Comings & Goings: Chuy's Tex-Mex to open in Orland Park
Texas-based Chuy's, a restaurant that features Tex-Mex fare, is scheduled to open its first south suburban location later this month in Orland Park. Chuy's is expected to open at 11 a.m. March 27 at...
View ArticleA Trump embarrassment or a close call? Pa. House race goes to voters
Working-class voters across western Pennsylvania on Tuesday are weighing in on a surprisingly tight congressional contest that has pit strength of President Donald Trump's grasp on blue-collar America...
View ArticleProtests in California as Trump views prototypes of 'big beautiful border wall'
President Donald Trump on Tuesday eagerly inspected prototypes on display in California for his "big beautiful border wall" amid peaceful protests but growing tensions between his administration and...
View ArticleIn aftermath of mass shootings, Glenbrook North students advocate for more...
Almost a month after a mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. left 17 people dead, students at Glenbrook North High School are still discussing the event and its affect on how...
View ArticleLonger stretch of Chicago River to be dyed green for St. Patrick's Day
With big crowds and warmer temperatures expected for Saturday's downtown St. Patrick's Day parade, organizers announced that the crowd favorite dyeing of the Chicago River would be extended one block...
View ArticleFormer Lake County coroner pleads guilty to reduced charge in...
A negotiated plea deal approved Wednesday ended the lengthy court battle over perjury charges lodged against former Lake County Coroner Dr. Thomas Rudd related to his nominating petitions for the 2016...
View ArticleUnited mistakenly flies Kansas-bound dog to Japan
It's been a frightening week for dog owners considering putting their pet on plane. First, there was a report Tuesday that a puppy died on a United Airlines flight after a flight attendant demanded...
View Article'It's a real mystery': Pond search near Grayslake yields no evidence of...
Grayslake Fire Department divers came up empty early Wednesday in a search of a pond off Alleghany Road in what officials said was part of a continuing attempt to locate a Round Lake Park man who went...
View ArticleAfter arrest is ruled illegal, Aurora man won't be retried in shooting death...
Cook County prosecutors have decided not to retry a former Aurora man on murder charges after an appellate court ruling last year that his arrest was illegal. Sergio Hernandez had been convicted by a...
View Article'We all want a voice': Southland students say #ENOUGH through walkouts,...
Across the Southland Wednesday morning, thousands of high school students participated in the #ENOUGH National School Walkout. From Oak Lawn to Lansing to Palos Heights, in Frankfort and in Summit,...
View ArticleTrump picks camera-proven Kudlow as top economic aide
President Donald Trump has chosen Larry Kudlow to be his top economic aide, elevating the influence of a long-time fixture on the CNBC business news network who previously served in the Reagan...
View ArticleWest Aurora students hold walkout to protest gun violence: 'We have a voice,...
An estimated 2,000 students at West Aurora High School participated in a walkout to the school’s football stadium Wednesday morning, one month after a shooting at a Florida high school left 17 people...
View ArticleAbout 1,000 New Trier students join national walk out, hold moment of silence...
As many as 1,000 of the nearly 3,000 students at New Trier High School in Winnetka walked out at 10 a.m. Wednesday, some carrying signs demanding changes to gun laws as school administrators and...
View ArticleRevolution, Three Floyds among nation's 50 largest craft brewers
Revolution Brewing’s stature in the craft beer revolution just keeps on growing. The 8-year-old Chicago brewery was the nation’s 40th-largest craft brewer in 2017, according to rankings released...
View ArticleHillary, stop. Please.
She can't let go. She can't stop talking about what happened. She wrote an entire book about it. Now she's telling people in other countries about why she should have won. In India last weekend, she...
View ArticleTrump's wall is performance art, not border security
Donald Trump loves the ceremonial parts of his job, and his trip to California to inspect prototypes for a border wall was pure theater. He got to project toughness, point to something tangible, make...
View ArticleMundelein students walk out of class to protest gun violence: 'We are the...
Mundelein High School students walked out of class Wednesday morning as students across the country took part in the national movement protesting gun violence. At 10 a.m., students left the building...
View ArticleRapper who owes $7.1M judgment to woman in Chicago-area sexual battery case...
The rapper known as the Game has a week to explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt for failing to hand over his financial records to a woman who won a $7.1 million sexual battery lawsuit against...
View ArticleZach LaVine and the Bulls set to find out the cost of doing business
Give Zach LaVine credit. Whenever he talks about the upcoming offseason, he mentions his goal of adding to his game and his excitement for being able to play basketball rather than rehabilitate a knee...
View ArticleFBI disciplinary office recommends firing ex-deputy director Andrew McCabe...
The FBI office that handles employee discipline has recommended firing the bureau's former deputy director over allegations that he authorized the disclosure of sensitive information to a reporter and...
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