Proposed Wheaton treatment center for heroin and opioid users subject of...
The Wheaton Planning and Zoning Board heard nearly three hours of passionately articulated rhetoric from both sides Tuesday night over whether to locate a proposed residential drug treatment center in...
View ArticleRapper with song 'Sell Drugsz' gets prison for selling drugs
A Rhode Island rapper whose songs include "Sell Drugsz" has been sentenced to three years in prison for doing just that. Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that 30-year-old Michael Persaud, of...
View ArticleKerry Wood: On charity event, Hall of Fame and 'vampire' John Cusack
Kerry Wood remembers what inspired him to start his Woody’s Winter Warm Up, a celebrity bartending charity night, seven years ago. The former Cubs pitcher had been going to Cubs conventions for about...
View ArticleBlackhawks trade Richard Panik to Coyotes for Anthony Duclair, Adam Clendening
Richard Panik went 27 games without a scoring goal before breaking that drought Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Blackhawks traded Panik and Laurent Dauphin to the Coyotes for forward Anthony Duclair and...
View ArticleAurora coach Rick Butler banned from USA Volleyball for life over sex abuse...
The governing body of USA Volleyball has banned Aurora coach Rick Butler for life.The decision was announced Wednesday. Butler was banned from USA Volleyball-sanctioned or sponsored events in 1995...
View ArticleThreats against Louisiana superintendent follow teacher's rough arrest at...
A Louisiana school superintendent complained of obscenities and death threats directed at himself, his family and staff on Wednesday after a teacher who questioned his pay raise was roughly handcuffed...
View ArticleBrent Seabrook back in Blackhawks lineup; Anton Forsberg in goal
Defenseman Brent Seabrook will return to the lineup and goalie Anton Forsberg will start his third straight game Wednesday night when the Blackhawks face the Wild at the United Center. Seabrook did...
View ArticleDon't be surprised if Cubs pull off a winter surprise
Whether baseball finally has come to its senses or front-office executives simply are engaged in a protracted staredown with agents makes no difference at this point. The fact is we can’t really...
View ArticleNew Toyota-Mazda plant will bring 4,000 jobs to Alabama
Japanese automakers Toyota and Mazda on Wednesday announced plans to build a huge $1.6 billion joint-venture plant in Alabama that will eventually employ about 4,000 people. Several states had...
View ArticlePre-dawn audit on dozens of 7-Eleven stores nationwide opens new front on...
Seven immigration agents filed into a 7-Eleven store before dawn Wednesday, waited for people to go through the checkout line and told arriving customers and a driver delivering beer to wait outside....
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 ArticleNeighbors describe strange scene at Downers Grove home as police conduct...
The DuPage County sheriff’s office is conducting a death investigation in an unincorporated area of the county near Downers Grove. According to a news release Tuesday from the sheriff’s office, the...
View ArticleFormer Bears rave about team’s new line coach Harry Hiestand
When Harry Hiestand arrived as the Bears offensive line coach in 2005, there was a brief period of adjustment for his players. A career college assistant, Hiestand’s intensity, especially on the...
View ArticleChicago 'Dreamers' study, save and plan for the worst while Congress debates...
Zwamy Vazquez came to the U.S. illegally when she was 3, but she doesn’t live in the shadows. The 23-year-old college student obtained a work permit through an Obama-era program that shields...
View ArticleDeath toll hits 17, 13 others missing in California mudslides
Anxious family members awaited word on loved ones Wednesday as rescue crews searched for more than a dozen people missing after mudslides in Southern California destroyed an estimated 100 houses,...
View ArticleCharges on hold as Oak Park homicide suspect undergoes mental health assessment
Oak Park police announced Thursday that a man suspected in the death of his 81-year-old relative will not immediately face charges as he is expected to undergo a mental health assessment. Police in...
View ArticleHopes of finding anyone alive dwindle in mud-stricken California town
More than two full days after mudslides ravaged this coastal town, the search for the missing became an increasingly desperate exercise Thursday, with growing doubts about whether anyone would be...
View ArticleSam's Club in Batavia to close; estimated 150 employees affected
In a move that will affect an estimated 150 employees, the Sam's Club in Batavia is targeted to close Jan. 26. The move is part of a nationwide series of store closings by the company, including a...
View ArticleFrank Lloyd Wright building in Montana is demolished
The owner of a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building in Montana demolished the structure after negotiations over a possible sale fell apart Wednesday. Located in Whitefish, Mont., and listed on the...
View ArticleHorse hoisted to safety in North Chicago after jumping halfway out of trailer...
North Chicago firefighters responding to a rescue call this week were faced with trying to think outside the box — or horse trailer, as the case turned out. They received a call for a "horse...
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