Anthony Rizzo's visit to school shooting site 'hardest thing I ever had to do'
With a heavy heart and weary soul, Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo spoke to a roomful of reporters Monday about his weekend grieving back home in the Parkland, Fla., community ripped apart by last...
View ArticleTeenage boy critically wounded is among at least 5 shot in South Side attacks
A boy in his mid-teens was shot in the chest and critically wounded in an attack in the Chatham neighborhood that also left a 19-year-old woman injured Monday evening, police said. The boy, who police...
View ArticleBears must decide what to do with Kyle Fuller as window for franchise tag opens
For the second straight year, the Bears face the possibility of losing a former high draft pick to free agency at a position where a clear replacement isn’t in place. Wide receiver Alshon Jeffery, a...
View ArticleLimiting mound trips without a pitching change OK with Cubs' Chris Gimenez
Catcher Chris Gimenez was encouraged that Major League Baseball will allow a maximum of six mound visits per nine-inning game without a pitching change. Limiting mound visits is one of MLB’s rule...
View ArticleWife of slain police commander writes letter thanking Chicago for 'outpouring...
The wife of Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer on Tuesday released a letter thanking Chicagoans for their “outpouring of love and support.” Bauer was shot and killed Feb. 13 outside the Thompson Center...
View ArticleWalk-on Pantelis Xidias is a one-man, goggles-wearing party on DePaul bench
The goggles-wearing kid at the end of the DePaul bench is high-kicking and wildly waving his arms over his head. After running his hands through his strawberry blond “faux hawk,” he looks down at his...
View ArticleTom Ricketts sets World Series-or-bust tone for Cubs, and everybody's in
Tradition calls for Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts to welcome the team back every spring with a talk that establishes expectations for the upcoming season. Ricketts made news Monday reasserting the Cubs’...
View ArticleFord Chicago plant, hospitality workers air sexual harassment concerns to...
The City Council’s Finance Committee heard testimony on Tuesday about alleged pervasive sexual harassment at Ford Motor Co.’s two Chicago plants and in the hospitality industry. Speaking through tears...
View ArticleWoodstock student arrested after posting handgun photo on social media,...
A high school student in Woodstock was arrested Tuesday after police said he shared on social media a photograph of a handgun with a message that “could be construed as threatening.” After a search...
View ArticleAurora police union: City should let cop fired over hidden cameras used to...
An Aurora police officer who was fired for secretly installing cameras he later used to spy on his ex-wife should get his job back, according to a court document filed by the police union. An...
View ArticleDundee Rotary Club can find no takers for its vocational scholarships: 'It...
When the Dundee Township Rotary Club put out word they had scholarship money available for students planning to pursue vocational careers, they expected they'd receive at least a few applications....
View ArticleSeven things about NBC's Olympics coverage, including an idea for Scott Hamilton
Here are seven things about NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage: Listen to the music: “The Tara and Johnny Show” is a hoot, though — fair or not — the interplay of NBC figure skating commentators Tara...
View ArticleDuPage judge's actions weren't criminal when he fired gun in his home, lawyer...
A DuPage County judge may have been careless when he fired a bullet through a wall of his apartment and into a neighboring unit, but his action did not rise to the level of a crime, his attorney...
View ArticleSecond patient asks to join lawsuit over Delnor hostage standoff
A second patient who was at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva during a hostage standoff last May wants to join a federal lawsuit over how it was handled. The patient's claims are similar...
View ArticleBulls' youth movement begins in earnest with starting roles for Cristiano...
Robin Lopez, Justin Holiday and Jerian Grant are out. Cristiano Felicio, David Nwaba and Cameron Payne are in. And the Bulls’ rebuild remains centered on Zach LaVine, Kris Dunn and Lauri Markkanen....
View ArticleRound Lake High student arrested after sending video of himself loading...
A Round Lake High School student was arrested for sending an allegedly threatening video on social media that prompted other students to report him to school officials Monday night. A letter was sent...
View ArticlePence was set to meet with North Korean officials during Olympics before...
Vice President Mike Pence departed for a five-day, two-country swing through Asia earlier this month having agreed to a secret meeting with North Korean officials while in South Korea at the 2018...
View ArticleAlready serving life in prison for boyfriend's murder, Hobart woman to stand...
Kelly Marie Cochran stands convicted of murder in Michigan for plotting with her husband in 2014 to kill her boyfriend and then dismember his body, eventually hiding his remains in the woods. Now,...
View ArticleMan charged with breaking judge's window with snowball ordered held without bond
A Chicago man with only a misdemeanor supervision in his past was ordered held without bail Tuesday after Cook County prosecutors said he shattered a window at a judge’s home a day after he had cursed...
View ArticleWest Point posthumously admits Parkland shooting victim Peter Wang
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is posthumously admitting Florida school shooting victim Peter Wang, who dreamed of attending the prestigious academy. Wang could have been in the Class of...
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