Chicago cop who fatally shot 2 in 2015 under investigation for bar fight
Chicago police are investigating allegations that the officer who fatally shot two people in an on-duty incident in 2015 got into an early morning bar fight last month, a department spokesman...
View ArticleYou don't like your engagement ring. Should you say something?
Q: Is it OK to tell your fiance you don't like your engagement ring? (Scroll down to take the poll) If you get something you absolutely hate, you must say something. Tread lightly, as your partner...
View ArticleDog freezes to death after being left outside; couple charged with animal...
A couple faces animal cruelty charges after their dog froze to death when he was left outside overnight in last week’s bitter cold temperatures, Northlake police said. Jonathan Flores-Barona, 26, and...
View ArticleFire that destroyed home of a Roy Moore accuser is being investigated as an...
The home of Tina Johnson, who accused former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of groping her, was destroyed Tuesday in a fire that is being investigated as an act of arson. Johnson's house on Lake Mary...
View ArticleBlackhawks set to face Golden Knights
The Blackhawks play eight of their next nine games at home, beginning Friday against the most surprising team in hockey, the expansion Las Vegas Golden Knights. The Hawks are coming off a season-long...
View ArticleWaukegan friends, family seek information on missing 18-year-old man
Friends and family of an 18-year-old Waukegan man are asking the public for help in finding him after they say he disappeared on Christmas Day. According to Julie Contreras, a friend of the family and...
View ArticleChicagoans scramble to find copies of highly anticipated new book on Trump...
Chicagoans waited in lines at bookstores Friday and called around to other stores in the city as they scrambled to get their hands on a hard copy of “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.” The...
View ArticleArmed neo-Nazi who went to Charlottesville rally faces terror charge for...
The FBI said an armed man who stopped an Amtrak train last year had ties with a white-supremacist group and had expressed a desire to kill black people, according to court documents unsealed this...
View ArticleHammond teen in fatal crash gets probation in emotional sentencing
A Hammond teen was sentenced to four years of probation Friday for a 2015 crash that killed his "best friend." Michael Phillips, 19, began to cry as he talked about the pain he's gone through since...
View Article3 dead in shootings; fire claims 4th in Gary
Four people are dead after three were shot and one died in a fire in Gary within 24 hours, police said. Officers responded around 5:45 p.m. Thursday to a report of "shots fired and a man down" in the...
View ArticleJordan Lynch on taking Mount Carmel football job: 'I have no regrets'
Jordan Lynch acknowledged the process of his hiring and coach Frank Lenti's firing as football coach at Mount Carmel could have been handled better.The 2009 Mount Carmel graduate, however, isn't...
View ArticleDonovan McNabb, Eric Davis out at ESPN after sexual misconduct investigation
Donovan McNabb and Eric Davis have been dismissed from ESPN following an investigation into accusations of sexual misconduct while employed at NFL Network. ESPN says in a statement Saturday "they are...
View Article$450 million Mega Millions winning ticket sold in Florida
The winning ticket in the latest Mega Millions drawing was sold in Florida. One ticket matched all six numbers in Friday night's drawing and will claim a $450 million grand prize. The Florida Lottery...
View ArticleTrump boasts that he’s a ‘very stable genius’ amid questions over his mental...
President Donald Trump continues to defend himself in the wake of a new book that suggests top White House aides fear that he is unfit for the job. In a tweetstorm Saturday morning, the president...
View ArticleEast Chicago man found lying in Hammond alley, shot dead
The police investigation continues into the shooting death of an East Chicago man in Hammond on Friday evening. Hammond police found Shermane Sargent, 20, with a gunshot wound to his chest around 8:30...
View ArticleGroup tries to save Frank Lloyd Wright building in Montana
The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy is trying to prevent a commercial building in northwestern Montana designed by the famed architect from being demolished. The Chicago-based conservancy is...
View ArticleSupreme Court is last hope for couple's $30,000 treehouse on Florida beachfront
Lynn Tran and Richard Hazen built a Florida beachfront treehouse that would be the envy of any child. It's got two levels, hammocks and windows looking out on the Gulf of Mexico. But the hangout has...
View Article2 dead, 7 wounded in Chicago shootings Friday into Saturday
Two men were killed and at least seven other people, including a 16-year-old boy, were wounded in city shootings between Friday morning and early Saturday, Chicago police said. A 20-year-old man was...
View ArticleRiverside police find crack, scale, baggies inside Victoria's Secret bag,...
A man who may have been hoping that a Victoria’s Secret bag would keep his secrets safe from police was pulled over by Riverside officers who discovered crack cocaine and a scale in the pink gift bag,...
View ArticleCold snap expected to tie record, won't break it
As is often the case, there’s good and bad news when it comes to the weather in Chicago. First, the bad news: Chicago tied a record Saturday for its nearly two-week-long cold snap, meteorologists...
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