborn daughter Chicago West. Kardashian announced the name...
View ArticleKris Dunn’s nasty fall concussed him, dislocated two teeth and created an...
Jerian Grant will start. Zach LaVine, Denzel Valentine and G League call-up Ryan Arcidiacono need to be ready. And the Bulls hope never again to see video of Kris Dunn’s nasty fall that concussed him,...
View ArticleWhat a federal government shutdown would mean in Chicago
You could still fly out of O’Hare or Midway. Your mail would show up. And you wouldn’t be turned away from a Veterans Administration hospital or clinic. But if the federal government partially shuts...
View Article2 referendums, 1 key difference: Voters to weigh in on Aurora, DuPage...
Voters across Aurora will all get to express their opinions about the future of the city's election commissions on the March 20 primary ballot. Aurora voters in Kane, Kendall and Will counties...
View ArticlePritzker, Kennedy, Biss clash over property tax breaks, Blagojevich...
The Democratic governor candidates on Friday clashed over accusations that each is a connected insider who would not fundamentally change Illinois’ beleaguered government. The 75-minute discussion...
View ArticlePopular pastor at North Park University is suspended for officiating gay wedding
As a gay student and staff member at an evangelical Christian college, Marcus Mason-Vivit needed a friend, mentor and trusted colleague. He found all of that in the Rev. Judy Peterson, the campus...
View ArticleCongressman channels internet conspiracy theory in claiming 'credible...
Between the ticking clock on a government shutdown and a growing White House sex scandal, there was plenty of news to discuss on cable television on Thursday night. Fox News's Tucker Carlson, however,...
View ArticleInmate accused of exposing himself in front of 2 young girls at Cook County Jail
An inmate being held on a murder charge is accused of exposing himself in front of two little girls in the visitors area at Cook County Jail, according to the sheriff's office. Devon McCaulley was...
View ArticleOlympics loom large as Norge Ski Club prepares for its annual ski jump...
With a team member qualifying for the U.S. Olympic team for the first time, Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove is preparing for a bigger crowd than usual for its annual winter tournament later this...
View ArticleDays before trial, teen pleads guilty to killing 14-year-old Endia Martin
Days before a scheduled trial in Cook County juvenile court, a teen charged in the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Endia Martin pleaded guilty to charges of first-degree murder and attempted...
View ArticleAfter racist Snapchats, Highland Park and Deerfield schools push to eliminate...
After Snapchat videos were posted in which students tossed out racial slurs, Township High School District 113 Superintendent Christopher Dignam said he wants to eliminate the “n” word and all hate...
View ArticleLos Angeles Times journalists vote 248-44 to unionize
Journalists at the Los Angeles Times have overwhelmingly elected to form a union, a first for the 136-year-old news organization that for much of its history was known for its opposition to organized...
View ArticleJose Ramos, of 'Hamilton' Chicago cast, visits Stagg High School after Puerto...
Actor Jose Ramos took an Uber to Palos Hills Tuesday to fulfill a promise to meet with about 130 choir and drama students at Stagg High School. During an hourlong question and answer session, Ramos,...
View ArticleOlympian Aly Raisman wishes for Larry Nassar to have 'a life of suffering'
Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman on Friday confronted her former doctor who has pleaded guilty to multiple sexual assaults, warning him that the testimony of the "powerful army" of 140 survivors at...
View ArticleBlame game, but no agreement as divided congress hurtles toward government...
President Donald Trump and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer met Friday afternoon in an eleventh-hour effort to avert a government shutdown, with a bitterly divided Washington locked in partisan...
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