Couple donate $150 million to University of Illinois in its largest gift ever
The University of Illinois has received its largest-ever donation — a $150 million gift — from the head of a Chicago private equity firm, school officials announced Thursday. The gift from Larry Gies,...
View ArticleZion-Benton football coach gets $70K in settlement after board tried to fire him
Zion-Benton Township High School's head football coach will receive $70,000 for settling a lawsuit he filed against the four school board members who voted to fire him. The lawsuit, filed by Coach...
View ArticleAdd Brian Scalabrine to list of Lauri Markkanen fans
When the Tweet was posted to the Twitter account of New York Daily News reporter Frank Isola, many thought it might be sarcasm. But Isola, who co-hosts a radio show with former Bull Brian Scalabrine...
View Article15-year-old boy killed, 14-year-old wounded in Southwest Side shooting
A 15-year-old boy was killed and a 14-year-old boy shot and seriously wounded in an attack in the Brighton Park neighborhood, among two people killed and four wounded in Chicago shootings since...
View ArticleDNA on fast food straw, airbag lead to reckless homicide charge in 2014 crash
A man arrested this week in Kansas City, Missouri, crashed a stolen SUV into a CTA bus and a light pole before running head-on into a car driven by a 63-year-old woman who died after the 2014...
View ArticleNew Bears receiver Dontrelle Inman: 'It's always good ... being wanted'
Here are two things we learned Thursday at Halas Hall as the Bears continued preparing for Sunday's road game against the Saints. New receiver Dontrelle Inman is grateful the Bears coveted him. Inman...
View ArticleBulls get more bad news on injury front
Not only did Kris Dunn not make his season debut Thursday night after some optimism earlier in the week, now there's a chance he could miss Saturday as well. "He still has soreness when he uses that...
View ArticleGoFundMe campaign raising money for kids of man who fell from LondonHouse
A GoFundMe campaign is raising money for the children of a Tennessee man who plunged to his death from a top floor of the LondonHouse hotel in the Loop last week.Organizers of the drive are hoping to...
View ArticleTrump cites brother's struggle with alcohol in talking about addiction
President Donald Trump stood in the White House's grandly decorated East Room on Thursday afternoon and read from a teleprompter as he explained how his administration will launch "a massive...
View ArticleDolton school board member turned administrator left previous job amid...
A Dolton Riverdale School District 148 board member who resigned earlier this month to accept an administrative position with the district had previously resigned as a district principal amid...
View ArticleHere’s what Joel Quenneville’s revamped Blackhawks lines look like
Patrick Kane got the puck in the slot and delivered a one-touch pass to his right to Richard Panik. Panik took a swipe at a one-timer, but he whiffed. Panik banged his stick on the ice and let out a...
View ArticleThe Russia questions
Burbling leaks and dizzying headlines coming out of politically charged Washington make it easy for responsible news consumers to feel like they’ve sat down in front of the TV to watch an especially...
View ArticleAs Bears search for threats, Tarik Cohen takes pride as receiving option
Video of the Bears offense's longest play from scrimmage this season circulated on Twitter this week, and Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner took note. In the second quarter against the Panthers on...
View Article$1 million bail for man accused of trying to lure girl to Oak Lawn through...
Bail was set Thursday at $1 million for a Chicago man accused of attempting to lure an underage girl to Oak Lawn through an advertisement posted online, officials said. Jose Figueroa, 32, appeared...
View ArticleCubs to name Jim Hickey pitching coach
There will be a new pitching coach in town. Jim Hickey will join the Cubs in that role, a major-league source confirmed to the Tribune on Thursday. Hickey replaces Chris Bosio, whose contract was not...
View ArticleIn revised 'M. Butterfly' on Broadway, Clive Owen is no French bureaucrat
When David Henry Hwang penned the damning and beguiling "M. Butterfly" in 1988, meaningful explorations of the issues of gender assignment and identification were as invisible on Broadway as they were...
View ArticleCubs management on defensive after 'group decision' coaching purge
Before addressing the Cubs coaching purge, let's start by addressing the elephant in the room. Joe Maddon's job is not in jeopardy, and it never has been, in spite of the recent barrage of criticism...
View ArticlePartial records on JFK assassination released as Trump holds back other files
President Donald Trump blocked the release of hundreds of records on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, bending to CIA and FBI appeals, while the National Archives came out Thursday night...
View ArticleBlackhawks break up top defensive pairing of Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook
The changes coach Joel Quenneville made did not stop at the forward lines. Quenneville also remade his defensive pairings for Thursday’s practice and broke up the top pairing of Duncan Keith and Brent...
View ArticleEmanuel's ethics board walks back $2,500 fines against 3 who illegally...
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s handpicked Board of Ethics announced Thursday that it has vacated $2,500 fines it issued against two of the mayor’s friends and an alderman’s husband after the panel found they...
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