Notre Dame promotes Clark Lea to defensive coordinator
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly referred to assistant Clark Lea as a “rising star.” Kelly on Tuesday promoted Lea, the linebackers coach in 2017, to defensive coordinator. He replaces Mike Elko, who left...
View ArticleEx-Rauner aide sues for first lady's emails on abortion bill
A short-lived member of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s communications team has sued his office to obtain e-mails from first lady Diana Rauner about a controversial abortion bill, a signal of the bad blood that...
View ArticleMan, 31, shot while driving on I-57
A 31-year-old motorist was shot in the leg while driving Tuesday afternoon on I-57. The man was traveling on the outbound I-57 near 101st Street when someone inside a van opened fire, hitting him in...
View ArticleEx-Bear Doug Plank, Matt Nagy's Arena League coach, on hire: 'He's a leader'
With its short, 50-yard fields and increased likelihood of scoring, the Arena Football League forces its coaches and players to master clock management — perhaps even more than their NFL counterparts....
View ArticleAt least 13 dead as heavy rains trigger flooding, mudflows and freeway...
At least 13 people were killed Tuesday when a rainstorm sent mud and debris coursing through Montecito neighborhoods and left rescue crews to scramble through clogged roadways and downed trees to...
View ArticleFlu bug biting with a vengeance
To avoid spreading germs, Justin Karubas opted to phone in his comments and votes during Monday's Indian Prairie District 204 meeting — a courtesy his fellow board members likely appreciated. Karubas,...
View ArticleFor new Bears coach Matt Nagy, connection with Mitch Trubisky means everything
For those wondering about the early interactions between the newest Bears head coach and his most important player, all we really have to go on right now is a six-second video posted to the team’s...
View ArticlePlayoff loss brings scars, motivation for new Bears coach Matt Nagy
For Matt Nagy, Saturday night became a tornado of emotions. His disappointment was sharp after the Chiefs were outscored 19-0 in the second half of a one-point playoff loss to the Titans. “I was numb...
View ArticleWhy Ryan Pace picked Matt Nagy to help lead Mitch Trubisky and Bears
The Halas Hall auditorium is home to Bears team meetings during the season. But it’s also where the club conducts news conferences for positive milestones. When a new general manager or coach is...
View ArticleJudges: North Carolina must redraw GOP's gerrymandered map
Federal judges ruled Tuesday that North Carolina's congressional district map drawn by legislative Republicans is illegally gerrymandered due to excessive partisanship that gave GOP a rock-solid...
View ArticleWoman, 63, dead after house fire in Logan Square
Smoke detectors without batteries were found in a building where a fatal fire broke out overnight, trapping a 63-year-old woman inside, officials said. Shirley Fisher, 63, of the 2800 block of North...
View ArticleMore than 200 to be laid off at Indiana factory year after Trump deal
A new round of layoffs is taking effect this week at the Carrier Corp. factory in Indianapolis a little more than a year after President Donald Trump touted a deal that staved off the plant's closure...
View ArticleCoroner confirms body found in pool was missing Waukegan teenager
The body found in a Waukegan backyard pool on Monday has been identified as Lucio Cambray, the 18-year-old Waukegan resident first reported missing on Christmas Day. Lake County Coroner Howard Cooper...
View ArticleSupreme Court appears sympathetic to Ohio voter roll purge effort
The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Wednesday to states that seek to prune their voting rolls by targeting people who haven't voted in a while. In a case from Ohio, opponents of the practice called...
View ArticleDecluttering my office and that Swedish Death Cleaning cult
If you’re one of those anal retentive neat freaks who hang out at the Container Store and belong to a bizarre Swedish Death Cleaning cult, this column is not for you. Up until a few days ago my office...
View ArticleSuspected carjacker arrested outside OPRF High School: police
A suspected carjacker was apprehended Wednesday by police on Oak Park and River Forest High School property. Police said the person arrested was suspected of stealing the car in Maywood and driving...
View ArticleMen stealing running cars downtown, using them in robberies: Cops
Chicago police on Wednesday released surveillance photos of two men who have stolen a number of vehicles left outside running downtown and then used them as getaway cars in robberies mostly downtown...
View ArticleEmotional 1st day of trial begins for ex-Hammond cop charged with killing...
A Porter County jury stared at graphic photos Wednesday showing how a Portage woman was found shot dead with blood pooled in the carpet around her in 2015. "So, how do we get to this place where she...
View ArticleMore than 2 years after bacteria outbreak, Rauner proposes task force to...
More than two years after Legionnaire’s disease killed a dozen residents at a state-run veterans home in Quincy, Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday said he would convene a task force to look at how to...
View ArticleAttorney: Buncich sentence of 15-20 years 'outrageous'
Attorneys for convicted former Lake County Sheriff John Buncich rejected a federal prosecutor's argument for a 15- to 20-year sentencing, instead asking for a maximum of 4.25 years, according to court...
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